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Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk has created this series of 14 mantle clocks, each made from a different metal wire or finish.

Called One More Time, the clocks comprise a ceramic face and metal wires twisted into the frame of a clock case.

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Here are some more details from the designer:

One more time

14 mantelclocks handmade in metal wire in 14 different materials and finishings. Each clock has exactly the same shape, but a totally different appearance because of its finish. It tells a story about time; how we look at objects, judge them, how we feel about them and how our vision towards them changes within time.

An object that shows only the skeleton of what it could be, yet representing a function in full state. The objects exist between fiction and reality, it’s ultra transparent and seems to float in space by almost getting absorbed by its surroundings. In this work the construction looks like a tiny ink drawing. The added ceramic part determines a function: a clock.

Finishes: Brass, Brass sandblasted, Copper, Copper sandblasted, Copper oxidized, Copper sulphur, Copper sandblasted nickel plated, Copper 24K gold plated, Copper nickel plated, Copper oxidized copper plated, Aluminium, Aluminium blue anodized, Aluminium red anodized, Aluminium black anodized.

34 x 14 x 41 cm

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Log Clock by Piotr Stolarski	Hand in Hand Clock by Yen-Wen Tseng	Kazadokei by Nendo

Milan 2011: Swiss brand Punkt. presented this alarm clock by British designer Jasper Morrison at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week.

Called Punkt. AC 01, the design comprises an extruded L-shaped aluminium base with a circular hole housing the clock face and mechanism.

The product comes in black, red and white and is Morrison’s second for the brand – see our earlier story on his Punkt. DP 01 telephone launched in September last year.

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The details below are from Punkt.:

“It’s an alarm clock with a shape that I designed… it sits slightly angled on an ‘L’ shaped aluminium extrusion, with the clock face set into a round hole. A rocker-switch, to set the alarm on and off, rotates around the mechanism, which sticks out of the back, and a small window below the 12 marker on the clock face indicates its status.” Jasper Morrison.

Punkt. AC 01 offers you the pleasure of going back to the traditional alarm clock for everyday use. Why have your cell phone lying on your bedside table, when you can be woken up by a superb design object such as the AC 01? No fumbling around in the dark, no radiation emissions, and no unwanted calls in the middle of the night; just the pleasure of trusting your sleeping hours to a wonderfully simple object that, thanks to its extraordinary simplicity, will delight you every time you wake up to it.

Essential and timeless
If function defines design, then the essentiality of the AC 01 is natural – like the daily routine of waking up – which makes the AC 01 a timeless timepiece.

Simple and intuitive
Set the alarm on; switch it off; prolong sleep by activating snooze; check the time in the middle of the night. Four simple actions which need to be performed intuitively; as with the AC 01.

Long lasting materials
The AC 01 dial is protected by thick scratch-proof glass and surrounded by a solid aluminium body to ensure product longevity.

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r5.5 by Jasper Morrison	Punkt. DP 01 by Jasper Morrison	r5.5 Platinum Chrono. by Jasper Morrison

Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger of Studio Ve in Israel have created a clock where the two hands are linked by a striped paper-like material, creating ever-changing 3D shapes as the hours go by.

Called Manifold Clock, the striped sheet is made of Tyvek, and slowly curls and unfurls.

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Here’s a tiny bit of information from the designers:

The Manifold Clock.

We connected the clock’s two hands with a manifold to create a 3D movement.

The time can be read traditionally using the two hands, while a new reading method is created when clock demonstrates an ever-changing form every minute. It is a combination of modern design and simple mechanics.

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Hand in Hand Clock by Yen-Wen Tseng	Continue Time by Sander Mulder	The Bent Hands by Giha Woo and Shingoeun

Fabrica designed the perfect clock for being on-time. The On-Time clock. Via Coudal Partners.