Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas by Alex Pan Yong

Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award in Sąsajos, sąveikos ir naudotojo patirties dizainas Competition Category.

GeležinisSąsaja· 2022

Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas

by Alex Pan Yong

Client: Artalex

Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award Winner in Sąsaja Category

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The Design

About Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas

„Sim Code Digi“ tyrinėja, koks tikslus gali būti laikrodžio ciferblatas, kol elegancija išlieka. Tik pateikia laiką, datą ir išsikrovusio akumuliatoriaus indikatorių, kuris pasirodo tik tada, kai laikrodžio baterijos lygis yra mažesnis nei 10 procentų, todėl kyla klausimas, kiek informacijos žmonėms iš tikrųjų reikia iš laikrodžio. Tai ne tik parodo, kaip subalansuotas paprastumas ir informacijos poreikis, bet ir suteikia vartotojui laiko tiesioginiu būdu.

The Recognition

About the Geležinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas laimėjo Geležinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą geriems dizainams, atitinkantiems profesinius ir pramoninius reikalavimus, kurių tikimasi iš gerai suprojektuotų kūrinių. Geležies laureatai rodo didelius kūrėjų įgūdžius, aukštą specializaciją, ekspertinį supratimą ir kūrybinį gebėjimą. Tikimasi, kad Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas bus aukštai vertinamas, žavimas ir brangus kūrinys, praktiškas ir novatoriškas. Šis Geležiniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas integruoja geriausias pramonės praktikas ir turi kompetentingas technines savybes, susietas su patirtimi ir talentu. Sim Code Digi Išmaniojo Laikrodžio Ciferblatas gerbiamas už kruopštumą ir sukurtas taip, kad gerintų gyvenimo kokybę ir padėtų padaryti pasaulį geresne vieta.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Sim Code Digi explores the beauty out of the ultimate simplicity. It just tells you what time it is when you need to know. Just keeps the essentials and eliminates the rest, but it still conveys the beauty of a smartwatch. In addition of the time, the only information it provides is the low-battery indicator. However, it only shows up when the battery is below 10%.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of this design is 400 x 400px on Android watch, 360 x 360px on Samsung watch. It supports both round and square smartwatches.
Tags: postmodern, elegant, business, casual, informative, dark, precise, innovation, battery-friendly
Production Technology: After Simple Code II was released, I tried some other possibilities to convey the time, trying to find how much the time information and the other information (e.g date, steps) can be put together in a well-balanced way. While I was putting on and off some extra icons, one question came up: do people really need these icons? In the modern smartwatch, user is just one swipe (or tap) away from getting the additional information such as the date or the calendar, etc. So, I asked myself further more: when people raise their wrist, what is the most desired information they need? Then I tried to eliminate the steps indicator, the weather icon. The whole new look came up. I switched off the background, leaving it as pure black, and put in a cooler of red. That's all. There goes a ultimate simplified beauty. After a few weeks of test, I felt myself fell in love with it. For the Simulate Digi version, I use the variation of the font weight to differentiate the hour from the minute so that the user will know the time within a fastest glance. Besides, the variation of the font also further beautifies the elegance of the simplicity. Different weight of the font combination conveys different looking. A simple font with different weight and combination can provide so much of beauty.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is to make the overall looking elegant out of the ultimate simplicity, meanwhile it still provide user the speed of checking time.
Research: Nothing much about the research. The idea just came out from some experimental moves.
Inspiration: This design is inspired by my previous design: Simple Code II. While Simple Code II tries to show as much information as possible at the same time still keep the simplicity, this Sim Code Digi goes the opposite. It raises the question that how much information people really need. Out of the Simple Code II, this Sim Code Digi came up. Just like its name, "Sim", it's just a kind of simulation of the time, nothing more.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2020 in Singapore and finished in September 2020, and is released on Facer app and Google Play Store in September 2021.
Operation Flow: The design is already released on Facer app. Go to Facer app or website (https://www.facer.io/u/artalex), search "Artalex", and look for the name "Sim Code" or "Sim Digi". Click the "send to watch" button to sync the design into your smartwatch. You need the Facer app installed on your smartwatch. It is also released on Google Play Store. Search "Artalex" as keyword in watch face section of Google Play Store and you will find it. It's free to download.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Alex Pan Yong, 2021.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Pan Yong, Main image, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Pan Yong, Group shot, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Pan Yong, Group shot, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2021.