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Dezeen Watch Store (and our pop-up store at 55 Neal Street until 16 July) is now stocking Iconograph, the first watch by Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger.

Created for Italian brand Lorenz, Iconograph features twelve windows cut into the watch face to reveal numbers printed beneath.

It has a round, polished stainless steel case and soft silicone strap.

Iconograph is available on Dezeen Watch Store in white/red, white/green and black/grey.

See the watch at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at 55 Neal Street in London until 16 July.

The drawings shown were produced by Aisslinger during the design phase of the watch.

Here’s some text from the designer:

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Overlapping arches divide classrooms in this temporary school in Tokyo by Japanese architects Atelier SNS.

The International School of the Sacred Heart provides a kindergarten on the ground floor and a separate junior school above.

Classrooms, cloakrooms and the staff room are accessed from a central hall on each floor and there are no corridors inside the building.

The curved walls integrate bookshelves, white-boards and furniture for each of the nine classrooms.

The temporary building will be used until a permanent school is constructed in ten years time.

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Photography is by Hiroshi Ueda and Seiichi Oosawa.

The following information is from Atelier SNS:

International School of the Sacred Heart Temporary Building

∞ shaped walls to symbolise children’s infinite potential that make up the building

The Kindergarten and Junior School (1st & 2nd grade) temporary building project has been built on a very limited school field. This field had to be used as part of the temporary building and school playground. We were working with limited space.

We had to build a temporary building that is compact and efficient therefore we planned a circular design. As a result, we planned a cluster from where we have a center hall with 7 branches all leading to each individual open classroom.

The walls are designed to be reusable shelves. The shelves are mounted with desks, chairs and storage. This can be transferred to the new completed building in the future.

Classrooms are divided by ∞ shaped walls to symbolise children’s infinite potential.

The entangled arches represent children all over the world holding hands. The meaning of having no walls where the arches cross is to let children know that the world is without borders.

The ∞ shaped walls are used as bookshelves. The walls are well used and the storage is made on the walls which are closed on one side.

There are no hallways and students access to classrooms from the center. Each classroom is color coordinated, so students easily find their classrooms.

The round-shaped hanging ceiling is the air conditioning system covered by wooden louvers.

The entrance to the school curves to welcome the children with open arms.

The approach to the Kindergarten and Junior school is separated by an approach ramp, upper (JS) and the lower level staircase (Kindergarten).

The Kindergarten may also be entered through the ground level.

The extended cantilever flat roof protects the building from the sunlight and rain. Just like the Japanese ‘Engawa’, the mid-term area helps with conserving energy and running cost.

Since this will be used as a temporary building I have designed many parts of the class room to be detached and reusable.The floor consists of one room which is divided by removable walls to separate each class room. The walls are also reusable because they are used as back shelves and storage.

The entangled arches looks as though you are going through a though you are going through a tunnel.

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At one end of the tunnel, you reach the mirror wall where you can constantly reflect on. An area of reflection.

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At the other end of the tunnel, you see the future light / sunlight which guides you into the bright future.

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The desk and chairs are mounted into the wall. This enables the children to use any area along the wall to do their work.

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Location: Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
Client: International School of the Sacred Heart
Years: 2010
Plot area: 57.212.46 m2
Height: 7.53 m
Floors: 2 above ground
Covered area: 518.28 m2
Total floor area: 759.58m2

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Architects: Tsuneyuki Okamoto – AteleirSNS
Structures: Span Sekkei
Facilities: SP Sekkei
Contractors: Nakano Corporation

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David Byrne is among our favorite design-minded, art-loving, musical multitaskers, and UnBeige HQ is home to the bulk of his discography (have you discovered the myriad joys of Uh-Oh, his 1992 solo album, for example?). So we’re particularly pleased to relay the glad tidings that our friends at New York cultural center Exit Art are preparing to raffle a bicycle bedazzled by Byrne. Underneath all those sparkles is a Biomega Copenhagen Bike, the first internationally available shaft-driven bicycle. The integrated transmission makes it durable and easy to maintain, leaving the rider free to focus on more important things, such as keeping the frame all a-shimmer and finding new, subtle ways to tell the world that this bike was encrusted with tiny crystals by David Byrne. Ready to win this thing? Simply point your browser here and purchase a raffle ticket, available through Thursday at noon for $20 each or $100 for six. In addition to the warm, fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing you’re supporting Exit Art’s swell programming (Autotopia, for example), a ticket will get you an invitation to the party at which the raffle drawing will take place, but as Richard Nixon once said, “You do not have to be present to win.”

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This September, members of the design community will gather in Rochester, Minnesota for the Transform Symposium hosted by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. A groundbreaking multidisciplinary gathering, Transform2011 will focus on the challenges of the health care delivery system through the lens of design—disruptive ideas, innovation, social media, games, technology development, advocacy, environments and shifting populations. With speakers including Mariana Amatullo (Designmatters/Art Center), Bill Drenttel (Design Observer), Chris Hacker (Johnson & Johnson), James Hackett (Steelcase), John Thackara (Doors of Perception), Augusta Meill (Continuum), Doug Powell (AIGA), Helen Walters (Doblin) and our own editor in chief Allan Chochinov, the conference has brought together a powerhouse of design thinkers and business leaders.

Here’s your chance to get in on the conversation: the iSpot challenge awards recipients a 5-minute slot to present during the symposium (not to mention airfare, hotel and complimentary registration for the symposium). Think about it. What do you have to say about transforming health care (innovation — designing for change — motivation — social media — games)? The possibilities are endless.

Don’t wait, email Transform2011 today with your pitch! Deadline for submission is July 29th.

Check out last year’s iSpot presentations:
Tye Farrow on Design as a Catalyst for Health
Lyle Berkowitz on the EMR of the Future
Chaki Ng on New Ways of Connecting to People
Sharon Schindler Rising on A new OB Patient Visit

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