Black and Blum’s inscribable Time Square clock and magnet board. Multi-tasking expands its reach to more and more products.
In the age of multi-tasking, it’s about time more of our domestic appliances caught up to our multivalent work methods. Sure, we’ve got fancy electronics that quadruple up as our mp3 players, telephones, internet browser and reading tablet, but a number of our long-standing devices at home have been slow in catching up to contemporary realities. Stuck and stoic with the progression of time, these laggards often serve the same function they’ve had nearly since their inception.
Speaking of time, wall clocks may well have placed been in this category except for a couple of recent additions to the genre. Black and Blum’s Time Square clock actually triples its purpose by serving as a timepiece, blackboard and magnet board all in one. Combining these particular functions in one device is not without reason, since the need to reinforce memory by quick notation is inextricably linked to keeping track of time. (Being New Yorkers and recreational punsters ourselves, we also appreciate the witty name, especially as it comes from a London-based design firm.)
Alessi’s Blank Wall Clock: no need to draw a blank anymore when there’s something you’re trying to remember to do.
Alessi’s Blank Wall Clock is the formal yin to Black and Blum’s yang, being white and circular as compared to black and square. It doesn’t have the magnet function of Time Square, but its whiteboard writing surface has a nice clean look and allows for the use of dry markers in place of chalk.
Looks like our appliances are finally catching up to our busy selves after all. It’s about time.
