ryohei yoshiyuki: time of the sky

the sky is displayed on the face of the watch image courtesy of ryohei yoshiyuki

we just came across one of japanese designer ryohei yoshiyuki‘s older works ‘time of the sky’. the watch displays an image of the sky when you are checking the time. it acknowledges the old fashioned way of telling time which was done by looking at the sky and checking the position of the sun.

the times of day as indicated by the sky image courtesy of ryohei yoshiyuki

portrait of ryohei yoshiyuki image © designboom