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

PinTheTime Planner Auer by F. Saffari and Z. Ghiasi and H. Farsi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award an Eisen in Miwwelendesign Competition Category.

EisenMiwwelen· 2020

PinTheTime Planner Auer

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

Client: Design Grade Lab

A' Design Award an Eisen Winner in Miwwelen Category

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The Design

About PinTheTime Planner Auer

D'Leit léiwer normalerweis hir Pläng opzeschreiwen fir an hirer Siicht ze sinn, PinTheTime ass entwéckelt fir all dës knaschteg Notizen ze sortéieren. De Benotzer schreift d'Aufgab op a setzt se op den Deel vun der Auer, déi mat der gewënschter Zäit vum Dag verbonnen ass. Eng komplett Ronn PinTheTime Auer heescht 24 Stonnen. Dës konvex Filzform mat ganz delikater Kräizstitch Nähen, implizéiert Zäit wéi e chubby klenge Frënd op der Mauer, wat all Touch berouegend mécht, fir eng méi entspaant Approche zur Zäit an dësen modernen kalen Zäiten ze hunn.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Eisen

PinTheTime Planner Auer ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Eisen, enger prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un gutt Designe vergi gëtt, déi déi professionell an industriell Ufuerderunge erfëllen, déi vu gutt gestaltene Kreatioune erwaart ginn. Eisen-Gewënner weisen déi grouss Fäegkeet, déi héich Spezialiséierung, dat Expertewëssen an d'kreativ Kapazitéit vun hire Schëpfer. Et gëtt erwaart, datt PinTheTime Planner Auer eng héich geschätzt, bewonnert a beléifte Kreatioun ass, déi praktesch an innovativ ass. Dëst mam Eisen ausgezeechent Design integréiert déi beschte Praktike vun der Industrie a huet kompetent technesch Eegeschaften, déi mat Know-how an Talent verbonne sinn. PinTheTime Planner Auer gëtt fir seng Grëndlechkeet respektéiert a ass gestalt, d'Liewensqualitéit ze verbesseren an ze hëllefen, d'Welt zu enger besserer Plaz ze maachen.

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