today and tomorrow

It’s quite amazing how many different designs there’re for a simple clock. Tristan Zimmermann his Oblique Clock is my current favorite.

found at MocoLoco

This is the perfect clock for today. The Sun Clock by Hironao Tsuboi doesn’t only tell you the time, but it also shows you the sunset and sunrise times. I’m not sure if you can enter your exact latitude and longitude.

I don’t know why but I like clocks like this Wall Clock, designed by Hundreds Tens Units.

1g/min is an installation by Albin Karlsson. A machine attached to the ceiling rotates with the speed of one revolution per hour. Every minute, a one gram of hotglue drops on the floor. You can image how it takes till the sculpture takes form.

The Vienna-based design studio Vandasye designed this Solar-powered Clock. I don’t only like the aesthetics but also how they show the context of their design projects in their portfolio.

This Sèvres Vase Clock by Georgios Maridakis actually works with any vase. You can place any you like on the stand and then adjust the hammer. Every hour the hammer will knock on the vase, the sound will depend on the vase of course. The combination of a hammer and porcelain is quite nice.

found at Yanko Design

This clock called “Continue Time” was designed by Sander Mulder. He connected the seconds hand to the minutes hand to the hours hand, the result is kinetic artwork that changes it shape continiously during a 12 hours rotation.
Of course, this isn’t a new clock concept, I’ve seen one before but it didn’t look so nice as this one with its open brass clockwork and aluminum hands. If you want a digital version, you should have a look at The Hand in Hand Clock by Johan Bisse Mattsson.

Time Switch designed by Harc Lee for 7760.

tha ltd. has just launched a new website for SCR, its creative label intended to serve as a platform for artworks and projects emerging from the recent digital/network media movements. They produce, develop, and sell various interactive art / software / motion-based projects. You might remember their Dropclock screensaver from last year.
Beside the relaunch, they also added 6 new pieces. 4 of them are made by Brendan Dawes, Delaware, Andreas Müller and Theodore Watson, the other 2, which I like best, by tha ltd. themselves.

MUG SHOOTER by tha ltd.

MUG SHOOTER is a screensaver that takes a unique mug shot of you and shares it to the world. A special camera that uses the automatic face recognition system morphs your facial expressions as you move parts of your face. Play around, have fun, and post a unique mug shot of yourself! (Please note, this screensaver displays the 50 most recent posts only, and old images will be automatically deleted. Your posts will be displayed for a limited time of around 1 ~ 10 days.)

CRASHCLOCK by tha ltd.

CRASHCLOCK is a screensaver that depicts the destruction of 4 truss structures falling vertically against the ground in slow motion.

This project is based on a project “CRASH” which was created for an exhibition called “bones” directed by Shunji Yamanaka at the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT.

The On-time Clock fast forwards 3 minutes of your time so you don’t have to run for the bus. Design by Tak Cheung (Fabrica) and produced by Diamantini & Domeniconi.