Swedish designers Humans since 1982 have created a digital clock made of 24 analogue clocks, which spell out the time with their hands.
The designers have also developed a typeface derived from letter forms created by banks of clocks.
See demonstrations of the Clock Clock on YouTube here and here.
The prototype Clock Clock will be exhibited at the Rhösska design museum in Göteborg from June till mid August 2009.
See our earlier story on Celebrating the Cross 1 by humans since 1982.
Here’s some text from humans since 1982:
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we are designstudents at HDK Göteborg in Sweden and gathered under the name “humans since 1982″.
After having successfully launched our “Surveillance Light” and our lounger “Celebrating the cross 1″ we now developed a prototype of a wall clock: we call it “The clock clock”. Hereby 24 manual alarm clocks show the time in a digital manner.
We also have developed a typefont on this basis. This prototype will be shown at Rhösska design-museum in Göteborg from june till mid of august 2009.
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
May 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
How in the world do they make a 1?
May 18th, 2009 at 12:13 am
johnyboy: look at the youtube video
May 18th, 2009 at 3:41 am
or an Eight?
May 18th, 2009 at 4:31 am
watch the video.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:59 am
But isn’t it threatening to be swastika o’clock? Maybe I just watch too much Mel Brooks . . . .
May 18th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Very Interesting
May 18th, 2009 at 6:48 am
It’s a “prototype” but it doesn’t actually seem to work. All of the videos showing this thing have the hands painted in with pixels instead of the physical hands moving. Therefore these designers have not actually “created” anything besides a concept.
May 18th, 2009 at 7:27 am
or 8
May 18th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Or the 7
May 18th, 2009 at 8:40 am
@johny: 01 you stupid
May 18th, 2009 at 9:00 am
nobody looks at the time at 1 anyway… (rolling eyes)
May 18th, 2009 at 9:10 am
with a straight line, probably on the left side like on a normal digital clock.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:11 am
You can see the 1 in the video… but what about the 8?
May 18th, 2009 at 9:52 am
You can see an example of the 8 in the typeface example right above the youtube links. “humans since 1982″
May 18th, 2009 at 9:58 am
haha, good point johnyboy
May 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am
love the clocks
May 18th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Just paint the frames white, or lose them altogether. Fantastic project. I can see the “awe” factor as you slowly step away and realize why they all show different times.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
after REviewing “Humans since 1982 “s previous post on Dezeen and the ones on http://www.yatzer.com/1542_blessed_or_cursed , I can only wonder more and more why it’s always the symbols of Christianity that are questioned, used for self-promotion, abused&used, disrespected, etc., and not any other religious symbol from the tens of other religions, say Judaism, Islam, Buddhism…!!??
I wonder if these religions or their followers would be as tolerant and patient as Christians?
… guess not, because if we question, criticize, caricature, or joke about Judaism we become anti-Semitic, or Islam, we get attacked and buildings burned down (Beirut during Mohammad Danish caricatures “scandal”)…
isn’t this something to ponder upon?
…just needed to let this out of my system and hve others’ opinions!
May 18th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Wow!
May 19th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Look really similar to this clock http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/28/clock-by-christiaan-postma/
May 19th, 2009 at 5:13 am
I think they solved the “1″ prob in a quite clever way… so as for the case of displaying letters. Interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbulAxkeMbo&feature=quicklist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BIMFPVOYXk
May 19th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
very very superbe 10/10
fantastico
merci
May 20th, 2009 at 3:48 am
so so very awesome. congrats to these visionaries (and hall of shame to the dim bulbs who couldn’t see the project for wondering about the 1 and the
May 20th, 2009 at 7:45 am
1 would be easy.
top clock: 6:30
middle : 6:00
bottom: 12:00
any other questions?
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Yeah really similar to christiaan Postma clock.
I think Postma’s clock was much more elgant anyway