http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:44:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/nonius-watch-uses-rotating-scale-to-delineate-the-time/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/nonius-watch-uses-rotating-scale-to-delineate-the-time/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:44:00 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11605 Design submitted by Anders from Sweden. Anders says: This concept is something of a reworking of Vernier, an old submission of mine. The peculiarities of the vernier or nonius scale caught my attention once again. I wanted to (for once) design a watch as simple as possible around the display, and this is the result. The [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/nonius-watch-uses-rotating-scale-to-delineate-the-time/feed/ 9 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/focus-watch-entwines-numbers-in-dual-display/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/focus-watch-entwines-numbers-in-dual-display/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:20:57 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11579 Design submitted by Sam from Germany. Say says: The initial idea was to combine the time telling numbers into one shape, one symbol, one thing that looks interesting and has the important information visible all the time. After playing around with different ways to interlace numbers, the result was stacking two pairs of numbers upon each [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/focus-watch-entwines-numbers-in-dual-display/feed/ 33 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/xyz-watch-with-futuristic-display/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/xyz-watch-with-futuristic-display/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:43:03 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11563 Design submitted by Laszlo from Hungary. Laszlo says: 12-5-9 concept. The hours on 3 axis, the ten minutes is in the inner band and the single minutes and the second (blinking segment) in the middle band. The time reading is easy Below there are 2 animations showing the watch in action.]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/xyz-watch-with-futuristic-display/feed/ 10 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/turbine-lcd-watch-revs-up-a-new-version-mkii/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/turbine-lcd-watch-revs-up-a-new-version-mkii/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:22:58 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11519 Design submitted by Peter from the UK. Peter says: This is Turbine LCD (MkII). Following the popularity of the original Turbine I decided  that I would like to make a more feasible version, as this seemed to be the biggest stumbling block with the original. This version uses a simple always on LCD display in conjunction [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/turbine-lcd-watch-revs-up-a-new-version-mkii/feed/ 35 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/decypher-watch-turns-digits-into-code/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/decypher-watch-turns-digits-into-code/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:40:51 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11497 Design submitted by Lloyd from Australia. Lloyd says: This watch design is called “Decypher”. The display may look mysterious at first, but is actually very easy to decipher once you know the trick behind it. Decypher has both a time and date mode. To see the digits in either mode, all you have to do is [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/decypher-watch-turns-digits-into-code/feed/ 40 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/spider-watch-spins-up-a-web-of-time/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/spider-watch-spins-up-a-web-of-time/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:57:59 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11355 A new concept from the Tokyoflash Design Studio. ‘Spider’, as the name suggests, is inspired by a spiders web. It uses hexagonal rings, similar to a web, to display numbers in a concentric pattern. There are 4 rings to the web each representing a digit, such as 07:45, read from the outside-in. The design features [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/spider-watch-spins-up-a-web-of-time/feed/ 37 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/nine-re-invents-the-analog-watch-with-style/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/nine-re-invents-the-analog-watch-with-style/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:19:04 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11459 Design submitted by Firdaus from Malaysia. Firdaus says : This analog watch design is inspired by number “9″. The mechanism of this watch design is almost the same as my previous “Art in A Watch” except the time reading order is read from bigger to smaller discs (hour-second-minute). This design is suitable for people who [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/nine-re-invents-the-analog-watch-with-style/feed/ 18 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/tangled-watch-design-gets-the-time-all-in-a-twist/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/tangled-watch-design-gets-the-time-all-in-a-twist/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:26:36 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11439 Design submitted by Heather from the USA. Heather says : While sketching some abstract digits with a goal of filling the display, I found that overlapping some of the digits made a nice geometric pattern.  Then I thought about M.C. Escher, and some of his sketches of “impossible objects”, which has always been an intriguing [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/02/tangled-watch-design-gets-the-time-all-in-a-twist/feed/ 15 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/pins-watch-employs-tactile-display/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/pins-watch-employs-tactile-display/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:38:40 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11421 Design submitted by Gordon from the USA. Gordon says: I came upon this idea when contemplating one of those pin plates that are fun to put your face in. Time is read digitally, but the display is produced by a matrix of individually controlled pins. This watch will not only have touch screen controls, it [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/pins-watch-employs-tactile-display/feed/ 21 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/wordcloud-watch-uses-creative-typography/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/wordcloud-watch-uses-creative-typography/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:28:44 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11395 Design submitted by Cory from the USA. Cory says: Wordclouds are a new phenomenon that has shown up in internet culture. It seems that a watch using E-ink that displays a wordcloud of the current time or date in interesting fonts would be a cool thing to have on your wrist. From this idea Clouds [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/wordcloud-watch-uses-creative-typography/feed/ 24 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/sudoku-watch-puzzles-the-mind-whilst-telling-the-time/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/sudoku-watch-puzzles-the-mind-whilst-telling-the-time/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:14:16 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11369 A new concept from the Tokyoflash Design Studio. Quite simply, the watch face is a game of Sudoku. The missing numbers need to be solved to read the time. The display is LCD & features would include date, alarm, EL backlight. The touch screen can be used to reveal the answers. For people who enjoy [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/sudoku-watch-puzzles-the-mind-whilst-telling-the-time/feed/ 18 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/digital-density-watch-reveals-stylish-abstract-numbers/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/digital-density-watch-reveals-stylish-abstract-numbers/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:39:47 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11327 Design submitted by Sam from Germany. Say says: I was sketching for a stylish way to transform the classic 7-segment numbers. One day I thought about how these numbers would look, if seen through a perforated metal plate. Its holes would have a different visual density depending on how much lines meet underneath. This is where [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/digital-density-watch-reveals-stylish-abstract-numbers/feed/ 24 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/kisai-optical-illusion-concept-to-reality/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/kisai-optical-illusion-concept-to-reality/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:31:40 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11297 Kisai Optical Illusion is the latest concept to become reality from the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog. The concept was originally featured on the blog in September 2010. Kisai Optical Illusion is now available to buy in a choice of four color variations. The concept design was voted as one of the most popular designs by fans [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/kisai-optical-illusion-concept-to-reality/feed/ 0 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/sphere-watch-rotates-the-time-in-3d/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/sphere-watch-rotates-the-time-in-3d/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:53:14 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11267 Design submitted by Peter from the UK. Peter says: Traditional wrist watches tend to tell the time in a very 2D format, I am fascinated by the idea of using 3D to tell the time. I decided to use a sphere as it is about as 3D as it gets, also a sphere is omni-directional [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/sphere-watch-rotates-the-time-in-3d/feed/ 39 http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/four-squares-watch-inspired-by-the-watch-museum/ http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/four-squares-watch-inspired-by-the-watch-museum/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:59:37 +0000 Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/index.php?p=11239 Design submitted by Ignacio from Spain. Ignacio says: “The inspiration for this watch design came from my previous submission, 4Cross. It’s practically the same idea, but much more simple and with another aspect. I searched for some inspiration in the Tokyoflash Watch Museum, the Tibida and Pimp Pusher watches inspiring me the most. I designed two versions: [...]]]> http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/2012/01/four-squares-watch-inspired-by-the-watch-museum/feed/ 17