Mob 座枱鐘 by Nazanin Saranjampour, Parisa Gheisari, Shahrzad Salehi and Kamran Rahmani

Mob 座枱鐘 by Nazanin Saranjampour, Parisa Gheisari, Shahrzad Salehi and Kamran Rahmani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

銀傢俱· 2021

Mob 座枱鐘

by Nazanin Saranjampour, Parisa Gheisari, Shahrzad Salehi and Kamran Rahmani

Client: Chahar Group

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Mob 座枱鐘

Mob係一款座枱鐘，由一條有刻度嘅莫比烏斯環裝喺座架上組成，用一粒細球做指針。時間本身係線性嘅概念，但一般嘅鐘每日都會重複兩個週期，即上晝同下晝。喺Mob上面，粒球沿住莫比烏斯環唯一嘅邊沿向一個方向移動，行完24個鐘都唔會重複。主體以PC同ABS注塑而成，腳部就用金屬棒製造。個鐘以15分鐘為一格嚟顯示時間，冇秒針，營造一種平靜而自然嘅時間感。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Mob 座枱鐘是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Mob 座枱鐘將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Mob 座枱鐘是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Mob-clock is a desk clock made up of a graded Mobius strap as the main body on a stand and a ball as a pointer. Although time is a linear one direction concept, in normal clocks, there are two repeating loops for each day, AM and PM. Indeed, as in daily life, we do not switch our sides and we just continue and go on through the day, Mob-clock helps the user to have a natural feeling about time. In Mob-clock, the pointer moves in only one direction on one boundary of Mobius to pass 24 hours without any repeating and switching side and boundary.
Dimensions & Packaging: The small black ball (time indicator) contains an elecrtro-motor converting the rotary to motion linear in order to move on the Mobious strap. There are also 4 silicon parts under the Mob-clock leg that makes prevents the unpleasant slipping of the clock on the desk.
Dimensions:
Width 300 mm x Depth 300 mm x Height 400 mm
Tags: Clock, Mobius, Time, Infinity, Innovative
Production Technology: Main body material: injected molded PC+ABS
Legs material: blended still,silver,copper or gold bar (5mm diameter)
Design Challenge: The Mob-clock project has faced the challenge of delivering a sense of calm in the user. Mobleclack's design aims for the users to interact with the clock in a way that makes them stay at the moment and feel less anxious over time, minimalism approach was chosen to responding This challenge and turn the tic-tac-toe movement into a smooth motion due to its mobility and spherical shape, and the color palette used in the MoboClack is white and black.
Research: The initial hypothesis in the project research was that the analog clocks did not change from the beginning of their design except for formal redesigns but not to challenge the concept of time, accurate studies on the mathematical and geometric concept of time provided the best object similar to the concept we had in mind about time, Mobius strap in the Optimum mode is the closest form to the concept of time only by arranging the numbers and placing the ball pointer that moves according to its rule. And the result is a desk clock that works by its own rules and still displays time accurately and correctly.
Inspiration: The main body of the Mob-clock is inspired by the Mobius strap. In geometry Mobius is the simplest non orientable surface. It is a surface with only one side and only one boundary curve.When a point moves through the edge of the mobius it will reach to the opposite side of the edge without any jump or switching.The mobius strap is a symbol of non-duality. It is also the symbol of transformation and eternal change within stillness itself. Mob-clock delivers a new concept of time by converting the abstract concept of time-infinity and Mobius philosophy into a tangible minimal home object. Mob-clock creates desirable feeling of time with a combined mathematics and design perspective.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2019 in Tehran and finished in March2020 in Tehran
Operation Flow: The user will simply assemble the Mob-clock’s stand.This product interacts with the user in 3 emotional levels of Don Norman: At first sight the organic form of the mob-clock attracts user as sculptural object. When the user gets close enough to see the numbers and the ball which moves gently through the edge, the function will be realised. The mysterious geometry of the mobius strap will remain in the user's mind.
Besides, the accuracy of the clock is every 15 minutes.There is no division for seconds to decrease the pressure of passing time and make it closer to our natural feeling about time.
Team Members: Nazanin Saranjampour
Parisa Gheisari
Shahrzad Salehi
Kamran Rahmani