Design Challenge

(English) Drone LED watch creates quad-turbine effect

September 28th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Peter from the UK.

Peter says: This is ‘Drone’. I wanted to come up with a new watch using elements of Turbine, I thought what could be better than one Turbine?………..four Turbines was my answer.

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(English) Oblique LCD watch combines a unique look with feminine style.

September 28th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Heather (USA) & Laszlo (Hungary)

Heather & Laszlo say: Most, if not all, ladies’ fashion watches on the market right now are analog.  The digital watches available are generally sporty and made of plastic or rubber with boring monochrome displays.  Ladies’ watches have seldom been tackled on the Tokyoflash blog, so we decided to create a digital LCD ladies’ fashion watch.

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(English) Terminal : A clean & minimal sci-fi LED watch.

September 27th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Eivind from Norway.

Eivind says: I got my inspiration from classic science fiction, like 2001: A Space Odyssey and games like Mass effect and Deus EX. I liked the minimalistic design of the equipment and different tools. The style is simple, but it stands out. I also got inspiration from the popular products on the market today, like an iPhone or a pair of beats by Dr.Dre headphones.

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(English) Fissure LCD watch leaves a strong impression.

September 26th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Sam from Germany.

Sam says: I like the idea of letting something run around the wrist and adapt in the case region to tell the time.

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(English) Detonator LED watch with Predator countdown

September 25th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Paolo from Canada.

Paolo says: I’ve always wanted a device like the one the Predator wears on his wrist. Illegible graphics count down some sort of time. Alien numbers… It just looks so cool.

So I decided to design a watch that resembles that device loosely and counts down in the same fashion every minute.

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(English) Gaps LCD watch opens digital doors.

September 25th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Laszlo from Hungary.

Laszlo says: GAPS (silver and ip black version) is a 12-5-9 always on LCD watch. The display background has a special illumination paint coating that is capable of providing continuous light output for 20 years. This significantly increases the battery life.

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(English) Abandon watch design for your post-apocalyptic survival.

September 24th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Colby from South Africa.

Colby says: The idea for the ‘Abandon’ came from a long time obsession with anything post-apocalyptic. Recently there’s been an abundance of movies, series and games which embrace nuclear fallout, zombie or robotic-alien themes. When challenged with the task of designing a watch, this was a strong influence.

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(English) QuadOrbium LED watch touch sensitive display.

September 21st, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Peter from the UK.

Peter says: This is “QuadOrbium” The watch is loosely inspired by the humble bicycle combination lock.

The gyneric format of the inspiration tends to consist of four discs with numbers printed on them that your scroll untill the correct combination of numbers are displayed and the lock can be disengaged.

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(English) ORB watch with continuous lines sweeping round your wrist.

September 21st, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Djordje from Serbia.

Djordje says: Motivation of time, I wanted to achieve the effect of ease of watching at time, to understand better their own time.

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(English) Sunrise LED watch design brightens up your day.

September 20th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Sarah from the UK.

Sarah says: This is my second attempt at designing a watch and has been a development of the previous snowflake idea, except this one is inspired by sunrises.

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(English) Black Widow LCD watch is wrist wear for superheroes

September 19th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Sam from Germany.

Sam says: The BLACK WIDOW is inspired by the red hourglass marking of a spider with the same name. This marking and the combination of red and glossy black led to this watch concept.

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(English) Tachyon LCD watch with sports functions.

September 19th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Logan from the USA.

Logan says: What would a Tokyoflash sports watch look like?  That question was on my mind while I worked on maximizing digit size on the display.  The result is a cool display with extra sporty functions.

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(English) Y2Z Mechanical belt-drive watch.

September 18th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Peter from the UK.

Peter says: This is “Y2Z” (Y two Z) I wanted to come up with a simple belt orientated design that looks really technical and Sci-fi but was ultimately makeable.

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(English) AD 1224 LCD/Analogue watch revision with multiple modes.

September 17th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Matt from Canada.

Matt says: This is a revamp of “AD 1224”, a previous submission. It’s an e-paper/lcd combined with analog watch. I wanted to make an analog-digital watch. I choose digital hour and analog minute and second.

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(English) LightSide LCD watch with lunar effects.

September 14th, 2012
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(English) Design submitted by Laszlo from Hungary.

Laszlo says: LCD watch concept looks like the craters on the half moon. The twelwe hours and all the minutes is placed on a half side of the screen. It’s a little bit interesting layout, but easily interpretable and not very hard time reading.

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