van Esch
OCLOCK
van Esch
|
 |
Design: Anthony Duffeleer
Presented: Salone del Mobile 2008, Milan
Article no: OCLOCK
stylepark-id: 01.3774.10122
categories: |
Design
›
accessories
›
living room / office accessories
›
watches
|
01 product description
Product description
COLOSSAL CLOCK
It may sound rather odd coming from the mouth of a designer. Yet architect Anthony Duffeleer regards the shape of the Oclock he has designed incidental. Its shape is a consequence of the production process, he explains, which in this case is rotation casting. This is a process in which plastic powder goes in a mould, which is then placed in an oven and rotated. The plastic adheres to the wall and in this way takes on its final shape.
‘Design is an unbelievably pretentious word,' says the architect, who, together with Freia Rombouts, is the driving force behind the Antwerp firm Frap. ‘A designer is really a process supervisor.' It is the quest for the right production method that appeals to Duffeleer.
In the case of the Oclock this leads to an exciting, in some ways organic shape. A further benefit of the production process is that despite its generous dimensions - the dial is around 120 centimetres in diameter - the clock is nonetheless light in weight. Duffeleer is also breaking with the standard image of a clock. ‘This design is individual, it has pretension. It is an object that has an almost obtrusive presence in the room. And that's the idea. Even if the room is otherwise empty, with this clock it is nonetheless full.'
02 dimensions/weight
| overall dimension | |
|---|---|
Diameter |
1150 mm |
Depth |
980 mm |
03 Tags
Anthony Duffeleer Products, van Esch Products04 Glossary
office accessories, horologe, living room accessory, living room garniture, equipment, chronometers, living room garnitures, time, accessory, tickers, garnitures, living room, living room accessories, garniture, office garniture, living room equipment, living accessories, home garnitures, watches, office objects, office, office garnitures, timers, home equipment, living garnitures, home accessories, equipments, watch, home accessory, timepieces, accessories, living, living objects, timekeepers, home objects, living room objects, office equipment, office accessory, living equipment
