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Clock Needs to be Corrected

Almost 5-6 years ago, i designed Eye Ball Clock and CUBIC mini portable beamer. They all received pretty well results as so far.

An idea came across to me recently that can i design a new cubic shape stuff which can combine them together.

So i chose galaxy system as my main theme, use brass material as center of the left beamer. Spreading holes makes it both like a hot fixed star or a radio telescope. Meanwhile the outer rings will wave with music, so you will get both visual and auditory enjoyment.

The key point is the right clock. I set a blue planet with half bright and half dark in midddle of the clock which takes 24 hours to go a loop. Rings around it have numbers from 1-12 on them. People can maybe easily read times by combining the whole system (might need to watch sunlight outside ) but, dont you think it will be fun?  As People wear watches not for time any longer, this stuff is also not for high level sound and accurate time. Life needs decoration, life needs fun!
时隔差不多一年没有发作品了。这次给大家带来一款今年设计的桌面多功能小时钟。
熟悉阿吉作品的小伙伴应该能看得出来。这个产品其实是6年前EYE BALL 创意时钟与5年前CUBIC便携式迷你音箱的精神续作。

整体外观原本想做成常见的博朗风搭配那种双大眼睛的造型。结果发现博朗风太硬了,搭配大黑眼睛不好看,于是又加了些圆角。题材上选取了个人喜欢的宇宙星系系统。左侧音箱扬声器部分选用了黄铜作为核心材料,辅以不规则细螺纹打磨。出音口呈放射线
形态,使它看起来既像一个放光芒的恒星,又像一个在收发信号的射电望远镜。外层黑色圆环会随音乐节奏律动,增加产品的仪式感和使用乐趣。

产品右侧是记时部分。6年前我在站酷的第一个首页推荐作品就是一个眼球时钟。这次想再次沿用那个概念,只不过做了很大程度的优化。圆环中间的蓝色星球会以24小时为一个日夜交替往复的旋转,周围的渐变色圈层上带有1-12的数字。结合星球日月变换与数字就可以大致知晓目前的时间(也可能需要再结合一下窗外的阳光^-^)。

其实为什么会突然设计这样一款产品的主要是因为最近一直沉迷欣赏手表。所以在产品的圆盘、旋钮、开关包括表面处理都能看到一些手表上常见的手法。也许粗浅,有些依样画葫芦。但是我想说,学到很多,设计的很过瘾,下次继续。

最后有小伙伴要问了,弄了半天这个产品看时间也看不准,还不如直接看电脑或者手机。并且受限于出音口的形态与运动方式,音质也许也会受到影响,我为啥要用它呢。我想说,你说的也许没错。就像现实社会里还有多少人带手表纯粹是为了看时间呢?生活需要仪式感来装点,很多东西只是放在桌上看着都会很开心。做设计最重要的就是快乐,工作上被成本、时间、工艺、预算卡的那么死了,好不容易放松一把,不好好玩一下嘛。
Clock Needs to be Corrected
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