Just about every time I think I’ve seen the strangest example of a particular item, something like this comes along to remind me that there is really no limit to the imaginations of these designers. This particular device is a clock, in a ’round about way, designed by Buro Vormkrijgers.

The “About Time” clock’s design is shaped like a cone and it lays on your desk, rolling one complete rotation every 12 hours. Around the edge of the face of this clock is a single, long sentence which is describing the time in great generalities. Whatever part of the sentence is at the bottom of the face is the current time. The sentence parts consists of things like “It’s about six o’clock” or “it’s almost seven now”. You can see close-up photo of the face after the jump.

The point of the About Time clock is to remind you to relax and not worry about the exact time, but I think this would stress me out more. With this clock I could never quite tell what time it is, I need to clear off a big enough space on a flat surface so it can roll around and half the time it’s not even facing me to see.

The clock measures 9 inches in diameter, 3.5 inched deep, rolls on AA batteries and retails for a non-relaxing $179.

About Time Clock via GreenHead