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PinTheTime Planner Klok by F. Saffari and Z. Ghiasi and H. Farsi

PinTheTime Planner Klok by F. Saffari and Z. Ghiasi and H. Farsi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Izer in Meubelûntwerp Competition Category.


IzerMeubels· 2020

PinTheTime Planner Klok

by F. Saffari and Z. Ghiasi and H. Farsi

Client: Design Grade Lab

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Meubels Category

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The Design

About PinTheTime Planner Klok

Minsken leaver gewoanlik har plannen op te skriuwen om yn har sicht te wêzen, PinTheTime is ûntworpen om al dy rommelige notysjes te sortearjen. De brûker skriuwt de taak op en pint it op it diel fan 'e klok, dat is relatearre oan' e winske tiid fan 'e dei. In folsleine rûn fan PinTheTime klok betsjut 24 oeren. Dizze konvexe filtfoarm mei alle delikate krússtiknaaien, ymplisearret tiid as in mollige lytse freon op 'e muorre, dy't elke oanrekking kalmerend makket, om in mear ûntspannen oanpak fan tiid te hawwen yn dizze moderne kâlde tiden.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

PinTheTime Planner Klok is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Izer, in prestisjeuze erkenning foar goede ûntwerpen dy't foldogge oan de profesjonele en yndustriële easken dy't ferwachte wurde fan goed ûntwurpen skeppings. Izerwinners litte grutte feardigens, hege spesjalisaasje, deskundich begryp en kreatyf fermogen fan har makkers sjen. Fan PinTheTime Planner Klok wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierbere skepping is dy't praktysk en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Izer yntegrearret de bêste praktiken fan de sektor en hat feardige technyske skaaimerken ferbûn mei kennis en talint. PinTheTime Planner Klok wurdt respektearre foar syn yngeandens en is ûntwurpen om ferbetteringen fan de kwaliteit fan it libben te leverjen dy't helpe de wrâld ta in bettere plak te meitsjen.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
People usually prefer writing down their plans to be in their sight, PinTheTime is designed to sort all of those messy notes. The user writes down the task and pins it on the part of the clock, which is related to the desired time of day. A complete round of PinTheTime clock means 24 hours. This convex felt shape with all delicate Cross-stitch sewing, implies time like a chubby little friend on the wall, which makes each touch calming, to have a more relaxing approach to time in these modern cold times.
Dimensions & Packaging
500mm x 120mm x 500mm
Tags
Minimal, Planner, Clock, 24-Hour Clock, Analog
Production Technology
The process started with brainstorming around planning, the ideas then illustrated by dirty sketching and initial 3d modeling. Eventually, designing details ended up in prototyping: following laser cutting plexiglass gears, pinewood body formed by machining, meanwhile, the soft part foundation was made of layers of foam; moreover, the pattern was cut out of felt and sewn by hand, before attaching to the body by glue, at the end, all gears and engine were montaged to other parts.
Design Challenge
One of the challenges was how to keep the design simple as possible and do not over-design the product and give this chance to the user to add his final touches to the design, which is realized by pining personalized notes directly to the clock. Another challenge was building a 24-hour clock because there it is not so easy to find 24-hour clock motors and also they are not strong enough, so we had to design our own mechanism to have the clock working perfectly.
Research
We were about to design an analog smart object which is completed by its user and we tried to look at time differently and see what time really means to us. When we look at our clock or watch we relate the time to our tasks. So, PinTheTime was born based on tasks and the user’s direct optimization on the final object. Writing tasks makes people more responsible for their schedules. And letting people detach from their phones makes them more concentrated on their activities.
Inspiration
PinTheTime clock ambition was to help to have a more organized daily timeline. There are now hundreds of planning apps; however, not only technology brings thousands of distractions along with itself, but also sometimes it is the reason for delays in people's plans.
There are still many people who prefer to write their tasks and stick them, though it is hard to recognize priorities. Therefore, the PinTheTime clock is designed to develop this process.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2018 in Isfahan and finished in July 2018.
Operation Flow
There are simple wooden pines to pin the papers onto a soft surface all over the clock face. The time is shown by a revolving clock hand, which moves around the outline of the clock, operated by an AA battery.
Team Members
Farshad Saffari Ghandehari
Zahra Ghiasi
Hossein Farsi
Image Credits
Farshad Saffari Ghandehari
Zahra Ghiasi
Hossein Farsi
Mohammad Ghasemi
Zahra Nejati
Mehdi Yavari

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