NINEIDEA：在当下智能手表纷纷追逐时尚极简风格、以光滑外观彰显科技感的潮流中，这款复古未来主义智能穿戴工业设计以其坚固的工业质感与精准无误的实用功能，开辟出一条独树一帜的设计路径。Jacek Janiczak 毅然摒弃了市场上泛滥的同质化光滑外观，转而用厚重有力的轮廓、清晰可见的紧固件以及刻意为之的像素化字体，巧妙复刻出早期数字手表的复古氛围。它的设计有着大胆前卫的几何美学，又带着 80 年代卡西欧手表所特有的实用主义印记，在复古与现代的碰撞中展现出别样的魅力。
从表面观察，这款智能手表搭载了现代用户所期待的各项基本功能 —— 及时的通知提醒、精准的活动跟踪以及细致的健康监测，这些功能足以满足日常使用需求。然而，它的内核却更侧重于与用户建立深刻的情感共鸣。单色显示屏上那些粗粝的像素字体，宛如经典的 Game Boy 界面，瞬间便能勾起人们对过往数字时代的温馨回忆；厚实的表圈与醒目的螺丝装饰，仿佛在无声地诉说着 “被长久使用” 的故事，传递出一种触手可及的触觉真实，与当下市场上那些过于追求玻璃化、精致化的主流设计形成了鲜明而强烈的对比。
这种独特的设计巧妙地游走于复古未来主义与硬件诚实美学这两种不同的设计运动之间：一方面，它以结构化的形式、厚重的材料以及对数字黎明时期排版风格的致敬，深情回望并致敬过去人们对未来的想象；另一方面，它又像 Nothing 等类似的技术硬件那样，在材料的选择、实用的结构设计上突出了诚实感，勇敢地反抗着那种毫无特色的极简平淡。Jacek Janiczak 成功地将这两种设计理念融合在一起，打造出一个极具个性的愿景：一款在硅与玻璃的材质中，却能给人以充满生命力、凝聚着精湛工艺且带来令人惊喜的新鲜感的智能手表。
尽管这款复古未来手腕科技或许注定不会大规模量产，但它却向整个行业抛出了诸多值得深思的重要问题：如果智能手表也能拥有独特的个性，那会是怎样一番景象？如果它们的外观所反映的是匠心独运的工艺，而非流水线生产的冰冷精度，又将带给用户怎样不同的体验？Janiczak 的这一设计提议，不仅为可穿戴设备的设计画廊增添了一个新颖独特的模型，更提醒着人们深思熟虑的设计所蕴含的强大力量 —— 在这样的设计中，形式与叙事相互交融，将原本无生命的物体塑造成为能够带来有意义、令人难忘体验的伙伴。
Play a new trick: retro futuristic smart wearable industrial design
NINEIDEA: In the current trend of smart watches chasing fashion minimalism style and showing a sense of technology with a smooth appearance, this retro futuristic intelligent wearable industrial design has opened up a unique design path with its solid industrial texture and accurate practical functions. Jacek Janiczak resolutely abandoned the homogenized and smooth appearance that was rampant in the market, and instead cleverly replicated the retro atmosphere of early digital watches with thick and powerful contours, clear and visible fasteners, and deliberately pixelated fonts. Its design has a bold and avant-garde geometric aesthetic, while also carrying the practical imprint unique to Casio watches from the 1980s, showcasing a unique charm in the collision of retro and modern.
On the surface, this smartwatch is equipped with various basic functions that modern users expect – timely notifications and reminders, accurate activity tracking, and meticulous health monitoring, which are sufficient to meet daily usage needs. However, its core focuses more on establishing profound emotional resonance with users. The rough pixel fonts on the monochrome display screen, like the classic Game Boy interface, instantly evoke warm memories of the past digital age; The thick bezel and eye-catching screw decorations seem to silently tell the story of “being used for a long time”, conveying a tangible tactile reality, forming a sharp and strong contrast with the mainstream designs that overly pursue glass and refinement in the current market.
This unique design cleverly oscillates between two different design movements: retro futurism and hardware honesty aesthetics. On the one hand, it pays tribute to the digital dawn era layout style with structured forms, heavy materials, and a deep look back and tribute to people’s imagination of the future in the past; On the other hand, like Nothing and other similar technological hardware, it highlights honesty in material selection and practical structural design, bravely resisting the lack of distinctive minimalism and plainness. Jacek Janiczak successfully integrated these two design concepts to create a highly personalized vision: a smartwatch that is made of silicon and glass materials, yet exudes vitality, exquisite craftsmanship, and surprising freshness.
Although this retro future wrist technology may not be destined for mass production, it raises many important questions worth pondering for the entire industry: what would it be like if smartwatches could also have a unique personality? If their appearance reflects the craftsmanship of ingenuity rather than the cold precision of assembly line production, what different experience will they bring to users? Janiczak’s design proposal not only adds a novel and unique model to the design gallery of wearable devices, but also reminds people of the powerful power of thoughtful design – in such design, form and narrative blend together, shaping originally lifeless objects into companions that can bring meaningful and unforgettable experiences.
