Forget couples counseling to tell you you're drifting apart from your lover. A UK designer has come up with a concept that’s illuminatingrelationships from their living rooms.
This sofa is embedded with patterned lights which react to seating arrangements. As a couplesit apart on the sofa, they are surprised when a cold blue patternbegins to grow around them signifying their distance apart from eachother. With the pattern changing in relation to weight and proximity,as they move towards each other warm pink petals begin to formrepresenting their closeness.
Using light emitting(Electroluminescent) technology in conjunction with trigger sensitivematerials, the pattern is displayed in relation to where a person issitting. The petals will randomly illuminate around your body anddisappear when you move to another spot, meaning an ever evolving andchanging pattern display occurs. With the thoughtful and playfuldevelopment of the pattern, the wonderment of where the pattern willlead adds to the experience of using the sofa.
Good stuff- I'd get one but I'm sure it's far, far out of my price range. Also, I hope there's a way to turn it off, it might get annoying.
Then there's always the oddity of having to plug in your couch...
Posted by: Designer Lighting | 28.04.2007 at 15:44
I'd like to see how this thing lights up depending on what movie we are watching. I bet it would be different if it was the movie 300 compared to the Notebook.
Posted by: Hi Tek Craig | 19.08.2007 at 01:42
Could be quite tricky if you have friends over too. I should imagine it would be quite illuminating!
Posted by: Sacha | 27.02.2008 at 10:40
Very cool.
Posted by: John Rheese | 24.06.2008 at 14:03
Very cool setup
Posted by: car wallpaper | 16.07.2008 at 01:25
This is a really interesting sofa. I wonder if we'll see this type of lighting placed on other furniture (such as seats or beds, lol!) :D
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Posted by: VigaPlus | 13.10.2010 at 16:06
There are a number of light remotes now that could make this invention that much cooler. You could have different LED's and EL Wire to react to your moods while you are watching TV as well. If you wanted a Teal Blue Theme for watching TRON or a light pink for watching a chick flick, it's all with the push of a button.
Posted by: ELWire1 | 22.03.2011 at 10:30
This sofa is like some sort of lie detector. Middle aged couple sitting on sofa surrounded by cold blue lights living a lie. It could be more like the sort of thing that young couples could use as a mood detector.
Posted by: Switches and Sockets | 26.03.2011 at 11:43
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Posted by: Cam | 15.06.2011 at 12:07
This is really a lot of fun. It's really easy to think of lighting as just being from "lighting fixtures", but this couch would add some fun sparkle and a bit of amusement to your overall design
Posted by: Daniel | 28.06.2011 at 12:38
Relax after a long day and take in the views from this charming rooftop.Chill with friends on the comfy couch featuring an animation menu with poses for just you, you and a friend, or you and your special someone.
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