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Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны by Farzan Shamasblou

Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны by Farzan Shamasblou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн хатніх тавараў Competition Category.


БронзаХатнія тавары· 2023

Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны

by Farzan Shamasblou

Client: Pratic Studio

Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Хатнія тавары Category

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The Design

About Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны

Сінхрон - гэта ўніверсальны аналагавы гадзіннік, які паказвае афіцыйны час розных краін адначасова. У адрозненне ад лічбавых, гэты настольны гадзіннік ва ўсіх месцах адлюстроўвае аднолькавы малюнак, г.зн., супрацьпастаўляе механічнае разуменне часу яго адвольнаму ўспрыманню. Канцэпцыя датычыцца праблемнага супрацьстаяння часу і ўзятая з крытычнага пункту гледжання, які прызнае гадзіннік сімвалам працы ў эпоху лічбавых тэхналогій. Тып эстэтыкі ў прадукцыйнасці, які ў наш час лічыцца бескарысным дэкаратыўным прадметам, які павінен працаваць пастаянна.

The Recognition

About the Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award

Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны — пераможца Бронзавай прэміі A' Design Award, высокапрэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца выдатным дызайнам, што вылучаюцца творчасцю, вынаходлівасцю і праніклівасцю. Бронзавыя пераможцы — гэта ўмелыя і ўражліва творчыя артэфакты, якія пацвярджаюць вялікі вопыт, уяўленне і знаходлівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы прадмет, надзвычай прафесійны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Бронзавую прэмію A' Design Award, уключае лепшыя практыкі ў мастацтве, навуцы, дызайне і тэхналогіях і выдатны ўвагай да дэталей. Synchron Настольныя Гадзіны цудоўна задавальняе патрэбы, кранае жаданні, зачароўвае пачуцці і ўзбуджае цікаўнасць.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Synchron is a universal analog clock that displays the official time of 27 different countries simultaneously. Unlike digital clocks, this desk clock displays a similar situation in all time zones, ie, it contrasts the mechanical understanding of time with its arbitrary understanding. Time zones can also be customized based on the user's desired locations.
Dimensions & Packaging
Product: 90 mm x 130 mm x 80 mm
Packaging: 115 mm x 155 mm x 85 mm
Tags
world clock, analog clock, concrete clock, dst switch, desk clock
Production Technology
The frame of the clock is made of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete fabricated by manual molding method and the discs have various models with different materials, includes aluminum and coated PVC sheet cut and engraved by CNC. This clock also uses a simple movement mechanism.
Design Challenge
The most important challenge was changing the DST status. So, there are two daylight saving and standard time sides for the hour disk. On the daylight saving time side, the time differences between the places (daylight saving time in the Northern Hemisphere) and other places have been applied.
Research
The concept of Synchron is taken from a theoretical perspective that recognizes the analog clock as a symbol of labor in the digital age. As digital displays embedded in everyday objects constantly remind us about the importance of time, analog clocks are more or less useless, and also they are decorative objects that can only be expected to work continuously. Synchron tries to answer the question of how a design focused on mechanical performance can institutionalize an anti-design approach.
Inspiration
Unconventional statement of time besides normal functionality; that is to say, Problematic confrontation with time is the main idea of this decorative clock. A type of aesthetic in performance, that in the present age is considered as an object possessing a formal and decorative perspective.
Project Duration
The design project started in November 2018 and finished in December 2019 in Tehran, IRAN.
Operation Flow
In this clock, two discs are used instead of the usual hour hands such that each of the half-lines represents the hour hand of the place whose name is engraved on the top of that line, and the small line on the small disk is the minute-hand. Some hour hands lines lead to a circle sign which indicates that, in contrast to other locations, the minute-hand of the location is a small circle on a small disk.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Hamed Fakharan, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Hamed Fakharan, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Hamed Fakharan, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Pegah Safa, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Hamed Fakharan, 2022.

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