Thomson Paper Grey
Sandpaper dial
Design by Yuichi Nara
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The edges of the number outlines stamped out are naturally rounded like a tensed water surface and drop soft shadows into the spaces stamped out. The distinct textures of the materials and the cubic effect created by the three-dimensional numbers on the clock face improve the function as an object for telling time.
Five pastel tones are selected from the available collection of Mermaid as suitable colors for the plywood clock frame.
＊About Mermaid
Color tones transferred to a paper surface by using special felt which has a woven design during the papermaking are called felt mark.
Mermaid, created in 1956 under the supervision of a designer named Hiroshi Hara (1903-1986), is a series of fine paper of felt mark made by a machine. The series was called "Mermaid ripples"- ripples of the sea that a mermaid lives in- because of the felt mark like gentle ripples and became familiar as "Mermaid" in 1960s.
Mermaid has various colors and thickness (ream weight) selected under the supervision of a graphic designer, Ikko Tanaka (1930-2002) in 1999. The series is widely used as a painting kit, a design paper and a book jacket.
Designer
Yuichi Nara
Born in Tokyo in 1977. In 1999 he graduated from the Architecture Course of the Construction Department at Yokohama National University, moving to Italy in 2000. He began designing after a period working at a glass studio and an architect's office in Venice, and in 2006 graduated from Venezia Construction University. During a trip to Noto, Japan, he was so struck by the richness of the nature and the way of life there that he decided to return to Japan, settling in Notojima. In 2007 he established the Noto design office. Studying local materials and learning local techniques to apply them in his work, he seeks to design products that enrich everyday life. Alongside his design activities, he also grows rice in a rented, untilled paddy field.
Specifications
- Material
- Paper, Wood
- Colour
- Grey
- Dimensions
- W 5.2 × Ø 30.5 cm
- Item number
- NY16-09-GY
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