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DESIGN NAME:
eki clock
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Wall clock
INSPIRATION:
Takenobu Igarashi is the designer behind the Big Clock of Stars which hangs on the outer wall of Sapporo Station in Hokkaido Japan since 2003. He has also designed another clock on both east and west concourses of the same station. He has tried to apply the experience of designing the public clocks in a way for easy reading into the design of a clock fitting into private living.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This clock was introduced with its design direction based on the Sapporo Station Clocks. The clock has a beautifully designed dial with original number types and its clock numbers half below are especially designed in a way for easy reading from the ground. Its frame is made with aluminum sand casting and lathing. The distance between its dial and glass is minimized. It is truly a design wall clock in its ultimate simplicity.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
Since the clock was designed to use at a train station, the visibility as a clock is high with the original dials and the color combination of black and white. Due to the visibility, the clock easily fits into any spaces though it is used not as a public clock but as a home clock.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
The original design has been completed in 2003 as the public clock for Sapporo station in Japan. The product has been released in 2016.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY:
Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
Its frame is made with aluminum sand casting and lathing whose technology is based on a traditional industry in Takaoka, Japan.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
dimension: Width 256 mm, Depth 40 mm, Height 256 mm, weight 700g
TAGS:
ekiclock, takenobuigarashi, sapporostation, lemnos
RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
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CHALLENGE:
While the designer basically fitted the design into the existing parts the production company had already used, he has focused on the design unification of all the clock elements such as the width of the hands and the dials.
ADDED DATE:
2017-09-21 00:33:43
TEAM MEMBERS (3) :
Producer : Hiroshi Takata, Designer : Takenobu Igarashi and Company : TAKATA Lemnos Inc.
IMAGE CREDITS:
Takenobu Igarashi, 2017.
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| CLIENT/STUDIO/BRAND DETAILS |
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NAME:
TAKATA Lemnos Inc.
PROFILE:
TAKATA Lemnos Inc. was founded in 1947 as a brass casting manufacturing industry in Takaoka-city, Toyama Prefecture, Japan and Lemnos launched out into the full-scale business trade with Seiko Clock Co., Ltd. since 1966. Lemnos entered into the development for the original planning from late 1980 and “Lemnos Brand” recognized as the global design clock by a masterpiece “HOLA” designed by Kazuo KAWASAKI which released in 1989. Afterwards, Lemnos made a lot of projects with well-known designers who took in active in Japan and overseas such as Riki WATANABE, Kazuo KAWASAKI, Shin AZUMI, Tomoko AZUMI, Kanae TSUKAMOTO etc. and Lemnos made announcement of their fine works abounding in artistry and prominent designs. The brand products are now highly praised from the design shops and the interior shops all over the world. In recent years, Lemnos also have been given high priority to develop interior accessories making full use of traditional techniques by the founding manufacturer and it always focuses the minds on the development for the new Lemnos products in the new market. The products are made carefully by craftsmen finely honed skillful techniques in Japan. They surely bring out the attractiveness of the materials to the maximum and create fine products not being influenced on the fashion trend accordingly. Lemnos definitely would like to be innovative and continuously propose the beauty lasts forever.
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