Should get some "paint on frost" for those windows, makes for amazing lighting withthout the need of those cfl's you're using. With enough coats you could probably block around 80% of the light. http://www.ehow.com/how_6239198_apply-acrylic-paint-window-glass.html A product similar to this one should work.…
Blackout blinds are ordered! Our office manager was nice enough to cover the windows with butcher paper in the mean time. Looks like crap, but it works great :D Of course now that the windows are covered up everyone thinks its too dark... so now all the florescent lights are on, but I'll take what I can get. The hat method…
One of the guys a few cubes away from me has one of these: http://www.cubeshield.com/ It may be worth investing in if light problems are affecting your productivity/health.
I had major lighting issues with my last studio, and it became a nightmare to deal with. In my case though, every artist in my room wanted it pitch dark with the blinds completely closed. I cannot work in dark lit rooms and yes- fluorescent overhead lighting is bad on the eyes. I feel like a vampire working in a dark room…
Oh man I'd kill to get some natural light :( I usually prefer a well-lit workspace as well. I can't handle staring at any kind of screen in the dark, even if it's my cellphone before I go to sleep, desk lamp must be on.
working in a dark studio is fun... for 1 year. Then you start to feel like they've thrown you into a cell in the dungeon. Winters are especially great: it's dark when you go to work, it's dark at work, it's still dark when you go home, yeehaw. When they hire people they should just ask: darkness or light? and then move…