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Apple designer invents $12,000 hour glass, which contains non-nano sized "nanoballs"
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The One Who Knocks
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That actually looks quite a bit more beautiful than I was expecting based on the original post and the pictures of it. I'd strongly suspect the main difficulty here lies in producing that number of spheres at that size while ensuring they remain within tolerances he considers acceptable (which are no doubt very slight given the beauty of it rests in their uniformity and remaining long-lasting and inflicting minimal wear on each other and on the glass). There's obviously an 'inflated' cost to each piece given who the designer is (and the demand presumably associated with his pieces), the clientele this is aimed at, and it being a limited piece, but I can't imagine they're very cheap to produce individually (and this is ignoring the cost of the glass piece itself).
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
This kind of nonsense is coming from a forum where a large number of members jump over themselves for trash like Amiibo, POP figures, limited edition video game sets, new hardware that plays decades old games (mini NES classic system), and rebuys game hardware with new coloring.
Give me a break. It's a beautiful object. Is it expensive? Depends on who you ask. I sure as hell wouldn't be caught with an Amiibo but that doesn't stop half of GAF waiting over night in the cold rain for them.
You realize the author of the news article wrote that, not him, right?
...Newson is Australian and lives in the UK.
Sure it is pretty, but I don't see it being any more beatiful than hourglasses you can get easily for 1/100th of that price. I mean if you want to pay 12k for that hourglass go for it, but the only thing really unique about this item is the marketing.
Outside of the pop figures, all of those things at least have a function. They actually do something.
And works for Apple. I never said he was American or lived here.
entremet
Member
Ppl are always baffled here that others may have different consumer interests. I don't get it. The world is a diverse place and many markets exist. Not everything is made for you lol
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Find me another just like it for cheaper, then. You can't. And then ones made by this designer. Unless the Mona Lisa paintings by the Florida NYC transplant are exactly the same as Davinci's.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I've seen less appealing expensive things before. If I had disposable income in the millions, I might buy one.
if i want a timer i'll buy an egg clock
Smaller sand. What an artistic statement.
You also can't find another shit like the turd I just flushed a few hours ago. It was one of a kind.
He's still not a Silicon Valley exec. He's an industrial designer. And even if he was, "Silicon Valley execs" aren't designers.
Always-honest
Banned
This thread was never meant to just show it to us though. It was meant to ridicule the whole thing from the start and blame Apple while we're at it.
I also think it's a bit of wasted effort for most people. But for those 100 people who love hourglasses and have a shitload of money, it's probably a wannahave.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
But it's not even small by sand standards.
Well if those things make it worth 12k to you then it is worth 12k to you.
Good thing I didn't call him one. I said: "Sounds exactly like something a silicon valley executive with too much money would do."
TheRedSnifit
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Some people would explode if they saw how much people pay for original paintings. Why pay money when you can just print it off the Internet for free, right?
It's not common for Silicon Valley execs to design hourglasses. Silicon Valley execs are rarely industrial designers.
my sketch of the Mona Lisa but mostly in brown will sell for $12k easy
Explain then. I'm not a fan of Silicon Valley execs either, but the dumb stuff rich people do there are different from what Marc Newson does for a living and is doing here.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
It's amazing that something that is 600k nanometers big is viewable by the human eye!
highrider
Banned
And pretentiousness.
Psychotext
Member
I must be missing something. Why would you need to worry about corrosion when you could fill the glass with whatever gas you wanted to?
I don't see it that way. He's a niche industrial designer. His entire MO is to create interesting luxury products and sell them at very low quantities at high prices. If anything, that would actually be making him money and is probably how he gained his wealth.
Gravy Boat
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I'm generally ok with the idea of stupidly pointless variations of things that already exist if they at least do something cool. I'd never by them, but I like that they exist. Like binary watches or something.
But what is the invention here? It's literally just an hour glass with steel balls instead of sand.
iPod nano wasn't nano either.
But what is the invention here? It's literally just an hour glass with steel balls instead of sand.
iPod nano wasn't nano either.
John Kowalski
Banned
Oh, I thought it would be a 12 thousand hours hourglass...
sixteen-bit
Member
miss me with that shit, rich folks
Has anyone done anything with the abacus yet?
crazy monkey
Banned
lol people defending it.
Glass Shark
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This thing looks almost identical (including the "nano"balls) and only costs $80: https://esington.com/products/esington-glass-medium
Rich people are dumb.
Rich people are dumb.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Oh wow, I want it, and I'm gonna say it's the expensive one