EL Sheets and Couch Counselling

This is a very nice material!! I'd love to use it!
I know they sell a kind of Marketing Kit with some samples.... enough to have a lot of fun!! More information available at EL Shine.

And here is a wonderful example of nice possibilities offered by the electroluminescent technology. I got this interactive furniture piece from the amazing web site The Cool Hunter.


"This sofa is embedded with patterned lights which react to seating arrangements. As a couple sit apart on the sofa, they are surprised when a cold blue pattern begins to grow around them signifying their distance apart from each other. With the pattern changing in relation to weight and proximity, as they move towards each other warm pink petals begin to form representing their closeness.

Using light emitting (Electroluminescent) technology in conjunction with trigger sensitive materials, the pattern is displayed in relation to where a person is sitting. The petals will randomly illuminate around your body and disappear when you move to another spot, meaning an ever evolving and changing pattern display occurs. With the thoughtful and playful development of the pattern, the wonderment of where the pattern will lead adds to the experience of using the sofa. Contact us if you require contact info on the designer". by Andy G

Light Brix by HEHE

I found this when searching for the intersection between plastic and light. An interesting solution to create big responsive environments. It's a modular light system which reacts to the electromagnetic fields generated by touch. Made of custom designed electronic circuit, plastic shell and aluminium structure.



Produced by HeHe (Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen), reverse cultural engineers the technological systems that surround us: From transport design to pollution monitoring, from public advertisement to meteorology, from architecture to public lightning...