I wonder how many of those old IBM clocks I’ve stared at over the years… just waiting for class to be over… Well, somehow it hasn’t stopped me from wanting the newly reproduced 1960′s IBM 13.5 Standard Issue Clock. IBM partnered up with the American company Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. to bring this classic back to life. Hand assembled in Portland, Oregon, they’ve kept the original details like the domed glass lens and original graphics in tact. Now you can relive your clockwatching days…
Japanese design collective Nendo, with design director Oki Sato at the helm, is launching its new collaborative brand K% with a collection entitled black&black.
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LeeLABS is behind a new line of concrete clocks, called Para Clocks, that were designed using parametric software to achieve the radial patterns they were inspired by. Despite being made of concrete, these clocks have a delicate look about them. They remind me of what you could draw with those Spirograph toys from childhood.
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The White & White Clock is designed by Vadim Kibardin and is meant to be a three-dimensional version of a traditional digital clock. We featured the original black and white incarnation years ago, but this new updated one is even more fantastic.
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Made from Douglas fir with a screenprinted face, the Primary Clock was designed by London-based David Weatherhead and GOODD for Thorsten van Elten. The circular clock comes in two styles, one with a half circle of color and the other with segmented blocks of color. The half circle style can be hung three different ways displaying the color part either on the bottom, the right side, or at an angle.
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Timothy John has just released his new Woven Collection. The initial designs in this series were launched in 2010, as part of an experiment in hand-weaving techniques. The collection has since grown to five limited edition pieces: a traditional vase, pendant lights, a table and a clock.
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Remember those giant Swatch watches people hung on their walls? This is the modern version. “One size fits wall.”
Nick Johnson, owner of new Seattle-based design company Johnson House Design, has released his first product: Flat Clock. The clock is a customizable modern wall clock that’s created completely out of your own custom specifications using the Flat Clock interactive website. Be prepared to spend some time on FlatClock.com making a ton of fun designs – I know I just wasted at least an hour.
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The minimalist concrete work of Swedish company Forsberg Form is off the charts. The company, started as a hobby by Johan Forsberg 15 years ago, has grown into a full-fledged design business working with both residential and commercial clients.
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Okay gadget guys and gals. We’ve curated the best of Design Milk’s technology offerings this year, and they encompass the cute (a kiddie iPad) to the crucial (great workspaces) to innovative (grocery shopping via billboard) to the just plain useful (a soundless alarm clock). While some are simply for play, others allow you to take existing gizmos to a whole new level.
anaPad
anaPad is a children’s magnetic white board made in the exact dimensions of an iPad that comes with an erasable marker and app-style magnets. Almost as good, though twice as cute, as the real thing.
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