Sketches and working out of the first idea: a digital clock consisting of a base and multiple clocks that could be stacked upon the base. Each clock had a whiteboard area, to write down what it was timing. The clocks have one magnet on the side, so you can easily take the other side and turn/pull it of the stack.
An image I made in photoshop to help visualise the digital, modular clock system. Unfortunately the professor did not like this idea, because it would be too hard(and probably costly) to actually make it.
Keeping in mind that I actually would have to make it myself I decided to go with form of a regular eggtimer. Most eggtimers are used to.. well.. time eggs, but if you're cooking it's often handy to have multiple timers, which was the core of the digital clock idea.
For prototyping we often use PU-foam. I was exploring shapes making a few cylinders to start from. I was grinding down the corners one by one, when the last remained and thought it was perfect for the timer.
I loved how the shape was distorted while it was timing, but how it would all come back together when everything is finished
I put in a mechanism to make it work, unfortunately it was a bit larger than expected.
Rendering
Rendering - top view
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Kitchentimer
The assignment was to create a kitchentimer, any kitchentimer.
