I can be really grumpy about the city. The roadworks make me grumpy. The fact that I need to take out a loan to pay for parking makes me grumpy. The black and grey-suited terrace people make me grumpy (since when is wearing colour a sin?). Leaving half an hour early to account for rainy-day peak-hour traffic and getting there in eight minutes makes me grumpy. Thank goodness for the glory of Venn, home to warm coffee and sellers of this cosy clock, for making me less grumpy. Quite chipper in fact.
The thing that has always bugged me about clocks is how that little hand keeps spinning around, making it painfully clear that seconds are being counted down. It’s nerve-wracking. I don’t want a household appliance reminding me of my mortality. That’s why I like this clock. It is more relaxed. And pretty. Thanks Biegert & Funk for Qlocktwo. And because I don’t have a spare 800-odd Euros handy, I very much appreciate the iPhone app version.
What is going on? In an era where we have easy access to the time on our phones, our tellies, our ovens, our computers and our hi-fis, why on earth would we need to wear a watch? Because they are so darn pretty, lookie lookie… 1. Starck, 2. IDEA International, 3. Nixon, 4. Starck, 5. Mr Jones Watches, 6. Nooka, 7. Nixon, 8. LIP and 9. Denise Julie Reytan (oh, and one of these things is not like the others, gotta love a jeweller with a sense of humour).
February 12, 2010 / By Mademoiselle Michelle / 1 comment
How cute is this? Watch the video to find out how to turn your ordinary iPhone into a delightful little BirdBox alarm clock. Waking up to the sound of birds is sure to turn even the most stubborn of night owls into a morning person. Thanks LuckyBits and thanks DesignSponge for finding it.
On being late
Five o’clock
Watching time pass
Waking up with the birds
Timely
To a tea
Love letters
The cabbage patch
Outlook sunny
On the first day of Christmas