Thursday, August 9, 2007

the mundane...

...reimagined. i appreciate how these products give mundane information-- time, date-- in an unexpected, special way.

of course, clocks don't even need to denote the hour marks at all, but it's nice to see somethign different. this clock is doing much more than the average wall clock, but the special detail of framing the word probably makes the arrival of the hour more exciting.

























(sorry about all the weird white spaces)

this clock is totally simple and obvious, and yet seems really special. it reminds me of annie (chang)'s illuminated object. i don't know what triggers this, but it always seems special when wood glows.























instead of crossing off each day that passes, a calendar that has you connect the dots. each dot has a number inside (the date) and the dots will complete a seasonally-relevant picture at the end of the month...


2 comments:

Mary Sims White said...

they show you how to make the glowing wood clock in the issue before last of ready-made. it's actually rather simple and thus even more amazing.

sarah nahm said...

i know, right. its just such a bummer that wood veneer is so expensive...