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Adesse Relóhi by Jansen Che

Adesse Relóhi by Jansen Che is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Pláta in Jeguaka Jejapo Competition Category.


PlátaJeguaka· 2021

Adesse Relóhi

by Jansen Che

Client: Jansen Che

A' Design Award Pláta Winner in Jeguaka Category

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The Design

About Adesse Relóhi

Adesse ha'e peteĩ relóhi minimalista itereíva oikóva mandu'a ramo oñembarete porã hag̃ua ko'ág̃a. Tape minimalista oiko hag̃ua ko'ág̃a ha'e omboguete oñeikotevẽ'ỹva. Adesse oha'ãjey relóhi analógico ypykue principio minimalista rupive, ha oporandúva mba'épa añetehápe tekotevẽ oikuaa hag̃ua aravo. ¿Peikotevẽpa añete pehecha umi ta'anga papapy? ¿Po aravo'i? ¿Po aravo? Oñemoheñóiva oñembogue rupive, oñembogue umi mba'e relóhi ypykue rehegua. Peteĩ tembiaporã escultura ramo oñemokyta relóhi ova guive. Ova ojere, ombotyva ha ohechauka sa'ive oñeikotevẽva oikuaa porã hag̃ua aravo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Pláta

Adesse Relóhi ohupyty A' Design Award Pláta, peteĩ ñehechakuaa extraordinariamente prestigioso oñeme'ẽva diseño de primera línea, hechapyrãva ha impresionante-pe. Umi ganador Pláta ha'e tembiapo brillante ha heta creativo ohechaukáva expertise, talento ha agudeza sobresaliente umi diseñador-pe. Oñeha'ãrõ Adesse Relóhi ha'eha peteĩ tembiapo maravilloso, ejemplar, profesional ha innovador pypukuvéva. Ko diseño ohupytýva A' Design Award Pláta ha'e invento ojehechakuaáva ha ojehayhúva ohepyme'ẽva ha ombohasáva límite arte, ciencia, diseño ha tecnología rehegua. Adesse Relóhi ha'e creación heta ojeenvidiáva omokyre'ỹva ipotapy, ome'ẽva sentimiento positivo ha omoheñóiva maravilla ha sorpresa.

Behind the Design

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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

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