Ahead of time
style setters clocks
Lindsey Hughes -- Home Accents Today, 9/1/2009
Clock designs chime in this season with an eye toward the future. Noteworthy offerings infused with an innovative dose of contemporary style keep the pulse upbeat. These time-tellers boast funky, geometric shapes, rendered floral patterns and even flatware motifs. Warning: Clock watching is highly likely.

The Prague clock showcases a funky geometric triangular shape with distinguished black accents from Infinity Instruments ($69).

Midwest-CBK's Black & White Collection clock is made of metal and spotlights a contemporary feel with simplistic crisp, clean lines ($190).

The Lineation clock showcases a sleek, slender silhouette made of ground aluminum with color tinting from Artisan House ($499).
Nova's modern timepiece calls upon aluminum-finished numbers to create the illusion of a floating clock, designed by Jon Gilmore.

The retro Ball clock is an adaptation of a classic George Nelson design from Howard Miller. The center is finished in brushed nickel and is surrounded by 12 black satin spheres on nickel-finished rods ($83).


Artistically rendered black petal designs encircle the Lotus clock from Present Time by Karlsson ($90).

Circle designs bubble across the white patterned clock from J-Me made of glass.
A profusion of discs radiate from the center of the Chrome Flat Disc clock from Abbott, manufactured with Taiwanese quartz movement ($85).

True-to-size fork and spoon designs form a sunburst pattern around Kirch's metal clock, displaying knife and fork hands.





























