NEW IDEAS FOR DISPLAYING TIME.
Levitated
“Story” has a small chrome sphere that levitates around a wooden base. The rotation can be set to take one hour, day, month, or even one year (or more) to complete a revolution. Or it will display any time period, like the time to your next vacation. It also has a timer mode.
To show the time in numerals, there’s a LED display that can shine through the surface of the wood.
Other things like moon phases, sunset/sunrise, and temperature are displayed by using backlighting. An app controls all the settings.
The company that makes this unconventional clock, “Flyte,” also produces a levitating light and a levitating planter.
https://flyte.se
Dots
“Order” is a project from Anicorn Watches that’s inspired by the New York City transport system.
It was designed by Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth, who founded “Standards Manual,” which has republished some iconic graphic design manuals, like those from the New York City Transit Authority (1970), and NASA (1975).
Also from Anicorn Watches, comes “Hidden Time,” which uses a rotating color gradient to focus attention on the hour. The overall idea is to suggest the passing of time.
https://www.anicorn-watches.com
Modernizing the cuckoo clock
Guido Zimmermann replaced the traditional German architecture with stark modern buildings.
https://www.guidozimmermann-art.com
Nendo have their own rethink of the genre in three new designs.
And there’s even a watch that fits inside a cuckoo clock case.
I’m a big fan of many of Nendo’s designs. I’ve shown a few before, in these posts:
Globe: https://wp.me/s7LiLW-global
Chocolates: https://wp.me/p7LiLW-17S
Their website: http://www.nendo.jp
Old style
Just for comparison, this is the type of cuckoo clock we’re more used to.
