Adesse Faire by Jansen Che is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Seudraidh Competition Category.

AirgeadSeudraidh· 2021

Adesse Faire

by Jansen Che

Client: Jansen Che

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Seudraidh Category

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The Design

About Adesse Faire

Is e uaireadair ultra-minimalist a th’ ann an Adesse a bhios mar chuimhneachan airson an latha an-diugh a mhealtainn. An dòigh as lugha airson a bhith ‘an làthair’; 's e sin a thoirt air falbh neo-riatanach. Bidh Adesse ag ath-aithris an uaireadair analog traidiseanta le prionnsapalan as ìsle, agus a’ ceasnachadh dè a tha dha-rìribh riatanach gus an ùine innse. A bheil feum agad air na comharran àireamhach fhaicinn? An làmh mionaid? An làmh uair? Air a dhealbhadh tro bhith a 'toirt air falbh, tha feartan faire traidiseanta air an toirt air falbh. Tha pìos snaidhidh air a shnaigheadh a-mach à aghaidh an uaireadair. Bidh an aghaidh a’ tionndadh, a’ còmhdach agus a’ nochdadh a dh’aona ghnothach dìreach gu leòr airson an ùine innse.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha Adesse Faire air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Adesse Faire na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha Adesse Faire na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Adesse watch design concept reimagines the traditional analog watch with minimalist principles. It takes minimalism to the extreme by omitting the superfluous and questioning what is absolutely necessary to tell the time. Designed through subtraction, traditional watch features are removed. A sculptural rotating piece is carved out. The watch deliberately only reveals just enough to tell the time at any one moment, acting as a memento to live in the present moment. Please see PDF attached.
Dimensions & Packaging: 38mm Diameter watch
Tags: Minimalilsm, Minimalist, Watch, Adesse, concept,
Production Technology: A special watch movement is required to be strong enough to rotate the sculptural piece and also to relocate the crown to the bottom of the watch. Allowing a perfect circular silhouette watch case.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to see how traditional watch features could be removed and still tell the time. The design process was guided by the minimalist principle "Design through subtractions". The form of the watch was created exclusively by carving/subtracting. Ensuring the legibility of the watch was also a challenge. This was overcome by a delicate balance between manipulation of the form and materials.
Research: The research conducted consistent of looking for various minimalist watches and non-standard watches which had rotating disc as watch hands. Through this research and collaboration with watch manufacturers, we were able to find what was technically possible for the watch.
Inspiration: In today’s world, we are exposed to many different types of stimuli that often easily distract us from appreciating and truly enjoying the present moment. The minimalist approach to become present, is to remove the unnecessary. Adesse reimagines the traditional analog watch with minimalist principles, and questions what is absolutely necessary to tell the time. Do we really need to see the numerical indicators? A second hand? A minute hand? hour hand?
Project Duration: Designed in Sydney Australia. Exhibited in Singapore 2019.
Operation Flow: Adesse reads like a one-hand watch. From a bird’s eye view, one can only see the hour markers, as they are scored deeper, wider, and taller than the quarter markers in the case interior. It is only from a side-on view that the quarter markings (15min, 30min, 45min) between each hour are revealed. As time progresses throughout the day, most of the quarter markers become hidden by the rotating sculptural face. The only quarter markers that are fully revealed are the ones that are relevant to that hour acting as a memento to enjoy the present.
Patents: 201914279. Jansen Che. 2019. Australia
Team Members: Jansen Che