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this clock has only hands



 
'vice versa' design by yiran qian from china, shortlisted entry of designboom's competition brightLED
currently on display at the gwangju design biennale in korea.
 
 












comments:


Where could one buy this as this is exactly what I am looking for!
[email protected] 10.15.07



It's fantastic !
Where can I get one ?
[email protected] 10.16.07



what is that plant in the foreground?
Jimbo Jones 10.16.07



what brand name is that wall paint? Oh, and another thing: HA-HA!
Nelson Muntz 10.17.07



Buy it? It's *definitely* a photoshop. Look how the pixels are always square to up, despite the rotation of the hand. Look how the light shadow on the arms always runs down the length of the arm, regardless of the angle the arm is at. Still, a decent idea and you'd figure it's possible to make.
Fake! 10.17.07



It's clearly a photoshop concept image - notice how the pixels of the clock numbers stay horizontal/vertical while the clock hands rotate. Nice idea though.
Baz 10.17.07



Have a look to the project of Inga Sempé, a french designer, in 2000.
And it's not a photoshop concept image...

The picture here

material : wood, led and electronic system.

Still a really nice idea
julien 10.18.07



Have a look to the project of Inga Sempé, a french designer, in 2000.
And it's not a photoshop concept image...

The picture here

material : wood, led and electronic system.

Still a really nice idea
julien 10.18.07



The Sempe project came to mind too... Not sure if hers works either
dave 10.18.07



i will pay money, real tangible money for a clock like this... email me at [email protected] if you know where to get one.
egokick 10.20.07



Unlike the project of Inga Sempé, someone was confused when they made this photoshop concept - notice that the long hand (minutes) shows the hour number rather than the minutes? And vice versa on the short (hour) hand.

If someone actually made it (the proper way), I'd buy one too.
JCT 10.23.07



12319
yurai_kurai 10.24.07



JCT -- The designer wasn't confused...
The numbers on the hands indicate the positions of the numbers on an analog clock, as would be there if a conventional clock were "behind" the hands.

Whether photoshopped or not, I think the concept is brilliant -- it first deconstructs both analog and digital clocks, and then synthesizes those deconstructions such that the digital elements indicate analog positions... elegant and conceptually very clever!
lightspeed 10.24.07



i have to agree. if the minute hand showed actual minutes (ie 54) it wouldnt be interesting at all, merly conventional.

by showing where the minute hand would actually be on a regular analogue clock it transforms the peice, photoshop or not the design is wherre the skill lies, manufacture is simply determining if it is worth the manufacture in the first palce.
br3n.co.uk 10.24.07



It is a brilliant piece. The hands are sweeping over the numbers of the traditional clock face displaying the numbers as if the hands were transparent. Or, better yet, portals into some electronic dimension. I want one too!
[email protected] 10.27.07







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