Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch by Alex Pan Yong

Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch by Alex Pan Yong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 界面、交互与用户体验设计 Competition Category.

铜界面· 2020

Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch

by Alex Pan Yong

Client: Artalex

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 界面 Category

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The Design

About Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch

Simple Code II的设计旨在针对生活的各个方面。蓝色/黑色，白色/灰色和棕色/紫色这三种颜色组合，不仅覆盖了不同年龄和性别的用户，还适合将商务和休闲装进行配对。该布局旨在提供更流畅的用户体验。在表盘中央，月份，日期和日期形成一条线，将表盘切成两半，以传达视觉平衡。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Simple Code II Saphire Smartwatch出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Simple Code II has a unique feature that the components, such as weather and step count, shift their position to avoid overlapping the blue hands. It is an easy-to-read watch face. The blue translucent hands not only shows the beauty, but also maintain the readability. The date is the center of the whole dial so that user can find out what the date is in a glance. In the middle, the month, the date and the day form a line which cut through the dial in half to create the visual balance.
Dimensions & Packaging: Smartwatch face, 400 x 400px. Support Android watch and Samsung watch. Available for download from Facer app and WatchMaker app.
Tags: stylish, modern, precise, casual, business, calm, sapphire
Production Technology: It's from the first version of a prototype called Simple Code which was done in WatchMaker app. After a few trials and changes, the ideas are getting more and more confirmed. Eventually the ideas became the second version, Simple Code II.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge is to convey the modern beauty, the comfort for eyes, the hands cannot block the information behind yet still have good looking.
Research: Started with a very simple idea: make it easy to read. That's why it's called "Simple Code". After done the first prototype, put in more ideas such as translucent hands and still with ease telling time.
Inspiration: The Simple Code II is from the first version which is just a prototype. The idea is to put the date in the center of the dial, so user can find the date effortlessly. That's it. That's where inspiration came from. After that, for further convenience, the hands became translucent so that they will not obstruct the other information behind them. Every effort is for readability while still maintain the neat.
Project Duration: I started designing the prototype in May 2018. It was done in June 2018 in Singapore.
Operation Flow: The dial is in dark tone with pattern as background. The hands are in translucent blue sapphire colour. The entire watch face gives a calm, modern and stylish feeling. It fits both casual and business outfit.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Pan Yong, 2019.
Team Members: Pan Yong (myself)
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Pan Yong,
Image #2: Photographer Pan Yong,
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Image #5: Photographer Pan Yong,