Hong Kong-based designers Kit Men last year developed a dual time zone alarm clock for manufacturer M.N.S. The quirky design offers one clock to tell local time while a second faded clock face records the ‘away’ time of loved ones overseas.

Now, following the same theme, Kit Men Keung has created the more elegant and refined ‘Long-D’ wall clock for Taiwanese company Verso Lab. However, with ‘Long-D’ the designer has incorporated the second time zone into the single clock face.

The concept behind this latest clock is to create a “visually subtle style while maintaining a regular relationship with someone on the other side of the globe”. The third hand on the clock is ‘greyed out’ as a subtle, yet useful reminder of loved-ones.

“The colour contrast of secondary clock hands have been delicately reduced to appear like a shadow on the interface acting as a conscious reminder of the distance between the user and their connections abroad,” Kit Men explains.

The piece is available in white or charcoal grey and as a square or round face.

The Long-D is another example of design which connects us, in a very lo-tech way, to others – a simple design to evoke very strong emotional ties.


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