Product Design: 365 Knitting Clock makes time more tactile by making a scarf

Date
22 January 2014

Siren Elise Wilhelmsen is a Norwegian product designer based between Bergen and Berlin. She produces objects that challenge the concept of traditional functionality and transform natural materials into intricate mechanical objects. Through her practice she seeks to find “a conceptual way to stimulate ideas and discussions around our everyday objects, rituals and culture.”

So far that’s meant the production of a portable chair that can be strapped around trees, hand-charged dynamo lamps for portable eco-friendly lighting around the house and a clock that demonstrates the passage of time by mechanically knitting a scarf throughout the year, creating a unique piece of apparel at the end of the process. Altogether it’s a stunning body of work that demonstrates a thoughtfulness and attention to detail, setting her apart from many of her peers.

You should definitely spend some time on her website…

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen: 365 Knitting Clock

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen: 365 Knitting Clock

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen: 365 Knitting Clock

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen: 365 Knitting Clock

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen: 365 Knitting Clock

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen: 365 Knitting Clock

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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