Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht by Alex Pan Yong

Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in IJzer in Interface-, Interactie- en Gebruikerservaring Ontwerp Competition Category.

IJzerInterface· 2022

Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht

by Alex Pan Yong

Client: Artalex

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Interface Category

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The Design

About Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht

De Sim Code Digi onderzoekt hoe nauwkeurig een wijzerplaat kan zijn terwijl de elegantie nog steeds wordt uitgedrukt. Door alleen de tijd, de datum en de batterij-indicator die alleen verschijnt als het batterijniveau van het horloge lager is dan 10 procent, rijst de vraag hoeveel informatie mensen echt nodig hebben van een horloge. Het laat niet alleen zien hoe evenwichtig het kan zijn tussen de eenvoud en de behoefte aan informatie, maar brengt ook de tijd naar de gebruiker op een uiterst ongecompliceerde manier.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. Sim Code Digi Smartwatch-Gezicht wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

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.