Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch by Alex Pan Yong

Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Design de Interface, Interação e Experiência do Utilizador Competition Category.

FerroInterface· 2022

Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch

by Alex Pan Yong

Client: Artalex

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interface Category

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The Design

About Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch

O Sim Code Digi explora a precisão de um mostrador de relógio enquanto a elegância ainda é expressa. Ao fornecer apenas a hora, a data e o indicador de bateria fraca, que só aparece quando o nível da bateria do relógio está abaixo de 10%, levanta a questão de quanta informação as pessoas realmente precisam de um relógio. Ele não apenas mostra o quão equilibrado pode ser entre a simplicidade e a necessidade de informações, mas também traz o tempo para o usuário de uma maneira direta e direta.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch conquistou o A' Design Award de Ferro, um reconhecimento prestigiado atribuído a bons designs que cumprem os requisitos profissionais e industriais esperados de criações bem concebidas. Os vencedores do Ferro demonstram grande habilidade, elevada especialização, compreensão especializada e capacidade criativa dos seus criadores. Espera-se que Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch seja uma criação muito considerada, admirada e estimada, prática e inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as melhores práticas do setor e tem características técnicas competentes associadas a conhecimento especializado e talento. Pela sua minúcia, Sim Code Digi O Rosto Do Smartwatch merece respeito e destina-se a proporcionar melhorias na qualidade de vida que ajudam a tornar o mundo num lugar melhor.

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.