Soft Clock Concept

May 28th, 2009

Here is another clock: the Soft Clock Concept by Egor Myznik. The hands of the clock make bulges in the glossy flexible PVC front. Simple and nice!

Soft Clock Concept by Egor MyznikSoft Clock Concept by Egor Myznik

Soft Clock Concept by Egor Myznik

Soft Clock Concept by Egor Myznik

found Yanko Design

Real Time

May 20th, 2009

During the Milan furniture fair, Maarten Baas presented his latest project called “Real Time”. He made 3 clocks, actually he made 3 movies, which are each 12 hours long. For the first one “Grandfather Clock”, he filmed a man drawing the hands of clock during 12 hours. This is also the only clock for which he made an object: a standing clock with a screen displaying the video. It gives you the impression that there is someone inside. The second one, called “Sweeper Clock”, shows you 2 actors wiping garbage 12 hours long. The garbage forms the hands of the clock. In the third one, the “Digital Analoge Clock”, you can see an actor painting the segments of a digital clock black and wiping them clean again.
He sells a a limited number of the videos on external hard drives and 3 pieced of the Grandfather Clock.

At the end you can find a video of interview with Maarten Baas where explains it a little more and where you can see some more footage of the clocks.

Grandfather Clock by Maarten Baas

Grandfather Clock by Maarten Baas

Sweeper Clock by Maarten Baas

Digital Analog Clock by Maarten Baas

Digital Analog Clock by Maarten Baas

found via @marcusfairs

The Clock Clock

May 18th, 2009

“The Clock Clock” by Humans Since 1982 is a digital clock made from 24 analogue ones. Those 24 aren’t real clocks anymore like you can see in the video. But still nice.
Here are 2 other similar clocks projects worth checking out: O’clock and Christaan Postma Clock.

The Clock Clock by Humans Since 1982

The Clock Clock by Humans Since 1982

The Clock Clock by Humans Since 1982

The Clock Clock by Humans Since 1982

found at dezeen

3.16 Billion Cycles

May 14th, 2009

3.16 Billion Cycles” is a clock designed by Che-Wei Wang. 1 cycle takes 1 seconds, 3.16 billion cycles will take 100 years. After that time the clock will fall apart due to the gap in the outer arc.

A 60 rpm (revolutions per minute) motor drives the entire mechanism. It rotates once every second. The following pulley rotates once every 5 seconds (1:5 ratio). The next rotates once every 60 seconds or 1 minute. Then 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 month, 1 year, and 1 decade. The decade wheel carries the load of the large arc. The large arc rotates once every century. The final ratio between the 60 rpm motor and the large arc is approximately 1:31.6 billion.

Each wheel is marked with a black nut to highlight a position that could be tracked over time. Along the arc, 100 lines mark the divisions of each passing year. When the clock finally reaches the end of a 100 year cycle, the arc falls off its track onto the floor.

3.16 Billion Cycles by Che-Wei Wang

3.16 Billion Cycles by Che-Wei Wang

3.16 Billion Cycles by Che-Wei Wang

3.16 Billion Cycles by Che-Wei Wang

Water Clock

April 21st, 2009

To be able to read the Water Clock by Kyouei Design, you’ll have to let the white and red ball float in water. Inside the ceramic base are 2 magnets who rotate, those attract the 2 balls. The red one shows the hours, the white one the minutes.

Water Clock by Kyouei LTD

Water Clock by Kyouei LTD

Water Clock by Kyouei LTD

Water Clock by Kyouei LTD

found at designboom weblog

Eye Clock

February 25th, 2009

The Eye Clock by Mike Mak Design is probably not so easy to read, but quite funny.

Eye Clock by Mike Mak Design

Eye Clock by Mike Mak Design

Pong Clock

February 4th, 2009

Sander Mulder designed this Pong Clock, you can also switch to game mode.

Pong Clock by Sander Mulder

Rolex Time Sand

January 23rd, 2009

Rolex Time Sand is an installation by Michael Marcovici. One bag is filled with 30 kgs of sand, which equals 30 days flowing in a standard hourglass. On the 18 palets, there are 972 bags with a total weight of 29.160 kg. They last for 81 years- our generous estimation of an average lifestime. The image in the middle pictures the artist’s lifetime already consumed: 39 years.

Rolex Time Sand by Michael Marcovici

Rolex Time Sand by Michael Marcovici

Rolex Time Sand by Michael Marcovici

found at Nerdcore

Ivan Argote

December 12th, 2008

Here are 2 projects by Ivan Argote. The first one, Trap, was build where the Berlin Wall used to be, maybe he wanted to catch some tourists. The second one is a clock, a Time Is Money clock.

Trap by Ivan Argote

Time Is Money by Ivan Argote

found at datenform

UseLess Is More

December 4th, 2008

JoeVelluto, an Italian design studio, wrote the “Manifesto of Adesign”. If design produces function, the Adesign produces Dis/function. “UseLess Is More” is the first interpretation of that manifesto. These objects designed by JoeVelluto are nearer to art than to design, but you can still discover the real aim of the object.
I want this disfunctional lamp and disfunctional clock!

Disfunction Lamp by JoeVelluto

Disfunction Lamp by JoeVelluto

Disfunction Lamp by JoeVelluto

Disfunction Clock by JoeVelluto

Disfunction Clock by JoeVelluto


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