Hunter Douglas Aura Illuminated Shades
These won’t be available until sometime in spring 2023, but still wanted to preview the Aura Illuminated Shades to the CEDIA masses and give them an exciting solution to look forward to. “We couldn’t let CEDIA go by without giving people a little taste of it, because it is something that you can’t quite get your head around if I describe it to you. You have to see it,” says Scott Stephenson, director, product management, motorization, Window Fashions Division at Hunter Douglas. “It really came about going back four years. There was a conversation and a bit of a brainstorming session about, hey, we make all these shades with beautiful textures and fabrics, and you really get the best view of those when it’s daylight outside and there’s light coming through … and then that goes away at night.” How could they extend that, to have an appreciation of the shades when people are home in the evening? The company uses LED strip lights in a headrail to illuminate the shades, offering different color temperatures that make it both a fantastic aesthetic and circadian-like wellness solution.