Dieter Rams left a lasting legacy at Braun that still influences the products the company creates today. Just take a look at this simple analog alarm clock, that’s found a clever way to compete with all the other monstrous smartphone docks vying for space on your bedside table.
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Slamming the snooze button over and over again is pretty much the crummiest, least restful way to kick off your morning, so consider this a public service announcement: A light-up alarm completely changed my life, and I think it can change yours, too.
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By now most of us probably solely rely on our smartphones to wake us in the morning, but with their screens off it’s not easy to quickly glance at the time in the middle of the night. So keeping an alarm clock on your bedside table isn’t a completely antiquated idea, particularly if it’s able to project the time onto the ceiling like the $80 Lumo, so you don’t even have to roll over to check.
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Designing an electronic device to wake someone up is easy—it just needs a clock and suitably loud speaker. But designing a device that wakes someone up gently so they’re not a tyrant in the morning, and helps them get to sleep at night? That’s a challenge that Withings tackled with its new Aura bedside system that uses light and sound to make falling asleep and waking up a lot easier.
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It’s by no means the first wooden dock designed to serve as a home base for your smartphone, but few are as charming as this faux radio by Areaware, which combines beech wood and brass to create the perfect bedside spot to rest your handset over night.
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It’s a hard pill for the alarm clock industry to swallow, but the fact of the matter is that we don’t really need them anymore. Smartphones have been reliably waking us up for years now, and they do so much more. So kudos to the folks at Idea International for finding the perfect feature that keeps this bedside alarm clock relevant: a pair of USB ports to charge our phones and tablets.
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Mad Men may have rekindled our love affair with the technology of yesteryear, but we’re still not quite ready to give up the modern conveniences we’ve come to rely on. And that’s why this retro-styled digital alarm clock is so wonderful.
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It’s early morning. Your phone is screaming at you. Unless you open your eyes and seek out place to touch, it’ll never stop. But the Tangible Alarm could bring back the eyes-closes snooze-button flailing of days gone by. More »
How many times do you check your clock before going to bed to make sure the morning alarm’s been set? With Lexon’s new Flip it should really only be once since the top and bottom of the alarm clock feature the words ‘on’ and ‘off’ in big, obvious letters. More »
At first glance it’s easy to dismiss this memo board alarm clock as being just another piece of technocrappery from Brando. But how often do you wake in the middle of the night with a brilliant idea you don’t want to forget? More »
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