If I had a dollar for every time I saw an awe-inspiring design that made me think, “that’s truly beautiful, but it’d be impossible to clean,” I’d have–well, at least ten or so dollars. In particular, lighting fixtures like Ayala Serfaty’s Wavy Wool or Five-Headed Chandelier are wondrously strange and enticingly textural, but the dust-collection quotient sadly makes me say “pass.”

Andersen Windows and doors’ booth at #NeoCon10.

Just so with most Honeycomb style blinds. Though I certainly appreciate their unparalleled excellence in keeping my bedroom dark at 10:30 a.m., I can’t handle the dirt between the combs, as it were. Andersen Windows’ response to this conundrum is called Eagle-Between-Glass Blinds. The product is on display (albeit, behind twin panes) at NeoCon today at booth 7-8140. And if that appreciably overt name has left anything unsaid, Andersen fills in the blanks: “Placed between two panes of glass away from dust, dirt, and damage, you get the benefit of energy efficiency and the privacy, control, and convenience of blinds.”

Though I admit I feel a tad strange about imprisoning my window cover within glass (I felt the same way about my brother’s goldfish), I have great admiration for the product’s functionality, energy efficiency, and sleek appearance. The concept gives the Eagle–or “System 3”–the thermal equivalent of triple glazing, meaning greater heat retention or less heat gain, depending on your particular climatological needs. Shades are available in six colors–a palette that emphasizes the light and the bright, as in “gardenia,” “magnolia,” and “vanilla,”–and surrounds are available in three colors and wood veneer. The shades are 5/8″. Eagle Between-Window Blinds are made to fit a variety of window styles–casement, awning, or auxiliary. They can be mounted to extruded aluminum storm panels and the outer frame is removable. Like the surrounds, the frame offers three color choices (tan, gold, and white) or wood veneer.