by Julien Bergignat

This is a neat watch concept by industrial designer Julien Bergignat. The display looks sharper than any e-ink based display I’ve come across but the strong formal elements in this rendering make up for any criticisms I can come up with :) Given the flexible nature of this medium, I don’t see why something like this would be difficult to produce. It is functiaonally a braclet with an e-ink display wrapped around it. If one with sufficient resolution can be produced for the hands, I think this woud be easily produced. If Esquire can do it - why not a watch manufacturer?

EDIT:

TrendHunter.com has a better write up than I do. Check it out:

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/transformer-epaper-watches-luxury-tima-displays-both-digital-and-analogue-t

By Antrepo Design Industry (not in production)

http://antrepo4.com/

This clock is not in production, but hopefully it will be soon. I love this design - it is something between a linear radio tuner and a ruler. According to their official blog: “Antrepo Design Industry is now in a research process to find a partner company that will cover the costs of production (Both of them).” I’ve pestered ThinkGeek asking them to look at production too - hopefully someone will pick it up.

http://a2591.blogspot.com/2008/12/im-not-radio-too.html

By Industrial Facility (UK) for IDEA International, Japan

Price: $40 (US)

This clock just makes sense. There isn’t any retro-steampunk-vacuum-tube display. There isn’t any innovation in the way that time is displayed. Instead, there is just a great interface and clean lines to define this clock. The focus is on utility with an unusual two display layout. One shows the current time and the other shows the time for the alarm.

From their site:

“The design is informed not by the shape but by interface. The ambition was to create a digital alarm clock with such simplicity that it would render a manual unnecessary.” However, there is a manual included that has only this diagram in it.:

Industrial Facility

Buy it here

By Lexon Studio / Brieuc du Roscoät

Price: 95.00 Euro (~$130 USD)

This is one of those clocks, like the Think Geek Epoch Clock, that you would get simply so that no one else could read it. This clock is made out of plastic with a glass face covering the display. In the photo above, each block represents one unit. So, the time reads 12:38. It is all powered by two AAA batteries and looks pretty simple to setup. There even appear to be brackets behind the display so you can set it up like a photograph in a frame. It isn’t an oh-my-god-I-have-to-get-this clock…but it would go well in your average IKEA furnished apartment.

Buy the Lexon E8 Wallclock LR 108 here