Category: Clock

Front & Back

Clocks are a popular object to minimise, but the Front & Back clock still caught my eye – it combines uses the needed AA batteries as clock hands.

Of course, this is just a fun little thing, but it shows an important tactic in the minimising of objects: through the merge of multiple elements into one.

The Front & Back clock is designed by Korean designers Giha  Woo and Shin Go Eun, who work under the name of The Wrong Objects.

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Aspiral Clock

You don’t need hands to tell the time, so say Aspiral. Echoing the fascinations that previous and ancient civilisations had with gauging the time of day, Will Aspinall and Neil Lambeth created this, the Aspiral Clock.

Measuring a half day, the clock itself rotates while the ball starts on the outside and gradually runs along the spiral until it reaches the centre and drops down the hole, back to the start—a cycle that takes exactly twelve hours.

Each Aspiral Clock is made individually and comes in a number of different flavours, which includes custom designs. If accuracy is a must, the Grey Timemaster version has 5 minute markings to make sure you don’t miss the train.

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QlockTwo

A great alternative to numerical clocks is this worded clock by Biegert & Funk.

Called QlockTwo, this clock tells the time using words highlighted by LEDs. It is available in numerous colours and languages.

I like how the smooth design and structured typographic grid compliment the illuminated words and make it stand out.

You can purchase the QlockTwo in various colours and languages via Biegert & Funk’s online store.

And there’s also an iPhone application available!

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Target clock

Clocks and watches are popular subjects for minimalist designers. This Target Clock is the attempt of British designer Simon Lumb.

Rather than with the traditional hands, Lumb’s clock tells time through the edges of two coloured discs.

To see it in action, check the video (and then come back and explain it to me ;-)

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MILE’s LED clock

This LED clock comes from MILE project, a Japanese designer threesome consisting of Bandai Matsuo, Kentaro Kai, and Kozo Shimoyama.

Rather than steel or plastic hands, this clock has hands made of light – that’s as minimalist as it gets!

Also check out this video.

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Black & White clock

Prague-based designer Vadim Kibardin was listed by Wallpaper magazine as one of 40 designers “who will change the world”. Of course that remains to be seen, but this concept for a digital clock is pretty sweet.

The Black & White clock has only the necessary 4 seperate numbers, needed to tell the time. No case holding them together or anything. It has one subtle extra feature: a light sensor should invert the figures from black in the day light, to white when the room is dark at night.

Vadim Kibardin is still looking for a manufacturer.

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Work

This ceramic serie of five ornaments is from Dick van Hoff which he has made is collaboration with Royal Tichelaar Makkum in the Netherlands.

He decided to make some practical desk products instead of traditional living room or dinner table products.

The outcome was the series Work: two table lamps, a clock, a vase and a pen-tray. The pieces are made in a functional blend of wood and ceramics. Without the wooden structures the products would actually be highly unpractical.

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