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Faux Flip-Clock Alarm Dock
Although strictly speaking, this isn’t a phone, this cool iPhone dock from Areaware converts you existing iPhone into a neat retro-looking flip clock radio that looks it warped right in from the 1970′s. It gives you the look of one of those vintage GE Flip Clocks sitting next to your bed with all the modern technology and convenience of your trusty iPhone. Designed by Jonas Damon, the Alarm Dock by Areaware contains no actual electronics or speakers, it is simply a beautiful sustainably harvested beech wood case that you feed your charger cord into, then just dock your iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4 and 4S and start [...]
Test Page Wall Clock
Please Stand By… From Nextime, Dutch design company which has made a name for itself by designing a whole slew of cool and funky clocks from the modern and mundane to the down right wacky, the contemporary styled Test Page Glass Wall Clock lies somewhere right in between. This glass faced wall clock was designed by Fritz Fink as a humorous take on the retro, nostalgic old test pattern shown on televisions when the networks went off the air. Gosh, it’s hard to believe there was a time when TV wasn’t running 24 hours a day. With a large, multicolored, 17″ glass face and rectangular metal hands [...]
Stylish Number Design Wall Clock
Cool Number Wall Clock! A recent trend in wall clocks has been oddly shaped numbers free-floating around the central movement and I have to admit that I am kind of a sucker for these contemporary clocks. I have seen them made from wood and plastic but the vast majority of them a cut out of thin metal with a plasma cutter. But anyone that has seen these clocks around has to admit that these number clocks can very widely in how well they are executed. Like any trend, the market is soon flooded with poor quality reproductions that don’t show [...]
Cool Retro Flip Clock
Remember the retro flip clocks from the 60s? The precursor to the digital clocks of the 1970s, flip clocks were an analog method of showing the time as a digital representation. As the minutes pass by, a panel with half of a numeral printed on both front and back flips down. The two halves of each digit fit together to form a bold and easy to read number to indicate the minute. The same thing is repeated once an hour to show the hour. It is a very simple mechanical solution from the days before miniaturization created circuits that were small enough to fit [...]
Build A 7 Ft Grandfather Clock With K’NEX
How would you like to build your own full size 7 ft tall, fully functional grandfather clock? Well unless you have years of experience in fine woodworking, this is probably something you are not going to attempt. Well, it may not be as hard as you think is you choose the right building materials. When my son was 7 years old we bought him a small set of a plastic building toy called K’NEX. It is kind of like the modern-day answer to the old Erector Set. Over the years, we collected more and more sets and his building projects expanded to be more and [...]

Frank Lloyd Wright Bogk House Wall Clock

Mar 202012

Photo by: Freekee at en.wikipedia

World renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright has designed many things both great and small. Everything from skyscrapers to the smallest household items. When Wright designs a home, he doesn’t just design the house, he designs all the things inside the home from furnishings to lighting fixtures. The Bogk House Wall Clock was created to mimic a lighting fixture designed for the conservatory of the Frederick C. Bogk residence in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

The modern designed Bogk House Wall Clock has a similar Prairie Style design and closely reflects the look and feel of the Bogk House. It has a retro elegance and modern style that blends well even in a more traditional home’s decor. It has a clean, linear design that is representative of the Prairie Style of design.

The frame is lacquered in a clear finish that allow the natural warmth of the alder wood that the clock is constructed with. The square face of the clock is simple and devoid of numbers, instead using small brown squares to designate the 15 minute marks. There are broad, easy to read hands and a delicate second hand that picks up the Prairie Style with a small square design element. A wooden pendulum moves back and forth behind the square bars of the alder wood cage. Although the Bogk House Wall Clock has a pendulum like a mechanical driven clock, the clock actually runs on battery power and a good quality and accurate quartz movement.

This cool wall clock is one of the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection by Bulova, a well-respected name in the world of timekeeping. The collection features a range of mantle and wall clocks inspired by some of Wright’s most beloved works. Bulova’s tradition of quality materials, precision, craftsmanship and state-of-the-art technology combine to make the Bogk House Wall Clock an heirloom quality choice for a retro wall clock.

You can get the modern style Bogk House Wall Clock and other clocks in the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection is available from Clockstyle.com at a discounted price and with free shipping.

Spoon and Fork Starburst Wall Clock

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Mar 122012

Retro design legend George Nelson has created many cool retro starburst wall clocks in almost every size shape and material you can think of but one of the most popular takes on this timeless design is the Spoon and Fork Starburst Wall Clock. While this cutlery clock concept is often imitated it is rarely duplicated by the original classic design of the starburst clock master. The Spoon and Fork Clock is a perfect kitchen clock but that is kind of a no brainer, it is also great for your dining room or for your favorite foodie, chef, cooking enthusiast or anyone who [...]

Watch Me Wall Clock

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Mar 052012

It’s cool, it’s colorful, it’s the Watch Me Wall Clock by contemporary Danish designer Rasmus Gottliebsen. The boldly simplistic design of this cool modern wall clock has an iconic asterisk-shaped formed out of vividly colored rectangles of powder coated aluminum metal. It looks great in a child’s room, kitchen, artists studio or anywhere you are looking for a bright splash of color. The Watch Me Wall Clock was inspired by a designer’s color swatch book fanned open and the resemblance is instantly recognizable to any graphic artist or graphic designer. This contemporary wall clock from Copenhagen-based Normann Copenhagen, makers of unusual, [...]

Catena Wall Clock

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Feb 202012

I admit it, not only am I a fan of cool and funky wall clocks, but I am also a huge fan of clock that use an alternative forms of keeping time. I guess that is why I was doomed from the start to love the Catena Wall Clock designed by Andreas Dober. This cool retro steam-punk style wall clock was designed for the German Anthologie Quartett, a gallery and luxury store started in the early 80′s which features a collection of unique art, design and architectural items. The Catena Wall Clock is a type pf timepiece called a hanging chain clock which is [...]

That 70′s Retro Alarm Clocks

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Feb 152012

Wake up in the 1970′s…or at least with this cool retro alarm clock from Infinity Instruments you can feel like you did. That 70′s Retro Alarm Clock in not like the new fangled digital alarm clocks that have an alarm that gently soothes you awake and is easily convinced to allow you nine more minutes of sack time. The style is not the only thing retro about this baby, although with its rounded square face, 70′s style numerals on the dial, thick hour and minute hands and plastic lens it definitely looks like it was transported for around 1972. This thing wakes you up [...]

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