Tinker A1 · Alarm 1

A Set Distance. A Short Routine. A Morning You Own.

Tinker A1: a pale concrete alarm clock with a red cap on one side, a blue dome on the other and a glowing dot-matrix display on the front.
Concrete, Bronze, Haptic.

Tinker A11: Carry it your set distance from bed or desk.
2: Keep it moving until you hit your calorie goal.

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How it works

Out of bed, and staying out.

06:30. The alarm rings.

Choose a step to play it on the display.

Silent while you moveIt never rings while you’re moving, so the rest of the house can sleep. Stop before your goal and it rings again.

Also a work timerSet a work session instead of a wake-up time. When it ends, the same two steps get you up from your desk and moving.

“Getting away from the bed wasn’t enough for me. I’d run to the clock, then go straight back to bed. So I designed the second stage.”
Why two stages, from the designer

The object

Made to be touched.

The body is cast in white concrete and gypsum with a stone-like finish, and a bronze plate closes the back. A curved pixel display, a button and a knob give it the feel of retro hardware, with premium haptic feedback in every press and turn.

Body
White concrete and gypsum, stone-like finish
Back
Bronze plate
Display
Curved pixel display, 8 × 31 (244 LEDs, corners removed)
Controls
Button and knob with haptic feedback
Sensor
Accelerometer
Modes
Wake-up alarm and work timer
To stop it
A set distance, then a calorie goal
Technical line drawing of Tinker A1 seen from above at an angle.

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