Comments on: Glyph Buckle Watch Concept

By: Samukun

Samukun — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:12:27 +0000

I want this watch. I recheck this often and always fall in love more and more.

By: Aphosno

Aphosno — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:06:06 +0000

I would buy it. It looks really cool. The different materials go well together. As a sci-fi fan I say: please make this watch!

By: Colored circle

Colored circle — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:14:24 +0000

@said: Thanks.

By: said

said — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:35:00 +0000

I like the way the shape of the design help on reading this watch! I love the buckle too!

By: Colored circle

Colored circle — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:24:20 +0000

@Honda: Thanks for commenting.

By: honda

honda — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:26:40 +0000

金属の形状とLEDを組み合わせて時間を表示するアイデアがおもしろい！その結果、今までにみたことないようなスタイルになってると思うし。あえて言うなら、インジケーターの三角形の部分をもうちょい全体のイメージに合うような感じにしてほしい！

By: Anders S

Anders S — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:20:45 +0000

It’s always annoying when the function gets in the way of the form, and vice versa…

I agree, less might not always be more, but more is very often too much…

Ahh, I see… Obviously a good choice of software, and some nice skills you have too…=) I lok forward to seeing more of your ideas…

By: Colored circle

Colored circle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:32:51 +0000

@Samukun: Thanks it’s nice to get a positive comment:) I think I should mention that the leather texture comes from an artist called ‘mytherea@Deviant art’. I found the texture map via the internet and I will try to send a thankyou message. I look forward to seeing some more designs from you.

By: Samukun

Samukun — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:06:50 +0000

Ok the leather rocks! The metal plates are cool. Very creative to use them for time telling. It takes than 5 seconds in the first days, but you get used to it, I’m sure. Nice sci-fi look indeed! Reminds me of Bones’ sickbed monitor Maybe the closing mechanism has to be more geeky, not that traditional.

Has a fashionable look in this leather, gold combination. The wide leather looks comfyyyyyy Produce-worthy imho.

By: Colored circle

Colored circle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:33:53 +0000

@TFJPDS: I think I will try to render some variations. I’ll probably use some subtler textures. Thanks for the feedback.

By: Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio

Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:53:00 +0000

Love the renderings, fun to look at. It has a definite style or feel to it, which may hinder the ratings. A variation of this design in the right way may get much higher ratings. Just need to find that niche.

By: Colored circle

Colored circle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:28:05 +0000

@Anders S: Thanks for your criticism. Your point about the visibility of the dots is a valid one. I thought about ways of making the divisions more distinct and easier to read at a glance, but as you say, IMO it would compromise the look I was going for. I try to keep things as minimal as possible. The watch was modelled and rendered using Luxology Modo.

By: Anders S

Anders S — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:09:44 +0000

Interesting concept, nice idea! Having said that, I think it’d be a bit too difficult to tell the minutes… Mostly because of the difficulty in seeing which row the arrow points to… Perhaps every other row of dots could have a slightly different shape? Difficult to do without compromising the design, I know (I’ve recieved enough similar comments to know…=), but it’d probably help the readability…

The style isn’t for me unfortunately, but the images are killer! I have to ask, is it 3D? Which software?

By: Colored circle

Colored circle — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:35:05 +0000

@Avatara: Thanks. I had thought about rendering a ‘blackened’ version, but I decided that it would make it too difficult to see the second dots. Perhaps if it was silver it might make it more appealing?

By: Avatara

Avatara — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:59:37 +0000

Quite a clever way to display the time, nice work Devindh. I like the leather strap too, but this is just a bit too much for me. Not sure if it’s the brass coloured case, maybe I would buy if this was black…