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The English Numbers Smartwatch Watch Face by Pan Yong |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
AP: The inspiration is that there are too many traditional watch faces in both analog and digital categories, I want to do something different. A text-based hybrid type.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
AP: With the idea, a hybrid type, in mind, I realised that the way of reading the time itself could be a hybrid type. So the main focus is how to convert the natural way of read the time into a unique hybrid type. How do we read the time? “4:50 pm” right? Why not “Four45 pm”? That will make the number-based time a text and number combined type.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
AP: For my own use or sell it.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
AP: It took me about 2 days to get the initial prototype, and about 2 - 3 months to refine it.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
AP: There are basically two types of the watch face in the watch industry, analog and digital. I want to do something beyond the traditional.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
AP: Currently, the design is used by myself, and I’m selling the watch face on Samsung Galaxy store. If companies intent to buy, maybe I plan to sell it or lease the production rights. I’m happy to see it coming.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
AP: I got the inspiration of putting the natural way of telling time directly onto watch face so that people can read the time naturally and intuitively.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
AP: No.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
AP: Almost anyone, unless the user cannot read English.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
AP: The intuitive way of reading the time.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
AP: The name is quite straightforward. It just means “English + Numbers”.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
AP: Adobe Photoshop and Watchmaker app.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
AP: The user experience.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
AP: I did it on my own. Conceptualized it. Design it. Code it. All by myself.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
AP: The role of technology in this design is not the most important. It just does its basic function — fetch the correct data.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
AP: No, there is no data research involved.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
AP: The hour text in English has a different length. “Eleven” is much longer than “One”. So the challenge is how to arrange the space for English text.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
AP: I didn’t decide. If lucky, I guess, my design will be nominated. Just like this time. One day, I received the email from A’Design, saying that this watch face design was nominated.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
AP: I got a lot of feedback from my social media posts.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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