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Before you all leave comments about the “quite ordinary clock”, I’ve just had a question for you: how could the Oblique Clock indicate the exact time since it has no essential components like the gears? (Hints: the clock is made of laminated maple, custom mechanism and digital driver.)

You don’t know the exact answer? Well, neither do I, and that’s also a riddle for the visitors who saw it during the Toronto Design Week.

Returning to the clock itself, the cool timepiece is really cool for modern spaces. Even though its structure looks quite simple, the limited edition (20 pieces) wall clock is sold at $4000 (CAD)…So pricey… [Read the rest of this entry...]

Apart from telling you the accurate time, the Annular Eclipse Clock designed by Lee, Gimpo-si and Gyeonggi-do will also show you the process of total solar eclipse every day. How? Well, as you can see from the pictures, the transparent plate will gradually turn into opaquely dark from morning to the evening. The Annular Eclipse Clock also features two different ways to tell the time: during the daytime, it uses the two black spots to separately indicate the hour and minute while employs two shadows to show the time when in the night. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Kitchen clocks are timepieces merely designed for your kitchens. These clocks may be different in shapes, sizes, colors or more, but they have at least one thing in common, and that is: they make us realizing we’re to enjoy a wonderful cooking time or dinning time the moment we see them. And today we’d like to share several cute and innovative kitchen clocks with you.

【Kitchen Cutlery Clock】

Each spoon and knife is used to stand for an hour.

Selling Price: $26.99

Buy it here

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Not merely a timepiece, the Solar System Wall Clock is also an educational appliance for your kids to learn about the nine planets in an interesting way. Made from metal, the wall clock is powered by a ‘AA’ battery. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wait, wait, I’m not showing off my mathematics and I’m not planning to discuss anything irrelevant to creative products. So what am I going to show you today? A clock? You are sure? Exactly, it’s a set of clocks that includes three separate ones to indicate the hour, minute and second individually. Hence you have to hang three clocks on the wall to know clearly what time it is~ [Read the rest of this entry...]

Seemingly like a grandmother, a grandchild and a dog are going for a walk together, have you really known what the item is? [Read the rest of this entry...]

What if clocks tell time in an absolutely different way? Will you feel uncomfortable with that? Let’s check it out with the “Insert Watch”, which is hanging right off the wall! Wow, that interests me a lot. I have to say, Leo Yiu Chun Pong ought to be proud of the innovative idea, as he may be changing our opinion to clocks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This special work is designed in a 24-hour format. As indicated in the clock, normal work time lasts from AM to 4 PM, the overtime work is from 4 PM to 12PM and 12PM to 8AM is regarded as a sitting-up time. To some degree, it is a good tool to help you arrange your time for work and rest reasonably. Maybe you should pay more attention to your time allocation from now on, after all health is always the first thing in life.

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Oh, yeah, yeah, the wall clock couldn’t be more ordinary at the first glance, but you are sure to see a different one if you pay more attention to it. Look, the hour markers around the clock changes gradually as time passes by. So you may find it a bit different than before whenever you look at it. Terrific!

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See what? The “Onze Crazy O Clock” has pointed us a new way to active thinking. As the innovative clock asks us to perceive time rather than read time, it undoubtedly will cost you much mental work to calculate the exact time. Those who love mathematics are sure to love the clock.

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Imagination is endless, and we couldn’t forecast what surprising creation will appear in another day, just like the Word Clock. Looking like a book, the clock tells time by displaying certain words which can adjust their brightness automatically to the ambient light. To provide you with more options, the clock is available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and other languages too.

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Guess what, bookbinding fabric has come to change the serious image of your clocks! Designed by Linus Berglund, the clock, wedged into the wall, is made of soft textile to create you a warm feeling.

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We can do better than mere Cuckoo clocks and the world’s first bungee-jumping clock tells you time with a cute mint boy. At the time you set, the mint boy will open the door to say “It’s ten o’clock!” and then jump out. Still equipped with a Wi-Fi module, it also allows you to watch on your household activities.

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“Almighty God, please stop the time!” Whenever we have to separate with the dearest or hand in those unfinished projects, we would wish that time were to stand still. Well, perhaps Harc Lee, form New York, has experienced too many such occasions, he designs the switch-wall clock to resolve the time frustration of most people. You can stop the time by turning the switch off and see the actual time when it’s turned on.

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You are right the designer of the diversified clock! Clock hands, a blank dial, the initial elements of such a DIY clock create you a chance to be an artist. A round clock, a square clock, an animal clock, or even just a blank clock, what it looks like is all up to you. Design your own one now!

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