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Adesse Zegarek by Jansen Che

Adesse Zegarek by Jansen Che is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Srebrna Nagroda A' Design Award in Biżuteria Competition Category.


SrebrnaBiżuteria· 2021

Adesse Zegarek

by Jansen Che

Client: Jansen Che

Srebrna Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Biżuteria Category

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The Design

About Adesse Zegarek

Adesse to ultra-minimalistyczny zegarek, który służy jako pamiątka, pozwalająca cieszyć się teraźniejszością. Minimalistyczne podejście do bycia „obecnym” jest usunięcie tego, co niepotrzebne. Adesse na nowo wyobraża sobie tradycyjny zegarek analogowy, kierując się minimalistycznymi zasadami i kwestionując to, co jest absolutnie konieczne do wskazania godziny. Czy naprawdę musisz widzieć wskaźniki numeryczne? Wskazówka minutowa? Wskazówka godzinowa? Zaprojektowane poprzez odejmowanie, tradycyjne funkcje zegarka zostały usunięte. Z tarczy zegarka wyrzeźbiony jest element rzeźbiarski. Twarz obraca się, zakrywając i celowo odsłaniając tylko tyle, aby określić godzinę.

The Recognition

About the Srebrna Nagroda A' Design Award

Adesse Zegarek to laureat Srebrnej Nagrody A' Design Award, niezwykle prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego przepięknym, imponującym projektom z najwyższej półki. Laureaci Srebrnej Nagrody to niezwykle błyskotliwe i wyjątkowo twórcze dzieła, które ukazują wybitną wiedzę, talent i przenikliwość ich twórców. Adesse Zegarek ma być wspaniałym, reprezentacyjnym dziełem, które jest niezwykle profesjonalne i głęboko innowacyjne. Ten projekt nagrodzony Srebrną Nagrodą A' Design Award to bardzo godny uwagi, podziwiany wynalazek, który przynosi korzyści i przesuwa granice sztuki, nauki, designu i technologii. Adesse Zegarek to dzieło, któremu wielu zazdrości, które budzi pragnienia, wprowadza pozytywne uczucia oraz wzbudza zdumienie i zachwyt.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The Adesse watch design concept reimagines the traditional analog watch with minimalist principles. It takes minimalism to the extreme by omitting the superfluous and questioning what is absolutely necessary to tell the time. Designed through subtraction, traditional watch features are removed. A sculptural rotating piece is carved out. The watch deliberately only reveals just enough to tell the time at any one moment, acting as a memento to live in the present moment. Please see PDF attached.
Dimensions & Packaging
38mm Diameter watch
Tags
Minimalilsm, Minimalist, Watch, Adesse, concept,
Production Technology
A special watch movement is required to be strong enough to rotate the sculptural piece and also to relocate the crown to the bottom of the watch. Allowing a perfect circular silhouette watch case.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was to see how traditional watch features could be removed and still tell the time. The design process was guided by the minimalist principle "Design through subtractions". The form of the watch was created exclusively by carving/subtracting. Ensuring the legibility of the watch was also a challenge. This was overcome by a delicate balance between manipulation of the form and materials.
Research
The research conducted consistent of looking for various minimalist watches and non-standard watches which had rotating disc as watch hands. Through this research and collaboration with watch manufacturers, we were able to find what was technically possible for the watch.
Inspiration
In today’s world, we are exposed to many different types of stimuli that often easily distract us from appreciating and truly enjoying the present moment. The minimalist approach to become present, is to remove the unnecessary. Adesse reimagines the traditional analog watch with minimalist principles, and questions what is absolutely necessary to tell the time. Do we really need to see the numerical indicators? A second hand? A minute hand? hour hand?
Project Duration
Designed in Sydney Australia. Exhibited in Singapore 2019.
Operation Flow
Adesse reads like a one-hand watch. From a bird’s eye view, one can only see the hour markers, as they are scored deeper, wider, and taller than the quarter markers in the case interior. It is only from a side-on view that the quarter markings (15min, 30min, 45min) between each hour are revealed. As time progresses throughout the day, most of the quarter markers become hidden by the rotating sculptural face. The only quarter markers that are fully revealed are the ones that are relevant to that hour acting as a memento to enjoy the present.
Patents
201914279. Jansen Che. 2019. Australia
Team Members
Jansen Che

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