‘Shades’ of weather within your home

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London based designer, Simon Heijdens at the Art Institute Chicago showed of Shades that are controlled by the weather outside. The self-developed material when applied to the glass surface creates constantly-changing shadows in response to weather conditions outside.

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The responsive skin is applied to the windows of a building thereby filtering the daylight into a moving projection of shadows that translates the ever-changing natural timeline of the outdoor to the static and perpetual indoor space. The Shades actually make you feel the change in the weather with the different shadows created indoors. The installation is part of the Hyperlinks exhibition on show until 20 July 2011.

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Via: 1designperday

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