Mob 탁상시계 by Nazanin Saranjampour, Parisa Gheisari, Shahrzad Salehi and Kamran Rahmani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 은상 in 가구 디자인 Competition Category.
은가구· 2021
Mob 탁상시계
by Nazanin Saranjampour, Parisa Gheisari, Shahrzad Salehi and Kamran Rahmani
Client: Chahar Group
A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 가구 Category
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About Mob 탁상시계
Mob는 받침대 위에 눈금이 새겨진 뫼비우스의 띠를 얹고, 작은 구슬이 시침 역할을 하는 탁상시계입니다. 시간은 본래 선형적인 개념이지만, 일반적인 시계는 하루에 오전과 오후라는 두 번의 주기를 반복합니다. Mob에서는 구슬이 뫼비우스의 띠가 이루는 하나의 연속된 경계면을 따라 한 방향으로 이동하며, 반복 없이 24시간을 지나갑니다. 본체는 PC와 ABS 소재를 사출 성형하여 제작했으며, 다리는 금속 봉으로 만들었습니다. 이 시계는 초 단위를 표시하지 않고 15분 간격으로 시간을 나타내어, 차분하고 자연스러운 시간 감각을 전합니다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 은상
Mob 탁상시계, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Mob 탁상시계, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Mob 탁상시계, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Mob-clock is a desk clock made up of a graded Mobius strap as the main body on a stand and a ball as a pointer. Although time is a linear one direction concept, in normal clocks, there are two repeating loops for each day, AM and PM. Indeed, as in daily life, we do not switch our sides and we just continue and go on through the day, Mob-clock helps the user to have a natural feeling about time. In Mob-clock, the pointer moves in only one direction on one boundary of Mobius to pass 24 hours without any repeating and switching side and boundary.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The small black ball (time indicator) contains an elecrtro-motor converting the rotary to motion linear in order to move on the Mobious strap. There are also 4 silicon parts under the Mob-clock leg that makes prevents the unpleasant slipping of the clock on the desk.
Dimensions:
Width 300 mm x Depth 300 mm x Height 400 mm - Tags
- Clock, Mobius, Time, Infinity, Innovative
- Production Technology
- Main body material: injected molded PC+ABS
Legs material: blended still,silver,copper or gold bar (5mm diameter) - Design Challenge
- The Mob-clock project has faced the challenge of delivering a sense of calm in the user. Mobleclack's design aims for the users to interact with the clock in a way that makes them stay at the moment and feel less anxious over time, minimalism approach was chosen to responding This challenge and turn the tic-tac-toe movement into a smooth motion due to its mobility and spherical shape, and the color palette used in the MoboClack is white and black.
- Research
- The initial hypothesis in the project research was that the analog clocks did not change from the beginning of their design except for formal redesigns but not to challenge the concept of time, accurate studies on the mathematical and geometric concept of time provided the best object similar to the concept we had in mind about time, Mobius strap in the Optimum mode is the closest form to the concept of time only by arranging the numbers and placing the ball pointer that moves according to its rule. And the result is a desk clock that works by its own rules and still displays time accurately and correctly.
- Inspiration
- The main body of the Mob-clock is inspired by the Mobius strap. In geometry Mobius is the simplest non orientable surface. It is a surface with only one side and only one boundary curve.When a point moves through the edge of the mobius it will reach to the opposite side of the edge without any jump or switching.The mobius strap is a symbol of non-duality. It is also the symbol of transformation and eternal change within stillness itself. Mob-clock delivers a new concept of time by converting the abstract concept of time-infinity and Mobius philosophy into a tangible minimal home object. Mob-clock creates desirable feeling of time with a combined mathematics and design perspective.
- Project Duration
- The project started in December 2019 in Tehran and finished in March2020 in Tehran
- Operation Flow
- The user will simply assemble the Mob-clock’s stand.This product interacts with the user in 3 emotional levels of Don Norman: At first sight the organic form of the mob-clock attracts user as sculptural object. When the user gets close enough to see the numbers and the ball which moves gently through the edge, the function will be realised. The mysterious geometry of the mobius strap will remain in the user's mind.
Besides, the accuracy of the clock is every 15 minutes.There is no division for seconds to decrease the pressure of passing time and make it closer to our natural feeling about time. - Team Members
- Nazanin Saranjampour
Parisa Gheisari
Shahrzad Salehi
Kamran Rahmani
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