The Muji Clock 2.0 Unfolds Time for the Nearsighted
Student Celine Wong may have designed the perfect timepiece for someone nearsighted with its serene visual display of time.
At sunrise, sans glasses or contacts, my eyes scan the wall across from where I sleep looking for a large analog clock. With my phone left afar in another room for the purposes of digital detox, a traditional clock has created a more peaceful place for rest. But, moderate myopia ? aka nearsightedness ? does require some squinting and learned guesswork to determine whether there’s time to relax or if it’s time to jump out of bed. San Jose State University industrial design student Celine Wong may have designed the perfect timepiece for someone like myself, one conceived to display a clearer visual representation of the time in comparison to normal clocks while keeping another screen from entering the bedroom.
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First time doing stop motion. It?s pretty fun! :D #stopmotion #clock #muji #industrialdesign #productdesign #design #studentdesign
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Wong’s first Muji Clock was inspired by the designer’s affinity for the unbranded “calmness and emptiness” of the Japanese homewares brand, an ethos and aesthetic represented as a minimal circular design that told time like an unfolding fan. But the design revealed a secondary, yet notable consequence: offering an easier to rea...
At sunrise, sans glasses or contacts, my eyes scan the wall across from where I sleep looking for a large analog clock. With my phone left afar in another room for the purposes of digital detox, a traditional clock has created a more peaceful place for rest. But, moderate myopia ? aka nearsightedness ? does require some squinting and learned guesswork to determine whether there’s time to relax or if it’s time to jump out of bed. San Jose State University industrial design student Celine Wong may have designed the perfect timepiece for someone like myself, one conceived to display a clearer visual representation of the time in comparison to normal clocks while keeping another screen from entering the bedroom.
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First time doing stop motion. It?s pretty fun! :D #stopmotion #clock #muji #industrialdesign #productdesign #design #studentdesign
A post shared by Industrial Design (@syhyin.design) on May 27, 2020 at 4:34pm PDT
Wong’s first Muji Clock was inspired by the designer’s affinity for the unbranded “calmness and emptiness” of the Japanese homewares brand, an ethos and aesthetic represented as a minimal circular design that told time like an unfolding fan. But the design revealed a secondary, yet notable consequence: offering an easier to rea...
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