Two hundred and eighty-eight analog clocks ought to be able to show you the time. If you watch for a minute, you'll see the hands twirl in a wave of movement to transform into a giant digital read-out. Designed by the Swedish group Humans since 1982, engineers and artists Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff used 576 little motors to create the synchronized dance between time and typography.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York

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