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Two colourful, numberless timepieces for round-the-clock style

Get your online dose of design through David Harrison’s blog at designdaily.com.au THE ORIGINAL Ball Clock by Irving Harper and George Nelson for Howard Miller 1947, reissued by Vitra 1999 Form A wall clock made up of 12 balls of natural or painted wood that radiate out of a centrally located clock mechanism. What makes it special Reflecting the Atomic era in which it was designed, the Ball Clock was one of 130 timepieces created by American design studio George Nelson Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Company over a 30-year period. Produced in six shades, the Ball Clock is most widely known in its multicoloured or orange form. Like many products designed at the studio, the concept was developed by a group of creative minds, in this case George Nelson, Japanese-American sculptor Isamu…

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