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These Blinds Provide A Better View When Closed
8 years ago

These Blinds Provide A Better View When Closed

Andrew Liszewski

If you can live without an amazing view, you can save a lot of money when renting an apartment. But why make that tradeoff? With these Better View blinds you can have the best of both worlds.

50 Million Window Blinds Recalled Over 10-Year Strangling Spree
11 years ago

50 Million Window Blinds Recalled Over 10-Year Strangling Spree

John Herrman

Your TV is trying to kill your children. Your DVD player is trying to kill your children. Your robot lawnmower is trying to kill your children. And now, your blinds – your soft roman blinds! – are trying to kill your children.

Solar Vertical Lamp Blind Charges-Up in Daylight, Lights Rooms At Night
12 years ago

Solar Vertical Lamp Blind Charges-Up in Daylight, Lights Rooms At Night

Kit Eaton

Sometimes a simple idea will make you react with ambivalence, but designers Yoon-Hui Kim and Eun-Kyung Kim’s Solar Vertical Lamp probably isn’t one of those. At its core it’s a solar-powered lighting system, but unusually it’s embedded in standard window blinds. During the day tiny solar panels charge up the…

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