ttmm for Pebble Watch-App by Albert Salamon

ttmm for Pebble Watch-App by Albert Salamon is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award in Zilver in Interface-, Interactie- en Gebruikerservaring Ontwerp Competition Category.

ZilverInterface· 2017

ttmm for Pebble Watch-App

by Albert Salamon

Client: Ttmm

A' Design Award in Zilver Winner in Interface Category

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The Design

About ttmm for Pebble Watch-App

TTMM is een collectie met 130 Watchfaces speciaal voor Pebble 2 smartwatches. Specifieke modellen tonen tijd en datum, weekdag, stappen, activiteitstijd, afstand, temperatuur en batterij- of Bluetooth-status. De gebruiker kan het type informatie aanpassen en extra gegevens zien na het schudden. TTMM Watchfaces zijn eenvoudig, minimaal en esthetisch van ontwerp. Het is een combinatie van cijfers en abstracte info-graphics, perfect voor een robots-tijdperk.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Zilver

ttmm for Pebble Watch-App is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Zilver, een buitengewoon prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan topontwerpen die prachtig en indrukwekkend zijn. Winnaars in Zilver zijn enorm briljante en uiterst creatieve werken die de uitmuntende expertise, het talent en de scherpzinnigheid van hun ontwerpers illustreren. ttmm for Pebble Watch-App wordt verwacht een prachtig paradepaardje te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en diepgaand innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Zilver heeft gewonnen, is een hoogst opmerkelijke, bewonderde uitvinding die baat en de grenzen van kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie verlegt. ttmm for Pebble Watch-App is een zeer benijde creatie die verlangens oproept, positieve gevoelens brengt en verbazing en verwondering doet ontvlammen.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The TTMM it is collection of 130 absolutely original watchfaces dedicated for Original Pebble and Pebble 2 smartwatches. Thanks to smartphone connection TTMM not only shows time but also date, week day, steps, activity time, distance, temperature in your city and battery or bluetooth status. User can customize type of information and see extra informations after shake. TTMM is simple, minimal and aesthetic. It is a combination of digits and abstract infographics - pure time signs for a robot era.
Dimensions & Packaging: Binary apps for Pebble are from 50Kb to 550 Kb
Tags: watchface, smartwatch, time, clock, minimal
Production Technology: TTMM collection was designed in Adobe Illustrator. Fonts for watchfaces were prepared with Type Tool 3. All bitmaps were edited in Adobe Photoshop. Programming was made with Pebble SDK and XCODE.
Design Challenge: Pebble smartwatch has extreme low black and white 144×168 pixel screens resolution and e-paper technology show graphics thanks to reflected light. So design needs to be readable in good and poor light conditions. That is why I used pixel perfect graphic and fonts. To preserve battery life I avoid unnecessary animations. In some design battery consumption is very high and it expresses metaphor that life needs an energy like in MOMENTTMM.
Research: I just made my own watchfaces market observation and analyze and was shocked that there was so little original thinking and design. Mainstream projects are imitations of mechanical clocks and classic CASIO like lcd screens. The reason of that situation is that watchfaces were made by programmers. New e-paper technology provides us with a new "space"; the opportunity is priceless and we need to take advantage of it in the right way. That is why I experimented a lot and inventing new forms of the 21 century era.
Inspiration: The inspiration for TTMM collection comes form Future and sci-fi movies like: 2001 Space Odyssey, Star Wars and Predator. Great influence for me was Tokyo Flash Japan portal and Nooka.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2016 and finished in March 2017 in Warsaw in Poland. Programers work in France and USA.
Operation Flow: TTMM watchfaces can be uploaded to Pebble watch through TTMM app for Android and iOS. In TTMM app you can view design, read description, buy and upload watch faces and prepare your favorite models list. You can use watchface settings to choose color version (black or white) and setup extra information such as: date, steps, activity time, distance, temperature, battery and bluetooth connection status. Extra information you can see after shake.
Patents: 2016 COPYRIGHTS Albert Salamon
Team Members: Designer: Albert Salamon
Programmer: Artur Salamon
Programmer: Elijah Kang
Programmer: Gregoire Sage
Image Credits: "Pebble 2" by Pebble, used under Pebble Copyright License