because rich people like to pay lots of money for pretentious things that make them feel like they appreciate Art
my favorite part is how even newson realizes that he just said complete nonsense the moment after
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Apple designer invents $12,000 hour glass, which contains non-nano sized "nanoballs"
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because rich people like to pay lots of money for pretentious things that make them feel like they appreciate Art
my favorite part is how even newson realizes that he just said complete nonsense the moment after
Lol wtf.
"It helps you focus on tim ,but in some sense it helps you focus....er...on the opposite of time".
with more money going to the top, you can't make products for the poors anymore
radios shipping overview
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Oh, Hodinkee is an expensive watch shop. Okay, I guess they've got a built-in audience they can fleece.
Clockwork5
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If only I hadn't just spent all my money on avocados.
Rich people have lots of disposable income to spend on things to show to other rich people. This kind of thing is how designers get that money from rich people.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You know there are luxury brands that command more of an audience than just apple right?
Apple is more consumer and less luxury.
Hodinkee itself deal with brands making watches that costs over 100k.
super-famicom
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NOT NANOMACHINES SON
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
(this isn't something you buy when you need a timer, it's something you buy when you want a sculpture / piece of art.)
The main advantage is for someone with a desk that costs $100,000 to have a nice discussion piece that they think might help them keep track of time but probably goes unused.
I know that this is a thing that happens, but I don't think I'll ever understand it. Not for lack of money, I just don't really get the point of spending so much of it on trinkets.
Let's be real though. A pile of 500 cheap timers would be a way better point of discussion.
So I just had a look at what the usual size of grains of sand is. There's a fucking ISO norm on this.
"ISO 14688 grades sands as fine, medium and coarse with ranges 0.063 mm to 0.2 mm to 0.63 mm to 2.0 mm."
So inside this $12k hour glass is the equivalent of medium grade sand. Lol. At least it's not coarse
"ISO 14688 grades sands as fine, medium and coarse with ranges 0.063 mm to 0.2 mm to 0.63 mm to 2.0 mm."
So inside this $12k hour glass is the equivalent of medium grade sand. Lol. At least it's not coarse
and rough and it also probably doesn't get everywhere.
but this is not made or sold by apple o.o or did I understand something wrong? the designer just works for apple.
why is "everyone" jumping on the apple in the thread title . did you only read the title >->?
Familienoberhauptvogel
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that doesn't at all have the smoothness of sand in an hourglass, and the "nanoballs" appear distinguishable by sight.
So.. is sand not cool anymore or something? This sorta looks like something you'd buy at Sharper Image. Like, I'd I was in the market for a really nice hourglass, I'd be looking for something handblown, with some really beautiful sand in it from some exotic location, and probably some hand carved wood. This is... not that.
andythinkpad
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Marc Newson has done other more famous stuff. You don't need to call him "Apple Designer."
Sand isn't 12k, for one.
Always-honest
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kinda feels like wasted energy. An hourglass??...
Neither are steel and copper ball bearings.
Just buy six of them and turn them over one after the other. If that's not worth 72K to you ... then bravo you are not insane.
SuperBowser
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I don't get it.
Why would anyone pay $12k for a 10 minute timer.
Why would anyone pay $12k for a 10 minute timer.
Herbspiceguy
Member
This feels like a parody.
Like the designer is laughing his ass off, because he knows rich people are going to buy this 10 minute glass.
Like the designer is laughing his ass off, because he knows rich people are going to buy this 10 minute glass.
Why would anyone pay loads of money for a painting, an antique vase or a statue? It's bought for its aesthetic appeal. I wouldn't buy it (not that I could) but I certainly think it looks nice, if nothing else.
No buckyballs, no sale.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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SuperBowser
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I feel you could get a nicer looking or cooler or multi functional hourglass at this level of pricing.
Always-honest
Banned
What's the reason you had to put Apple in the thread-title?
don't worry, i know the embarrassing answer
Maybe? You can probably get an incredible looking, hand blown glass for a few hundred dollars or less. But it won't be this glass and some people are fine with spending money to get exactly what they want. Probably to their own detriment at times (you know how you sometime get fixated on something which really isn't that important), but eh. Their money, their problems.
This can be said for almost every piece of art or luxury product.
All this false advertisement.
Theonik
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Such courage.
PetriP-TNT
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But there's no reasonable expectation that an MP3 player would be nanometer-scale (and you could argue that it contains nanometer-scale tech in its chips). However nanotech balls do exist in real life (e.g. Buckminster-Fullerene or "Buckyballs") and you could reasonably expect something advertising "nanoballs" to actually include fullerenes.
Because they can afford it?
CosmicGroinPull
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That voice that lulls and hypnotizes you and makes you think the product is the best thing ever... Put him and Jony Ive in a video and they'd be able to sell you anything.
-Pyromaniac-
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lol @ apple designer. And at some of the reactions. I personally would never get this. Not my thing at all. But it's an art/luxury piece made by one of the most famous designers in the world.
It looks pretty nice too.
It looks pretty nice too.
How else are you going to get clicks?