The Rhei Clock doesn’t tick — it flows. Rhei uses magnets to control blobs of ferrofluid into forming the numbers on the clock, a dreamy and hypnotic way of displaying the passing of time. Conceptualized and designed by Damjan Stankovic with the help of Marko Pavlovic handling electronics and programming, it took a year to complete the project. On their website, Stankovic says, “Time is unrelenting transience and continuous movement. It is precisely this endless rhythmic flow that Rhei captures, and just as every moment differs from the other, the movement of its digits is differently animated each time, never permitting it to exhibit the same shape twice.”
Rhei turns an everyday object, into an animated sculpture, marrying form and function in an attractive, minimalistic package. While it is still a prototype, the Rhei team is working to get it mass-produced. When can it be ready, you may ask? Only time will tell.
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