Oh Crap, I Slept in Until Yellow!
A Belgian product design student has created the Torus, a watch that indicates the time of day by colour. According to The Color Association, the 20 year-old wanted to develop a watch "that didn’t need to tell you the exact time, only a perception." Okay. WHAT?
He explains, "I thought of a bracelet with a colour that shows what time it is. Blue/green = morning, yellow/orange = noon , red/purple = evening and night. The colours rotate around the bracelet. The colour on top indicates the current “time”. When one colour reaches the top for a second time, 24H have passed.” In case you didn't have any other way of knowing that a day went by.
He explains, "I thought of a bracelet with a colour that shows what time it is. Blue/green = morning, yellow/orange = noon , red/purple = evening and night. The colours rotate around the bracelet. The colour on top indicates the current “time”. When one colour reaches the top for a second time, 24H have passed.” In case you didn't have any other way of knowing that a day went by.
I'm not really sure how the 'need' part of this design was determined - can we not tell whether it's morning, afternoon or night time by looking out the window, or by simply being conscious?
Maybe ditch the idea of a timepiece that would only come in handy for those in solitary confinement and focus on the fashion potential. It's a bit too Star Trek looking for me (and kind of reminds me of an MRI machine) but with some experimentation with shape and colour it could make interesting wrist candy. Not sure I'd be in the market for that but I'm trying to find something in this!
Maybe ditch the idea of a timepiece that would only come in handy for those in solitary confinement and focus on the fashion potential. It's a bit too Star Trek looking for me (and kind of reminds me of an MRI machine) but with some experimentation with shape and colour it could make interesting wrist candy. Not sure I'd be in the market for that but I'm trying to find something in this!
ahha what a weird idea! its kind of like strapping a sundial onto ur wrist!! hmm maybe art collectors would buy it but i don't see it surviving in traditional markets!
Posted by: kate | January 08, 2009 at 05:22 AM
Um, okay!
I would just like to say on behalf of the colour blind - No thanks!
Posted by: jamaiquina | January 09, 2009 at 12:47 AM