Clocks have long been a fixture in homes worldwide, with not only a time-keeping function but also an aesthetic one. But as we've become drawn to our computers, cell phones, PDAs, and electronic kitchen appliances, we've found ourselves with little need for a free-standing clock, and these handsome things have fallen by the wayside. Personally, I like to put my gadgets to rest and out of my bedroom so I can have uninterrupted sleep, but I'll gladly grandfather in a good-looking desk clock.
Craftster member
Ladypie decided to turn this dull
Ikea clock into something a little more design forward. Here's how the clock looked before she got her hands on it.
To see how she upgraded this timepiece, .
Clocks are on my mind this week as my body and schedules continue to be out of whack because of
Daylight Savings. I'm thinking of just chucking out all my clocks and getting new ones, because I am that freaked out.
First on the replacement list?
I'm pretty good with my snap judgments on things, but this I really don't know about. On the one hand, it's a creative way to display photos and read time, but it's a clock . .
The love for fonts goes deep here at geeksugar, whether it's for the
freebies or the
eager identification.
Now you can express it (albeit steeply) with the
Font Clock ($450), which has twelve different classic fonts inside of it.
You get the retro design of a classic flip clock (
also beloved here), with the satisfaction of identifying what design is used to tell you it's half past midnight.
Easter eggs are rad little treats for geeks; others may ask what the point is, but you know: They're just cool. This Easter egg is for TiVo users, and while the result is not mind-blowing, it's handy and practical, and you'll probably know about it before any of your friends, so here we go!
Press Select, Play, Select, 9, Select.
French designer Bertrand Planes's limited-edition
Life Clock (inquire for price) isn't your average wall clock, although it may appear to be at first glance. Slowed down 61320 times, its mechanism is actually built so that one full rotation mimics the average human lifespan, and each minute represents a year. I'm certainly impressed the Planes took the time (hah) to create this, but at the same time it might be too disturbing to hang in my house.
German designer Susanna Hertrich's
Chrono Shredder is "a hybrid between calendar, clock, and waste-producing automaton," that has no on/off functionality. It runs unstoppable for 365 days until it has continuously shredded all of its calendar pages, which are kept on a paper roll. The paper is fed through a hacked paper shredder, which is programmed to use exactly 24 hours to shred one "day."
I came across yet another furnishing for your man's
This
Sami Hayek Wall Clock (on sale for $19) features a wood base and rectangular strips of colors in place of numbers. I find it fresh in a retro sort of way. What about you?
