Muse Цыферблат Разумнага Гадзінніка by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн інтэрфейсаў, узаемадзеяння і карыстальніцкага вопыту Competition Category.
ЖалезаІнтэрфейс· 2021
Muse Цыферблат Разумнага Гадзінніка
Client: Artalex
Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Інтэрфейс Category
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The Design
About Muse Цыферблат Разумнага Гадзінніка
Muse - гэта цыферблат разумнага гадзінніка, які не выглядае як традыцыйны гадзіннік. Яго татэмны фон з'яўляецца ключавым элементам, каб паказаць гадзіну, і разам з бліскучым штрыхом, каб паказаць хвіліну. Іх спалучэнне ветліва перадае адчуванне плыні часу. Агульны выгляд каштоўных камянёў у значнай ступені стварае экзатычны карыстацкі досвед.
The Recognition
About the Жалезная прэмія A' Design Award
Muse Цыферблат Разумнага Гадзінніка — пераможца Жалезнай прэміі A' Design Award, прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца добрым дызайнам, што адпавядаюць прафесійным і прамысловым патрабаванням, чаканым ад добра распрацаваных твораў. Жалезныя пераможцы дэманструюць вялікае майстэрства, высокую спецыялізацыю, экспертнае разуменне і творчыя здольнасці сваіх стваральнікаў. Чакаецца, што Muse Цыферблат Разумнага Гадзінніка — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы твор, практычны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Жалезную прэмію A' Design Award, інтэгруе лепшыя галіновыя практыкі і мае кампетэнтныя тэхнічныя характарыстыкі, звязаныя з ноу-хау і талентам. Muse Цыферблат Разумнага Гадзінніка паважаецца за грунтоўнасць і прызначаны даваць паляпшэнні якасці жыцця, што дапамагаюць зрабіць свет лепшым месцам.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Muse is a smartwatch face that tells the time while doesn't look like any traditional watch face as we usually thought. It looks more towards the combination of stone and gem. The feeling it conveys is more close to the nature while still keeps the beauty of gem.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The dimension of this design is 400 x 400px on Android watch, 360 x 360px on Samsung watch. It supports both round and square smartwatches.
- Tags
- gem, nature, stone, ancient, gemstone, nostalgia, luxury, informative
- Production Technology
- I aimlessly drew a sketch on my iPad. The sketch turned out to be the main element of the design. The app I used on iPad is Procreate. Once finished the drawing, exported into Photoshop, separate different layers for different hours. Then, export these layers (12 layers) into png images. After that, import these 12 layers into Facer (watch face making app), use programming to control which layer should be highlighted in which hour. For example, layer 1 will be highlighted when 1 am/pm. So, that's how to tell the hour. For the minute, I use a glare-like stroke to represent the glare from the light (the beauty of nature). At the centre of the watch face, I put those essential information such as date, step count, battery level, so that the user can still grab the information really quickly. For the numbers around the watch face, I use roman numerals to give the sense of antique, as well as add on different colours to make the overall looking more like ancient gemstone.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part of this design is to make the overall looking "less-look-like-watch", and feels ancient. I want to make it look more like a gemstone rather than a watch, meanwhile it still tells you the time and other information.
- Research
- Nothing much about the research. The idea just came out suddenly from my aimless sketch. At that moment, I had the feeling of making it a non-traditional watch face. Just follow the heart.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration came from a casual sketch that I was aimlessly drawing on my iPad when I sit in a bar. As the strokes went on, the sketch became a kind of totem. Then, the idea came out. Let this totem-like graphic tells the time, combining the feeling of nature. Let it be the main element of my smartwatch face. Make it looks like a kind of gemstone.
- Project Duration
- The project started in February 2020 in Singapore and finished in September 2020, and is released on Face app and WatchMaker app in September 2020.
- Operation Flow
- The design is already released on Facer app. Go to Facer app or website (facer.io), search "Artalex", and look for the name "Muse". Click the "send to watch" button to sync the design into your smartwatch. You need the Facer app installed on your smartwatch.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Alex Pan Yong, 2020
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Pan Yong, Main image, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Pan Yong, Group shot, 2020.
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