Denis Guidone designed this beautiful watch, Ora Unica (Single Hour), in which the hour and minute hand look like a single doodle that seems to magically morph as they turn to indicate time. More details and images after the break.

Imprecision and defect manifest a fullness of sense, an inherent pluralism of inflections. These aspects let us calibrate communication with an idea of imperfection that isn’t “negative”, but which it simply presents itself as a more complicated concept of perfection, often an insignificant and anesthetic value within its “compliance” characteristics.The imperfection becomes the “ruling principle” of new rational configurations that certify contrast, that wish for irregularity and the break from symmetry, which become distinctive traits of our times.Ora Unica wishes to be a provocative clock; its aesthetical principle is inaccuracy. Lack of discipline, a childish and irrational gesture to define time, which is precision and rationality. The hour and minute hands are represented by a single line drawn on two circular faces, which turn one inside the other. Both faces together resemble a graphical gesture, a doodle that changes as time passes.

This women’s only bracelet is made of extruded aluminum, manufactured in an entirely industrial process, each bracelet has specific characteristics that make it unique. It is also completely recyclable. Designed by swedish multidisciplinary firm Claesson Koivisto Rune. Read what the designers had to say about this product after the break.

Aluminium is a fantastic material. Strong. Lightweight. Beautiful. Often employed in technical constructions and industrially formed and manufactured, but seldom seen in a context where aluminium’s beauty becomes apparent.A typical application for aluminium is extruded profiles. Leading the world in extruded aluminium is the Swedish company Sapa Profiler. Usual products manufactured using the technique are, for example, window frames or radiator fins in electrical equipment. Very technical and very industrial.At Sapa, works a man called Peter Richter. He knows everything there is to know about, for example, how thinly walled a profile can be or how small the interior radii of a hole can be. He also relishes a good challenge.Pascal Cottard–Olsson is a driving force in Stockholm’s design scene. Through her design gallery and collection she has persistently highlighted the artistic value of design. Pascale has also been a good friend of ours for many years. For Collection Pascale we have created a unique piece of jewellery. A bracelet that we have chosen to call Eve.The bracelet Eve is formed of extruded aluminium. By rotating the raw extrusion and at the same time cutting it at different angles, a large number of bracelets with varying dimensions are made. In addition, we have chosen several variations for the surface treatment (anodising) to give the bracelets different characters. Despite the fact that the manufacturing process is entirely industrial and the raw material is formed via a single tool the result is a jewellery series where each piece differs from the next—each bracelet is unique.

—Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune Claesson Koivisto Rune Stockholm, February 2008

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[via Grassroots Modern]