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A ceiling fan is a mechanical fan, usually
electrically powered, suspended from the ceiling of a room, that uses
hub-mounted rotating paddles to circulate air. During a really hot
summer, keeping cool and keeping your style is now possible with these
creative fans.
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This looks like an RC helicopter landed upside down on your ceiling but
it's actually Raffaele Iannello's new ceiling fan. It's a 1:6 scale
model of the Hughes/MD 500 mounted on what appears to be a helipad. Do
the narrow blades cool well? Yes, they are extremely cool.
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An unusual collector's item featuring gaming's most iconic plumber shows
up on the world's biggest online flea market, eBay. All of the four
ceiling fan blades separately feature a character from Super Mario
Bros.: there's Mario – punching you in the face, his brother Luigi –
making a face that suggests he need to visit the little plumbers room,
Princess Toadstool – stuck in a small tower, and King Koopa – who
appears to have stayed a little too long out in the sun. The total
number of these Super Mario Bros. ceiling fans ever produced is fuzzy at
best, although one thing is certain, this collectible is an extremely
rare item (kind of like trying to find Kuribo's shoe in Super Mario
Bros. 3) and when they do pop up on the eBay market, they can sell for
wild prices – upwards of $25,000. Absurd.
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The Cumulos Ceiling Fan is one of the most unique ceiling fans I've ever
seen. It eliminates the traditional exposed blades of a typical ceiling
fan and puts the fan itself behind a grill within a circle of lighting.
The whole thing ends up looking more like a very modern chandelier than
a ceiling fan. It sort of reminds me of an alien spacecraft landing. The
30″ diameter fan fixture comes with six 25-watt bulbs for lighting,
three fan speeds and a wireless remote. Of course this design eliminates
the whole “throw a sock in the ceiling fan and watch it go flying” game
but sometimes style triumphs over fun.
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A design student from the University of blade fans. This Ribbon Ceiling
Fan recently won an Australian Design Award in the student design
category. Benjamin McMahon has a patent pending for his ribbon-inspired
design/invention that not only looks like a fast, free-flowing ribbon,
spinning in suspension, when it's turned on, but this fan is actually
more efficient than other ceiling fans, perhaps even limiting the need
for air conditioning in some environments. Making use of the geometry of
a helical loop, the unique blades are able to focus air in a wider
circumference from the fan than current fan blades. Another positive
feature of the Ribbon is that it uses standard fixtures for
installation, making it much easier to replace a standard fan.
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It takes a special kind of designer to look at an item and combine it,
in his mind, with a completely unrelated item. Such was the case with
Philippe Malouin. According to his website, the idea for his Dervish
Lamp came to him one day while he was repaying a favor from a friend.
“While borrowing a friend's car for the day, I decided to have it washed
to show my gratitude. I pulled into an automated carwash, and while
inside, I couldn't help but notice how the carwash brushes completely
alter their shape from flimsy drooping hair covered rods to massive
powerful beams. Could this quality of transformation be applied to the
home sector? Where would a transforming apparatus find use in the home?”
The resulting lamp/ceiling fan does indeed invoke thoughts of car wash
brushes when in motion. And the spectacle of this device in your living
room would undoubtedly be more interesting than the dull wood-grain
blades characteristic of most others. One of the best parts of the
Dervish lamp is the metamorphosis it undergoes when put into motion.
When the flexible strands are standing still, the lamp has a soft and
sophisticated look. But set the device spinning and the strands stand
out in an exuberant display. The energy and whimsy are most definitely
akin to spinning dancers.
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This is the Traditional Indoor fan from the Traditional Gyro ceiling fan
collection by Minka Aire. The Minka Aire Gryo ceiling fan is a truly
unique design offering an unsurpassed level of comfort. Traditional
Gyro's ability to precisely control the direction and intensity of the
cooling breeze efficiently circulates air in any size or shape room.
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Apparently these uniquely shaped batman blades move air just as well as
a traditional blade design and if you're not a fan of bats the website
also suggests they could be passed off as ‘Dragon' wings. The Bat/Dragon
Wing Fan Blades are available from Etsy in sets of 4, 5 or 6 starting at
$40.
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The Brisa 2000 ceiling fan is pretty funny looking. That's because the
fan actually orbits around that big sphere in the center, allowing for
all kinds of air mobility! You can rotate the fan itself from straight
down to straight up, depending on the season, so it's also quite
functional. It's also rather expensive -- $1000 a pop. But you can get
them in all kinds of different finishes and the company accepts custom
orders as well. I actually made one myself, and it turned out
surprisingly alright. It makes getting in and out of the bunk-bed a
little dangerous, but if you do get hit it isn't that painful. Would you
believe.....? |