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May 21, 2012 Last Updated: 1:44:AM EDT

Do You Have Time To Read Nooka’s Mind-Boggling Zub Zen-H 20 Watch?

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Do You Have Time To Read Nooka’s Mind-Boggling Zub Zen-H 20 Watch?

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Courtesy Nooka
Zub Zen-H 20
by Janelle Zara
Published: December 19, 2011

In the future, when your smartphone has replaced books, MP3 players, and human interaction, you won’t find watches on that list of casualties. Why? Because they’ve already long-abandoned their raison-d'être — telling time — and kept on ticking. Nooka’s mind-bogglingly inexplicable Zub Zen-H 20 watch is a prime example. Like an abacus, it reads in rows: the top two tell the hours, the third the minutes, and the fourth the seconds — as if you had the time to count all that. It gets points for its attention-getting design and rainbow of available colors. Its water-resistant polyurethane body serves as a vestigial reminder of an object drowning in its own obsolence. 

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by Christopher Hudson on December 20, 2011 at 10:12am

its anti-design, fed-up of making things easier they've flipped it to make things more complicated

complex is the new easy

they'll stop selling matches and lighters and give you two sticks instead

the world truly has gone mad if companies are advertizing their lack of original thought

"look at us" they say, "we're stupid"...

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by jzara on December 21, 2011 at 5:12pm
you've totally inspired me to write an essay on how "dumb is the new smart!"
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