Cuckoo Blocks
- Vmarketingsite Wall Cuckoo Clocks Black Forest Wooden Cuckoo Clock - $88.99
- 4Living Modern Cuckoo Clock - $188.01
- Modern-Art-Style German Cuckoo Clock - $219.00
- Quartz Cuckoo Clock - $114.15
- Trenkle Uhren Quartz Cuckoo Clock - $241.90
When a Cuckoo Block bird pops out on the hour, instead of tweeting his stale old tune, he belts out some J-Lo:
Don't be fooled by this modern hi-rise block
I'm still, I'm still cuckoo from the clock.
Used to have a birdhouse, now I have a multi-family lot.
No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Black Forest!)
Don't be fooled by this modern hi-rise block
I'm still, I'm still cuckoo from the clock.
OK, fine. He doesn't. But he should.
Cuckoo Block creator Guido Zimmermann began his career as a graffiti artist in Germany, moving on to mural artwork a few years later. Today, he's a freelance painter and artist, seemingly staying true to his graffiti roots with this stark, urban transformation of an ornate, bucolic classic.
Cuckoo Block designs include two types of architecture: known buildings with a rich history and social value, such as the clock modeled after Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer's Hotel Le Flaine; and existing high-rise buildings Zimmermann has seen in cities he's lived in or visited, such as his Cuckoo Block Frankfurt, designed after an apartment building in his hometown. Both types of clock adhere to Zimmermann's theme of "massive concrete construction."
Muchas danke to The Awesomer.
/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-28534.jpg "Star Wars Return of the Jedi Wall Clock")
Star Wars Return of the Jedi Wall Clock
The only thing missing from this Return of the Jedi wall clock is an R2-D2 head that pops out on the hour to go, Bee-boo-boop-coo-koo! Otherwise, it's all there. Electroluminescent lightsabers and LED glow from within:...
Vibrating Ring Alarm Clock
Ring is a vibrating alarm clock that fits over the finger to gently and noiselessly rip slumberers from their states of peace. It is ideal for couples, the hearing impaired, and people who associate the sound of their...
/the-ring-clock-9112.jpg?mode=crop "The Ring Clock")
The Ring Clock
August 2013 Update: Thanks to crowdfunding campaigns, concept products are making their segues into reality much quicker these days. Two years ago, the Ring Clock emerged from a Moving Innovation challenge set forth by...
You Snooze You Lose Cash Alarm Clock
In a nutshell--so you can start cookin' up how you're going to use the SnuzNLuz or who you're going to give it to without further ado--what you see here is an alarm clock that connects to your online bank account via...
/rhei-liquid-display-clock-19323.jpg?mode=crop "Rhei Liquid Display Clock")
Rhei Liquid Display Clock
First thing's first: if you want to see what's so special about Rhei, fast forward to 1:50 in the above video to bypass the dramatic buildup and jump straight to the action flow...
Mechanical Wooden Clock Kit
I was going to get my 14-year-old nephew one of these Mechanical Wooden Clock Kits for Christmas, but then I remembered they don't teach kids how to tell analog time anymore so he wouldn't even be able to read it. I also...
/nixie-tube-watch-24160.jpg?mode=crop "Nixie Tube Watch")
Nixie Tube Watch
Nixie analog watch faces and Nixie boring, flat digital displays. Readouts from cold cathode neon gas indicators are how I want to wear my time now. I've seen Nixie tubes turned into desktop clocks before (here, for example)...
/etch-morphing-digital-clock-25474.jpg "Etch Morphing Digital Clock")
Etch Morphing Digital Clock
The Etch clock engraves every minute of your day into stone. Figuratively speaking. Really it uses the trickery of 3D digital numbers and a colored elastic membrane to give the eye-catching appearance of chiseled time...
Six Digit Nixie Tube Clock
Pastiche of 1960s artistic minimalism and Cold War technology, anyone? The Six Digit Nixie Tube Clock combines original Russian New Old Stock IN-14 Nixie tubes with 16 user-controlled colors of LED lighting, and the hands...
Starfleet Machine Clock
According to Swiss engineering lab MB&F, the "Starfleet Machine is an intergalactic spaceship-cum-table clock." Man. I write countless strange, hyperbolic, and often idiotic descriptions of products every single day yet...
Whatever I'm Late Anyway Clocks
Oh, how nice. A clock for people with no respect for others' time who like to turn their lack of responsibility and accountability into a big joke. Well, when I tell you to be at my place at 8 a.m. and you unapologetically...
/zen-nixie-tube-clock-29369.jpg?mode=crop "Zen Nixie Tube Clock")
Zen Nixie Tube Clock
Dalibor Farny. Now that's a great name. I'm thinking of using Dalibor for the name of my next pet. That's how great I think the name is. Is that beside the point? Yes. What's right on top of the point then? That he makes...