Clock Makes Hours Appear and Disappear Through Moire Patterns - Yanko Design

"The Moiré Clock is a kinetic timepiece that turns the passage of time into a visual illusion worth watching throughout your day. Using overlapping patterns and continuous motion behind a striped filter, it animates each hour through optical phenomena, making time feel less like a number on a dial and more like a moment to savor. The design explores how perception and movement can create meaning beyond simple functionality."

"At the heart of the Moiré Clock is a rotating paper disc, printed with custom numerals and set behind a striped steel window that creates the optical magic through interference patterns. As the disc turns throughout the day, the moiré effect causes the hour numerals to morph, dance, and reveal themselves in a hypnotic display that changes with every passing minute behind the filter screen."

The Moiré Clock turns the passage of time into a visual illusion by using overlapping patterns and continuous motion behind a striped filter. A rotating paper disc printed with custom numerals sits behind a striped steel window, and the moiré effect causes numerals to morph, dance, and reveal themselves as the disc moves. Minute and second hands provide familiar motion while the hour numerals appear and disappear in a hypnotic rhythm behind the stationary filter. A bold red second hand acts as a visual anchor. Materials combine crisp white paper milled by French Paper Company, American steel, and a quartz movement, blending artisanal and industrial traditions.

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