Muse स्मार्टवाच फेस by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award फलाम पुरस्कार in इन्टरफेस, अन्तरक्रिया र प्रयोगकर्ता अनुभव डिजाइन Competition Category.

फलामइन्टरफेस· 2021

Muse स्मार्टवाच फेस

by Alex Pan Yong

Client: Artalex

A' Design Award फलाम पुरस्कार Winner in इन्टरफेस Category

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The Design

About Muse स्मार्टवाच फेस

द म्युज एक स्मार्टवाच फेस हो जुन परम्परागत घडी जस्तो देखिदैन। यसको टोटेमिक पृष्ठभूमि घण्टा बताउनको लागि मुख्य तत्व हो, र मिनेटलाई देखाउनको लागि चकाचौं जस्तै स्ट्रोकको साथ। तिनीहरूको संयोजनले विनम्रतापूर्वक समय प्रवाहको भावना व्यक्त गर्दछ। समग्र रत्न हेर्दा एक विदेशी प्रयोगकर्ता अनुभव प्रदान गर्दछ।

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award फलाम पुरस्कार

Muse स्मार्टवाच फेस A' Design Award फलाम पुरस्कारको विजेता हो, राम्ररी डिजाइन गरिएका रचनाबाट अपेक्षित व्यावसायिक र औद्योगिक आवश्यकता पूरा गर्ने राम्रा डिजाइनहरूलाई दिइने प्रतिष्ठित मान्यता। फलाम विजेताहरूले आफ्ना सर्जकहरूको ठूलो कौशल, उच्च विशेषज्ञता, विज्ञ बुझाइ र सृजनात्मक क्षमता देखाउँछन्। Muse स्मार्टवाच फेस उच्च सम्मानित, प्रशंसित र प्रिय, व्यावहारिक र नवीन रचना बन्नेछ भन्ने अपेक्षा छ। Muse स्मार्टवाच फेस को सूक्ष्मताका लागि सम्मान पाइन्छ र जीवनको गुणस्तर सुधारेर संसारलाई अझ राम्रो बनाउन मद्दत गर्न यो डिजाइन गरिएको हो।

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Muse is a smartwatch face that tells the time while doesn't look like any traditional watch face as we usually thought. It looks more towards the combination of stone and gem. The feeling it conveys is more close to the nature while still keeps the beauty of gem.
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: gem, nature, stone, ancient, gemstone, nostalgia, luxury, informative
Production Technology: I aimlessly drew a sketch on my iPad. The sketch turned out to be the main element of the design. The app I used on iPad is Procreate. Once finished the drawing, exported into Photoshop, separate different layers for different hours. Then, export these layers (12 layers) into png images. After that, import these 12 layers into Facer (watch face making app), use programming to control which layer should be highlighted in which hour. For example, layer 1 will be highlighted when 1 am/pm. So, that's how to tell the hour. For the minute, I use a glare-like stroke to represent the glare from the light (the beauty of nature). At the centre of the watch face, I put those essential information such as date, step count, battery level, so that the user can still grab the information really quickly. For the numbers around the watch face, I use roman numerals to give the sense of antique, as well as add on different colours to make the overall looking more like ancient gemstone.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is to make the overall looking "less-look-like-watch", and feels ancient. I want to make it look more like a gemstone rather than a watch, meanwhile it still tells you the time and other information.
Research: Nothing much about the research. The idea just came out suddenly from my aimless sketch. At that moment, I had the feeling of making it a non-traditional watch face. Just follow the heart.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from a casual sketch that I was aimlessly drawing on my iPad when I sit in a bar. As the strokes went on, the sketch became a kind of totem. Then, the idea came out. Let this totem-like graphic tells the time, combining the feeling of nature. Let it be the main element of my smartwatch face. Make it looks like a kind of gemstone.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2020 in Singapore and finished in September 2020, and is released on Face app and WatchMaker app in September 2020.
Operation Flow: The design is already released on Facer app. Go to Facer app or website (facer.io), search "Artalex", and look for the name "Muse". Click the "send to watch" button to sync the design into your smartwatch. You need the Facer app installed on your smartwatch.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Alex Pan Yong, 2020
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Pan Yong, Main image, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Pan Yong, Group shot, 2020.