As a symbol of their 175th anniversary, Switzerland’s last remaining specialized high-end clock manufacturer L’Epée has engineered and crafted another visionary design by conceptual micro-engineering lab MB&F. The resulting…
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This alarm clock created by Adrian and Jeremy Wright for French design brand Lexon is turned on and off by flipping it over (+ slideshow).
The FLIP clock by DesignWright for Lexon is a small rectangular case, with “ON” written on one of the larger surfaces and “OFF” written on the opposite side.
When ON is visible, the clock’s alarm has been activated and a smaller clock symbol appears in the right-hand corner of the display to indicate what time the alarm is set for.
When the alarm rings, the user simply turns the clock upside-down to reveal the OFF side.
The numbers on the LCD display automatically rotate when it tips over 90 degrees so the time is still displayed the correct way up.
“The concept came from a simple observation that the seven segment display is symmetrical, which allows you to display numbers both ways up,” explained Adrian Wright. “We thought instead of trying to find a small button in the dark to turn the alarm on/off, you just turn it over and the time flips as well.”
Both sides of the clock are touch-sensitive, acting as both a snooze button and also a way of illuminating the LCD display.
The FLIP comes in ten colours and is made from ABS plastic with a rubberised finish. “We didn’t really design the product for anyone in particular, but when we heard that people were also buying it for their children, we realised we must have got it right,” said Wright.
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When considering the work of glass, two places in the world are famous for the refinement of the tradition: the Czech Republic’s Bohemia region and Venice, Italy. While tradition is often a source of inspiration, we are in an era in which tradition…
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Tel Aviv-based Studio Ve is comprised of Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger, two young men who like exploring objects and their conception—whether it’s a Two Leg Table…
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San Francisco-based conceptual publication The Thing Quarterly commissions artists, writers and other creative types to create a useful everyday object that incorporates text, sending epistolary shower curtains, onion cutting boards and more to subscribers four times a year. For its…
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David Okum et Javier Palomares s’associent en cette année 2013 pour créer le studio Okum Made ensemble. Les produits qu’ils proposent sont faits main comme cette série d’horloges disponibles en 4 matériaux différents : en sapin de Douglas, en noyer, en érable et en liège. De très beaux objets à découvrir.
If your natural reaction to the alarm going off is to cause your phone physical harm, Tiny Hearts’ Wake Alarm could be perfect for you. Released today, Wake Alarm was created in an attempt to…
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The birds inside this cuckoo clock by London design studio BERG are programmed to poke their heads out to announce Twitter messages, retweets and new followers (+ movie).
#Flock, which was commissioned from BERG by social networking service Twitter, was built using BERG Cloud, the design studio’s operating system for network-connected products.
Using a wirelessly controlled Arduino microcontroller, the three birds inside the clock are choreographed to respond immediately to activity on Twitter.
Retweets, direct messages and new followers each trigger one of the three birds to pop out of the clock, accompanied by a snippet of birdsong.
Like the studio’s Little Printer, the tiny thermal printer that led to the development of BERG Cloud, #Flock is a web-connected device designed to give digital data a physical expression.
BERG isn’t the only design studio exploring ways of making digital data tangible – we previously featured a project to print muddled news headlines harvested from the internet and a plotter set up to write and re-write text from Wikipedia as it’s updated.
Other machines on Dezeen include a mechanically operated sliding whistle that uses a bellow and levers to mimic birdsong – see all machines.
Photographs are by BERG.
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Hu Shaoming, a young and talented art student from Guangzhou Art Academy has recently attracted the unexpected attention of the local art world with his curious exhibition entitled “Reconnecting Time” (“He: Shiguan Xilie” in Chinese). Supported by Guangzhou Art Academy, he developed the project as an essay within the…
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Next month, Humans since 1982 unveils its latest installation “A million times” at Design Days Dubai, which will incorporate 300 interconnected analog clocks working together to form a singular installation that measures almost 3.5 meters wide. Each clock contains a motor for the minute hand and one for the…
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