fun pun clock with color !
design : Yoko Dobashi
An analog clock that helps you manage your time with its colorful design
The origin of the clock’s slightly humorous name is the Japanese pronunciation when reading the minutes in the base 60 numeral system. In Japanese, you read 5 minutes as “go(five)-fun,” 10 minutes as “ju(ten)-pun,” 15 minutes as “jugo(fifteen)-fun,” and 20 minutes as “niju(twenty)-pun.” This clock is easy to explain to children, simple, made of beautiful materials, and it matches any interior design.
Based on the concept of “An analog clock that helps you manage your time by its colorful design”, the clock leads children to manage their own schedule while optimizing the analog clock to resemble pie chart, using colors effectively and dividing an hour into four quarters. One quarter = 15 minutes is a section of time, so the end of each segment (“0” “15” “30” “45”) has thick white lines. It symbolizes the beginning, like a white canvas to start over again. The combinations of four colors were carefully chosen from thousands of color samples by mixing 12 kinds of pigment with the help of an interior paint maker from COLOR WORKS Inc. The design of the clock goes well with chic as well as casual & playful interiors.
RED：Crimson Barberry (7885A)
BLUE：Dutch Aqua (8044M)
YELLOW：Cortez Gold (7725A) × Cool Yellow (7703M)
GREEN：Ozark Green(8155D) × Olive Branch (8163W)
＊ From COLORWORKS’ original paint brand “Hip”
KIDS DESIGN AWARD 2019（Japan）
YD15-01 LBL
light blue
YD15-01 RE
red
YD15-01 YE
yellow
YD15-01 GN
green
YD15-01
- size
- φ248 × d44mm
- weight
- 660g
- material
- ABS resin, Glass
- Specification
- Sweep Second
Yoko Dobashi
Yoko Dobashi spent five years working at Idee co. Ltd. (1997-2002). She was involved in the development of standard furniture and in the launch of the “SPUTNIK” brand, which was introduced in London, Milan, and New York. Since 2012 she has hosted the “Design life with kids interior workshop.” She is active independently as a freelance designer and interior writer, working in collaboration with various companies and media. In 2017 she provided design to TAKATA Lemnos and the “fun pun clock” won the GOOD DESIGN AWARD. Her article “Interior for a 156-cm-tall” is serialized at Precious.jp.
http://yokodobashi.com/
