Comments on: Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:22:31 +0000

Capillary action; also spaces between numbers may have been calculated based on rate of absorption. Plants suck up water the same way. I'm sure Mr. Diaz went through many trials to make sure the timing was just right. Try it with a paper towel dipped into ink and see capillary action too! :)

By: Jayant Khanuja

Jayant Khanuja — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:26:10 +0000

I went through first three pages of comments. Frankly i think it can work beautyfully, do not want to disregard the design and waste thoughts and comments unnecessarily.

Moving forward from its functionality I think one more layer of time can be added on it by just simply marking numbers from 1 to 24 on these existing number. The capillary action of ink and color display can also indicate time which adds one more layer of clock on this calender.

By: Felix

Felix — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:04:03 +0000

How does it work then? Specifically how do you ensure the ink always moves at a constant rate?

I can only see this working with a fake bottle and the ink is actually stored behind the numbers and released by an electronic timer.

By: dear reader

dear reader — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:49:44 +0000

I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding about most design projects published on the internet. The majority of them (as in this case) are concepts – nothing more and nothing less. Most people, though, treat them as real products. They criticize them as such or praise them, even wanting to buy them. Some even claim wanting to buy a concept not knowing for sure if it works. In this case that would be quite irresponsible.

If you buy this calender for 12 months and you realize it doesn't work after one or two weeks, you might try it next month, or even for a third month. After that why make the hassle and use it for the rest of the year? It will just be lying around or hanging on the wall collecting dust.

My point is that all these published concepts give a false impression about what design is really about. It's only partially about concepts and pretty pictures, mainly its about the challenge of making a real products out of these concepts. I would love to see more real products (which are on the market) and think the media should put more of a focus on that.

By: Neo

Neo — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:18:54 +0000

An advert coping the idea has just been released in Spain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJvI-v7Fh84&feature=related

” if you put your attention on following someone you won’t be able to overtake him”