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Telling time
From gigantic digital clocks to a remake of the Big Ben for a home, here is a look at a collection of beautiful and innovative clocks.
Big Ben for the home
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Big Ben, the iconic London landmark, serves as the inspiration for a stylish wall clock by Marcel Wanders. It's ideal for the modern home.
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26 Sep 12
Carbon clock
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Product Design
Judith Zeeman's Carbon Age project uses clocks made of biochar to draw attention to the amount of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
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1 Dec 11
Colourful cuckoos
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Coulourful and whimsical but also very functional, this little cuckoo clock is a real lust-have.
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14 May 11
Clock wise
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Product Design
The mechanical clock is experiencing somewhat of a reinvention, thanks to Dutch brand KLOKby.
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26 Mar 11
Not now, maybe later
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Product Design
Check out this interesting innovation that hopes to help procrastinators to... well, procrastinate less!
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22 Feb 11
Cardboard clock
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The grandfather clock in the children’s song was too tall for the shelf. Luckily this one is built with limited space in mind.
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21 Jul 10
1... 2... 3... Cuckoo Clock
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Cuckoo clocks are all but fully revived yet. Italian designer Raffaele Darra brings them back with stripes.
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28 Apr 10
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