In response to the documentary, I have created a modern design of a watch using TinkerCad. My design is inspired by a designer in New York named Karim Rashid and his watch design shown in the documentary at 44:36, where he had designed a watch with two faces, a dual clock design. I found that to be an interesting and unique design for a watch, so I created a watch similar to that but with my own twist to it.
I agree with his views on how he stated that modern designs of today, even the simplest things in our daily lives, still appear and are designed around the "old school" versions of it. As he said, "we live in the third technological revolution", but we are not designing and evolving with our technological age as it is changing around us. Chairs are still the same or similar designs as they were before, what could we do to change it up? Like Rashid said, "how can I put my fingerprint to differentiate ours from everyone else or every other designer?" What could I design that is different, unique, yet maintains a design that people would still purchase?
This is a simple design I created, that contains the same strap shape as a normal watch but without any belt-like closure or metal clasp closure. Because of how we always look back at older versions of designs, I decided to bring back the 80's slap bracelet design for the strap. I designed it this way because of the experience I've had with watches. The old designs are often belt-like straps made out of leather or metal clasps that are really hard to adjust in size, whether you have a smaller wrist or a bigger wrist, it's always a hassle to pay to make adjustments on the watch strap. My design includes a slap bracelet style design so that it can fit anyone's wrist without paying for extra adjustments. Karim Rashid said he strives to design objects to be simple, engaging, and easy on the eye for others. That got me thinking on a simple, minimalistic design for the watch. Since it's already a slap bracelet watch strap, I kept everything a solid colour, handles that rotate slightly above the face of the watch. Then I had the number 12 engraved into the watch, I did that to make it minimalistic yet fancy or luxurious in a sense because it shows a craftwork side to the watch.
I agree with his views on how he stated that modern designs of today, even the simplest things in our daily lives, still appear and are designed around the "old school" versions of it. As he said, "we live in the third technological revolution", but we are not designing and evolving with our technological age as it is changing around us. Chairs are still the same or similar designs as they were before, what could we do to change it up? Like Rashid said, "how can I put my fingerprint to differentiate ours from everyone else or every other designer?" What could I design that is different, unique, yet maintains a design that people would still purchase?
This is a simple design I created, that contains the same strap shape as a normal watch but without any belt-like closure or metal clasp closure. Because of how we always look back at older versions of designs, I decided to bring back the 80's slap bracelet design for the strap. I designed it this way because of the experience I've had with watches. The old designs are often belt-like straps made out of leather or metal clasps that are really hard to adjust in size, whether you have a smaller wrist or a bigger wrist, it's always a hassle to pay to make adjustments on the watch strap. My design includes a slap bracelet style design so that it can fit anyone's wrist without paying for extra adjustments. Karim Rashid said he strives to design objects to be simple, engaging, and easy on the eye for others. That got me thinking on a simple, minimalistic design for the watch. Since it's already a slap bracelet watch strap, I kept everything a solid colour, handles that rotate slightly above the face of the watch. Then I had the number 12 engraved into the watch, I did that to make it minimalistic yet fancy or luxurious in a sense because it shows a craftwork side to the watch.
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