Time for All

The Time Timer Watch PLUS incorporates visual, audible as well as tactile alerts to broaden the reach of its users to include those with special needs or anyone who simply has trouble with time tracking. Time is depicted as a red disc that disappears as time moves, and user defined intervals are signaled by both sound alarms and vibration. With an easy-to-use interface, it’s perfect for blind or deaf users, or anyone who just needs a productivity push.

Designer: Time Timer


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Time-telling Trickster

Gotta wuv this clever clock! Using an Arduino Uno light and distance sensor embedded in a vintage clock, Wallace plays with the viewer’s perception by gradually slowing down as they approach it. When they walk away it speeds back up to return to the correct time. It will take a minute before you realize you aren’t trippin! An excellent conversation starter. Watch the vid to see how it works!

Designers: Marlene Kettner & Sharon Williams

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Improve Your Mental Agility

Heard of the “pomodoro” technique? It’s all the rage amongst PhD’s, academics, and students all over the world! This tool, called the Pomodorogon, enhances the visual and physical aspects of the technique, using an action and visual cue to create a rhythmic working pattern. It’s also double-sided, so you can take it to a pomodoro group, or sit opposite a like-minded co-worker. It will help you get into the rhythm of the technique, and motivate you to complete whole cycles at a time!

The pomodoro technique is a time management tool that is used to increase productivity and efficiency in the workplace. it breaks down workflow into several key elements: planning, tracking, recording, processing and visualizing. The technique uses a time breakdown in order to encourage efficiency: 4 working periods (each 25 minutes) with 5 minutes of rest in between. at the end of the fourth period, an extended break of 25 minutes is allowed before starting the cycle again.

The Pomodorogon focuses on the visual and tracking aspects of this technique, creating visual and physical connections through object and movement with the pomodoro workflow. The user rotates the shape at the beginning and end of each interval. 8 sides, 8 periods of time. When the unit is on a number: 25 minutes of work. When the unit is on the arrow: 5 minutes of rest. The arrow after the fourth working period signifies the extended 25 minute break.

Designer: Jon Liow


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When it Couldn’t Get Easier…

Especially compared to digital clocks, analog ones are easy enough to change when daylight savings time hits, right? WRONG- there’s always room for improvement! Proof- the Ambigu wall clock has a hanging element on the reverse side that’s very similar to standard designs but with one major difference: dual-positioned hook spaces that make it possible to easily rotate the clock one hour forward or backward in accordance with the time changes. Each hour mark on the clock’s minimal face is exactly the same so no need to take it off the wall!

Designer: Jon Liow


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Googly Eyed Watch

Silly really is the best way to describe this adorable timepiece by designer Mathilde Ampe! The clever SoH (Second of Happiness) watch has two separate axis for hours and minutes that resemble a couple of googly eyes. The face was designed to be easily interchangeable, allowing users to personalize the look of their watch. As time ticks by, the expression changes from cross-eyed, to bored, to mischievous. Wear it long enough and you’ll soon associate the time of day with the looks your watch is giving you!

Designer: Mathilde Ampe


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Guangzhou Time Lapse

Réalisée par la société de production ZweiZwei et le réalisateur russe Artem Sergeevich, cette vidéo en time-lapse nous propose de superbes images de l’Asie (Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen) en mars 2012. Une création tournée au Canon 5D Mark II et Canon 60D à découvrir en HD dans la suite de l’article.

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Planet Toronto

Focus sur le travail « Planet Toronto », le nom de cette très belle vidéo en time-lapse afin de présenter la ville canadienne sous son plus beau jour. Une superbe création signée Ryan Emond sur une musique de Joseph McDonald. L’ensemble est à découvrir en HD dans la suite de l’article.

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks: Hot Wheels’ Camaro, Google’s tribute to Bob Ross, the Hope app and more in our look at the web this week

Link About It: This Week's Picks

1. Camaro Hot Wheels Launched this week to the applause of big kids everywhere, the Hot Wheels Edition Camaro is a full-size production version of its micro counterpart. Upscaled with 21″ black rims, two-tone hood graphics and Hot Wheels logos abound, the car of many childhood dreams is set…

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Form Us With Love + Tid: Two Swedish studios team up to keep perfect time

Form Us With Love + Tid

“The wristwatch lost its essentiality when devices for showing the time moved into everyone’s pocket,” notes Petrus Palmér of design agency Form Us With Love on the impetus for its latest collaboration, this time with a new Swedish watch company Tid. Tid is the short Swedish word for time,…

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Four Dimensions of Time

The latest in a trend of automotive-inspired timepieces, the Quad concept takes from the design language of the detailed headlamps found in the new Porsche Panamera. Time telling is divided into 4 orbs that each display an isolated subset of time in days, hours, minutes and seconds. With an aesthetic that aims for the sporty side of the luxury-watch market, the Quad hits the mark.

Designer: Alex Marzo


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