SOON Timepiece Phenomena: adventures in concept watch design (English and French Edition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1624650252 ISBN 13: 9781624650253

Publisher: Design Studio Press, 2015

Synopsis

Three years ago, French car designer Olivier Gamiette became fascinated with how watches work and began drawing them in his spare time. He started to educate himself on the different elements that watches possess and how to define their proportions. His goal was to not only draw credible and realistic watches, but also to have them tell time in ways he had never seen before.

More than thirty extraordinary concept watch designs later, SOON Timepiece Phenomena presents, in both English and French, Gamiette’s creations in all their photorealistic glory. Meet Sentinelle with its six rotating glass cylinders, the futuristic Celerity with horn-like propellers, and Sublissime with its mesmerizing crisscrossing bands. Discover these timepieces and the magic each one holds through Gamiette’s thoughtful watch descriptions, in-depth design tutorials, and, above all, his conceptual masterpieces.

About this title

About the Author:

Olivier Gamiette originally studied to be a mechanical engineer before discovering the world of automotive design. The self-taught artist started his career as a 3D modeling engineer at Peugeot before moving on to become a professional automotive designer there. In his position he works on series models, concept cars, and other design projects.

Review:

French car designer Olivier Gamiette has produced a book about his foray into watch design which presents 30+ 3D concept watch ideas. The designs themselves are quite interesting, but also cool is the fact that he gives Photoshop tutorials for the process of creating each one. Does the title of his book indicate that we can expect to see some if these designs realized in the near future...? ―A Blog to Watch

About this edition

• Publisher: Design Studio Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1624650252
• ISBN 13: 9781624650253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128