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If wood is the first thing you like to see in the morning, then you’re in luck!
Designed by Kouji Iwasaki, the Wooden LED Clock from Suck UK, appears to be a normal block of wood, until you plug it in. With a thin layer of real maple wood veneer the LED glows from the inside, creating the illusion that the time is actually hovering on the surface of the wood.
What a great clock for the nature enthusiast.

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  The Perpetual Calendar designed by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art has been around for a while now, but we decided to feature it for two reason’s: Number one, the name is a bit confusing as the calendar does not change date’s by itself, you must actually move the magnetic pieces every day and month, Second, because it’s still a pretty cool looking calendar.

With a magnetic ball that slides along the horizontal day board and another magnetic ball at the end of a lease to indicate the month, this extremely simple calendar design is both interesting to use and look at.  Made of injection-molded ABS plastic and magnets, it can be wall-mounted or used on a desktop in two positions.  It comes in black and red, black and silver, or blue and yellow.

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From designers Eoin McNally & Ian Walton comes a gentler way to wake up.  The Glo Pillow is designed to provide a more natural method of being woken opposed to the intrusive and incessant beeping of the traditional alarm clock. 

Via an internal LED grid, the time is displayed on the pillow while the fabric side control unit is used to set the alarm.  Forty five minutes before the alarm is due to wake you, the pillow begins to softly glow.  The intensity of the glow increases gradually from 0 lux to 250 lux, simulating a sunrise.  At the set alarm time, the light reaches an intensity that is sufficient to naturally wake a person; this is supposedly a calmer and more natural way to start the day.  In theory this seems like a “sound” way to develop a healthy sleeping pattern tailored to your specific needs, but I’m not some hydro plant that needs to be tricked into budding off season.  If I set an alarm, I need to know that I’ll be woken up.  What happens if it’s already light in my room, or the back of my head is on the pillow? 

*Great for the deaf, but does not work if you fall asleep with the light on.

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In an Ode to the days of relative time and the pursuit of precision within timekeeping, comes the Geochron World Clock*.  This electronic masterpiece celebrates the rotation of the earth around the sun as the fundamental principle behind our use of time.
Looking like a 3′x2′ framed Mercator projection of the earth, the Geochron is actually a continuous belt that slowly moves with the rotation of our planet.  The far left and right represent midnight while the middle depicts exact noon.  The date, month, and day for each side of the International Dateline are shown in a window near the bottom of the map.

The most fascinating aspect of the Geochron is the lighted pattern in the center which clearly delineates the exact portions of the earth that are illuminated by the sun.  At any instant, on any date you can look to the left edge of this pattern to follow the sunrise or watch as the moving earth falls under the right edge of sunset.  As the axis of the earth moves through the seasons, the light pattern of the Geochron gently and almost imperceptibly adjusts to the varying lengths of daylight.  This timepiece will give you a new appreciation for time.

*Comes in a variety of styles, all of which are timeless; well, not literally.

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Simplicity is beautiful. 

The Kam Kam Alarm Clock is a cute little feline cat named Kam Kam who has apparently just won a triumphant victory over a small fish. 

The Kam Kam Alarm Clock has a digital display that lights up with the touch of a button.  Kam Kam can also be found on shirts, bags, pillows and plushes; or with his good friend Don Don. 

If you have a child, you have the perfect excuse to purchase a Kam Kam alarm clock.  If you don’t have a child, you can always get yourself or someone else pregnant; either way you have no excuse for not enjoying Kam Kam’s companionship!

MoMA didn’t re-invented the clock here, they’re just really fond of circles; Plato would have loved it.  The less is more simplicity of this battery powered time piece screams neat-O.  So don’t be a square, give this little guy a shot.   

The Round LED Clock has an easy to read blue dotted LED display, an alarm with snooze feature, and an AC adapter. The metal components are encased in a sleek black plastic which also houses three AA batteries.

If you fantasize about being Jack Bauer and want to defuse a bomb every 24 hours, then you need the Danger Bomb Alarm Clock.

Wake up every morning to the sound of an explosion, the only way to make it stop is by following the color code that randomly resets each day. No more smacking the snooze button from dreamland, your brain will have to actually take in information and perform a function; a great way to force your lazy ass out of bed. If you’re middle eastern we recommend not using this device as your travel alarm unless you enjoy missing flights in exchange for hostile interrogations and cavity searches.

*It may be pertinent to note that our color blind research team found this clock particularly troublesome as did our quadriplegic test subjects.

Are weather forecasters ever right?  With a quick glance at your Meteo Clock Weather Station from Lexibook you can get live weather updates in seconds.

Using easy to read on-screen images, this handy little device uses an anemometer to remotely display wind speed and direction, a pluviometer to record rainfall per hour and day, a barometer that shows sun, moon, clouds, rain, or snow; and even alerts you to coming storms. 
The best feature of the Lexibook weather station is that it’s easy to set-up and even easier to use.  You don’t have to know anything about fronts or pressure systems to understand the universal display.

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This wall clock from Invotis really grinds my gears. 

Designed by Wil Van Den Bos, this 56cm (~22 inch) time keeping devise is a basic yet intriguing concept, move the dial while the hand remains stationary.

If the wall size doesn’t get your gears turning, you might want to check out the other models; and if those don’t intrigue you, you may want to check your head to make sure it’s still ticking.  

If you have the time, check it out, and if you don’t have the time, you obviously need this in your life and living room.

* Requires two D size batteries