Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn by Alex Pan Yong

Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ojú-ìbáṣepọ̀, Ìbáṣepọ̀ àti Ìrírí Olùlò Competition Category.

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Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn

by Alex Pan Yong

Client: Artalex

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ojú-ìbáṣepọ̀ Category

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The Design

About Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn

Ojú agogo-ọlọgbọn Cyber Element ń ṣàfihàn ẹwà saibapọ́nkì tó ga nípa àpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ tó rọrùn. Ìdàpọ̀ àwọn ọ̀nà ti ọjọ́ iwájú àti ti ìrọ̀rùn, pẹ̀lú lílo àwọn àkọlé àwọ̀, ń ṣe àfihàn ìrọ̀rùn àti ìṣòro àlàyé lọ́nà tó munadóko. Nípa fífi àwọn àmì ìsọfúnni sí ipò tó tọ́ pẹ̀lú ìmọ̀, ojú-agogo náà wà ní mímọ́, èyí tí kò nìkan ṣe ìtọ́jú ààyè àmọ́ tún ṣe ìdánilójú pé à le è kà á dáadáa. Àpẹẹrẹ tí ó jáde yìí mú kí agogo-ọlọgbọn náà jẹ́ yíyàn tó dára jù fún àwọn àyè ìsinmi àti eré ìdárayá.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Cyber Element Ojú Agogo-Ọlọgbọn nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This cyberpunk-inspired watch face boasts a sleek and readable design. Large, easy-to-read numbers make telling time a breeze, while the unique dial layout ensures that information on battery life, date, and daily steps is readily available. Despite its minimalistic appearance, this watch face still manages to provide all the necessary information in a quick and efficient manner, making it an ideal choice for those who value both style and functionality.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of this design is 512 x 512px on Android watch, 400 x 400px on Samsung watch. It supports both round and square smartwatches.
Tags: futuristic, business, casual, informative, glow, cyberpunk
Production Technology: The actual product is currently in the WatchMaker version. It can be downloaded from the WatchMaker app and synced into your smartwatch (the WatchMaker app is needed on your watch).
Design Challenge: One must devise a strategy to arrange the information indicators in a manner that eliminates superfluous elements and ensures the dial is neat and accurate. In doing so, it is important to utilize the dots as a primary element to evoke a sense of cyberpunk.
Research: I want it to be in a cyberpunk style, a sense of future, while it still has a very high readability. So I decided to make the time much more dominant, and added visual variation on the font. The upper half of the font is in solid stroke while the lower half fades into the pattern of dots. It gives a kind of digital yet also cyberpunk feeling. Below the time text, it’s the day-in-week indicator which uses only the first letter of the day, e.g, “M” for Monday. Besides, this indicator itself plays the role of divider. Its layout forms the feeling of a line, helping to cut the whole watch face into two areas, the time & date area and the information area. When the day-in-week indicator plays the role of both info provider and space divider, there is no need for any more extra elements to be there to occupy extra space. In such layout, the preciseness of the dial is guaranteed, and the user can easily be focused on what really need.
Inspiration: I aim to create a cyberpunk-style watch design that breaks away from the conventional approach of cramming all sorts of information onto the watch face. Unlike most cyberpunk designs, which tend to feature tiny, unreadable text and numbers, I want to create a design that prioritizes readability and clarity. Instead of packing the design with an excessive amount of information, I intend to create a clean and easy-to-read layout that incorporates elements of the cyberpunk style.
Project Duration: The project started and finished in September 2022 in Singapore.
Operation Flow: This watch face is currently in the WatchMaker version, tap the small dot at the left lower corner (below hour) to change the 12/24 mode. Tap and hold to choose the colour theme (native WatchMaker colour palette)
Patents: Copyrights belong to Alex Pan Yong, 2023.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Pan Yong, Main image, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Pan Yong, Single shot, 2023.