Duo Design : Maarten Baas and Laikingland – Limited edition timer “Just About Now”
“Apart from things like train schedules or the duration of sporting games , the exact time is often irrelevant. A coffee break, a meditation, a nap, a business meeting, they could take a few minutes longer or shorter than an exact amount of time. This is why I wanted to create a timer that bangs a gong, more or less after the amount of time you indicated.” – Maarten Baas
Concretely, this ”poetic” timer is made of oak, glass, ceramic, sand and brass and it was created in 2012. It is a collaboration between Laikingland, a young company based in UK and Netherlands, specialized in the craft of kinetic objects and Maarten Baas, a designer from Netherlands.
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