Lumisty is a view control film that changes its transparency based on the viewer's angle. As the viewer’s angle shifts, so does the transparency or translucency of the film. The optical experience may consist of walking past a window with Lumisty applied, a perfectly clear, transparent glass surface becomes, in a step or two, partially fogged. Two or three steps later, the same window is completely fogged. Walk backward or forward, and it’s clear again. This polyester-based film is available in three grades:
1. MFx-1515: Front translucent with a 15-degree angle shift,
2. MFy-2555: Uniangle-range translucent, with a 25 and 55-degree angle shift in one direction
3. MFz-2555: Biangle-range translucent, with a 25 and 55-degree angle shift in 2 directions.
It can be applied vertically and horizontally to glass, acrylic and polycarbonate sheets. Roll dimensions are 48 inch x 50 ft, however, any size glass can be filmed as the films can be seemed.
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TMA used Lumisty for the Issey Miyake Pleats Please boutique in SoHo New York.
Brad Pitt Studio in Santa Monica, designed by Graftlab, shows an interesting use of Lumisty in the usually most private room of the house.
The bathroom's walls are almost entirely in glass and the degree of privacy is left to the viewer's angle: "It's all family and friends", Pitt explains, "Nobody is embarrassed—or impressed."