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“I like things like this,<br />
because without too<br />
much effort the designer<br />
did one thing that<br />
changes everything.”<br />
Ron Arad, juror<br />
people’s<br />
choice<br />
winner<br />
winner<br />
design<br />
concept<br />
tangent<br />
clock<br />
Designer: Scott Sullivan, San Francisco<br />
Before launching Line to Line Design in<br />
San Francisco, Scott Sullivan worked<br />
at IDEO design consultancy in Palo Alto,<br />
California. He has registered over 40<br />
patents in his name. linetolinedesign.com<br />
we are all slaves to time, and clocks<br />
represent the degree to which<br />
hours and minutes dominate our<br />
lives. Scott Sullivan, the de signer of<br />
Tangent Clock, wants to change<br />
that love-hate relationship and turn<br />
time into a beautiful sculpture. Built<br />
around a central cylinder made of<br />
three white disks, the hour and<br />
minute hands are set at a tangent to<br />
the curving form, and the cylinder<br />
(rather than the hands) slowly turns.<br />
Time passes fluidly and discreetly,<br />
without the usual jarring ticks.<br />
The fabrication of Tangent<br />
Clock demanded some ingenuity:<br />
the rotationally balanced hands<br />
are made of lightweight plastics, to<br />
minimize torque; and the clock’s<br />
eight snap-together parts fit within a<br />
package about the size of two hockey<br />
pucks. With its design so considered,<br />
right down to the box, it is just<br />
a matter of time before Tangent<br />
finds its way into production.<br />
az awards annual jul ⁄ aug <strong>2014</strong> 79
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