One of the things we’re experimenting with is “dome-ifying” Clocky’s wheels to help him stay moving should he land on his side when rolling off a night stand. Here’s a sketch of the change we’re considering.

We want to share the look we’re going with for Clocky’s face. We’re getting closer to the final version of what will soon be Clocky’s face and body shape. The “eyes” will be two buttons for setting the time and alarm, and Clocky’s “mouth” is a display.

We wanted to share a drawing of Clocky’s mechanics. We’re going to start making and testing prototypes very soon.

We’re trying to nail down what Clocky’s face might look like in these look-and-feel 2D illustrations before finalizing Clocky in 3D. What do you think of the different designs?

Hi everyone. As promised, we want to start sharing with you snippets from the design phase of Clocky. In finalizing a design for Clocky, we’ve been very inspired by the Japanese style called “Kawaii” (translated means “cute” or “adorable”)^[*].

“Kawaii” developed as an underground trend in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Taking cues from Western culture and style, teens began writing left to right and adding cute, child-like flourishes to traditional Japanese characters (like hearts, smiley faces, and western letters). While at first, it was looked down upon by adults, it was quickly picked up by advertisers and was used on packaging, and in magazines, and comic books. Large round faces and heads, wide-set eyes, and big foreheads are all characteristics of Kawaii-style toys and cartoons; these traits make the characters more child- or baby-like (and ultimately, more cute). Read more about Kawaii on wikipedia.

Here we are exploring Clocky’s character:

Here is the toy look book we’re using for inspiration. You can really see how much we love the Kawaii style:

^[*] From Wikipedia.