Industrial

Nonlinear

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Area	Germany
Year	2025
Award	WINNER
Affiliation	University of the Arts Bremen
Designer	Wang Zihua
Description(English)	In modern society, time has become a precisely measured and tightly managed resource. Yet, while clocks operate at a constant rhythm, our perception of time is far from consistent. Depending on the context, time can feel stretched or compressed, creating a subjective illusion of its passage. "Nonlinear" explores this phenomenon through three movable, interactive knobs—small ball-shaped dials that allow users to reposition the numbers on the clock face. By visually "stretching" or "compressing" certain time intervals, the design offers a sense of personal control over time, challenging the uniformity of conventional timekeeping.
Description(Native)	“非线性”挑战传统时钟的设计理念，探讨后工业时代快节奏的生活下人们对时间感知异化的现象，借由可交互的物理时钟装置，聚焦时间的主观性，试图重构人们关于时间尺度的认知。它允许用户主动干预时间的“刻度”，让时间的流逝在视觉上更加符合个人感受。 表身的侧面带有红黄蓝三种颜色的小球，分别对应3点、6点和9点到位置，小球与数字通过磁吸的方式相连，用户可以随意拨动三枚小球，从而控制三个数字的位置，让时间段随着我们喜爱的方式被拉长或者压缩。 表身内部设置了一枚控制器，它能够根据我们拨动小球的位置控制指针的转速，虽然真正的时间没有发生任何变化，但是指针的转动已经变成非匀速的了。 传统时钟作为工业化的产物，它不再通过人的行为描述时间，而是通过机械化的方式规范人的行为，而“非线性”不再遵守这种刻板的时间观，邀请用户重新思考自己在不同情境下的时间体验。
Website	zihua_wang.design
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Judging Comments	In modern life, time is measured with precision, yet our perception of it constantly shifts—sometimes slow, sometimes fleeting. Nonlinear explores this subjectivity through three interactive knobs that let users rearrange the numbers on a clock face. By visually stretching or compressing intervals, the design grants a sense of personal control over time, questioning the rigidity of conventional timekeeping. This poetic reinterpretation of time has been praised for its creativity and philosophical depth.

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