Project #3 Title - Experimental Clock

Experimental Clock

This clocks represents how in my head I imagine my schedule to be. At the top and at the bottom of the canvas, when someone drags the mouse from left to right or right to left, different tiny colored squares represent different hours of day. The squares range from black to dark blue to simulate the daylight and nightime of the day. Each color corresponds to an activity. Some of the activities are set to happen during specific hours, such as my classes schedule, lunch and dinner time. Other not fixed times are marked in red, such as gym. In my experimental clock, even if my day is somewhat still subdivided in hours, some days feel like the go faster than other ones, thus the blue progress bars that start from when the days start may move faster on saturdays and sunday rather than on a monday. The same approach holds for activities I may having during the day. The time I spend with friends usually feels like it is flying faster than when I am doing homework. Thus the clock moves faster.

Design Process & Sketches

I ended up choosing this experimental clock over the others because I think it represents at best how I think about time and how I perceive it.

Reflection

I found it hard to completely break away from the regular standard clock. While I tried to translate into clocks and squares my perception of time, I still had to rely on the standard 24 hour clock and day division.

Credits:

This project was created based on the Sound Interactive tutorial by Ari Melenciano (@AriCiano) and it remixes never by Everest Pipkin (@everestpipkin), licensed under MIT License 2018.