Sim Code Digi ᱥᱢᱟᱨᱴᱣᱟᱪ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱨ by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ, ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱮᱠᱥᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱵᱦᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱱᱩᱵᱷᱟᱵ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ· 2022
Sim Code Digi ᱥᱢᱟᱨᱴᱣᱟᱪ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱨ
Client: Artalex
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱤᱱᱴᱟᱨᱯᱷᱮᱥ Category
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About Sim Code Digi ᱥᱢᱟᱨᱴᱣᱟᱪ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱨ
ᱥᱤᱢ ᱠᱚᱰ ᱰᱤᱡᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱜᱷᱚᱲᱤ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱨ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱴᱷᱤᱠ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱥᱚᱡᱷᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢᱟ᱾ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ, ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱢ-ᱵᱮᱴᱨᱤ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱜᱷᱚᱲᱤ ᱵᱮᱴᱨᱤ ᱑᱐ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱥᱚᱛ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜᱼᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱩᱠᱞᱤ ᱩᱴᱷᱟᱹᱣᱟ ᱡᱮ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱜᱷᱚᱲᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱨᱮ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱥᱤᱫᱷᱟᱹ ᱛᱮᱫ ᱮ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Sim Code Digi ᱥᱢᱟᱨᱴᱣᱟᱪ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Sim Code Digi ᱥᱢᱟᱨᱴᱣᱟᱪ ᱢᱚᱦᱚᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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.
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