Date
Fall 2022
Time
5 Weeks
Project Type
Branding
Contribution
Group Project
BLENDEN
What is Metal, and what is Time?
What is Metal
Topic
Design a metal product, incorporating German craftmanship with the meaning of metal.
Mine
Product
Rust
Metal is a long-lasting material, its different states of form (Mine-Product-Rust) symbolized Time.
Craftmanship
Watch Craft
German watch craft is a symphony of precision, timeless elegance, and meticulous engineering. Each handcrafted timepiece embodies durability, sophistication, and innovation, seamlessly blending tradition with cutting-edge design for iconic creations.
Ring Craft
Stretching rings with the experience of a silversmith, this results in a perfect match between the outer and inner face of the ring.
Melting silver surface engraving, the surface of the ring will have a rough concrete pattern after cooling.
Development
Sketch
Metal is a long last material, it symbolized time. We connect time with metal through German handmade ring craft.
We want to discover the characteristic of metal with a combination of geometric shapes to give the user a more intuitive sense of the passage of time.
Product
Blenden
Blenden is a timepiece handcraft by traditional German silversmith & precision work to measure the dates of upcoming personal events by two-time measure lines approaching to each other’s.
How It Works
Two metal bars represent days and months, rotate the wheel on the front will move the two metal bars horizontally by the ratio of 12:365, then they will slowly approach each other until they met as a symmetrical line.
Two time measuring lines (year and month) separate......
And approaching to each others
Turn the switch in the middle……
Materials
To the date you are waiting for
4 Sections, 117 parts
Precision German watch assemble craftmanship incorporates with silver smith, demonstrating a long-lasting art of metal
Silver
Brass
Steel
