20/05/2026
Part 2. and the stories get better.
The EKI, whose numerals were originally drawn for the concourses of Sapporo Station - legible from distance, in any light. The KEHAI, designed in 2004 by Makoto Koizumi, who simply believed that time shouldn’t always feel urgent. The YOKAN, shaped after a traditional Japanese sweet, sitting quietly on a desk like it was always meant to be there.
And then there’s the ESSENT - winner of the 2025 iF Design Award - where the designer asked why most clocks only show the hours, when time works in both hours and minutes. So he showed both. Drew in a new typeface for it. Stamped the dial in foil.
Eleven clocks. Eleven stories. All made by hand in Toyama, Japan.
The full design details are in the carousel, worth a proper read when you have a moment 🕰️
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