Author: Nick Pan

Dezzo brought us back to the 50s & 60s. He brought us to the Singapore National Museum to view works by the man who created an era of furniture design. Its none other than Verner Panton, the innovative designer that brought us the Panton Chair and many other funky stuff.

The design of his items might seem flashy, but the though and process that comes before the product is where the real magic is i feel.

Panton understood injection moulding and made a product that could be mass produced and this is none other then his Panton S chair. So the design process was not mearly an aesthetic one, but one of substantial technical knowledge and with an end product that also makes money sense.

As a web practitioner i feel its the same. There needs to be substantial knowledge in the technology, usability, best practices, etc. in order to come up with a good end product. Ok i shall leave this for another post.

It felt like we’ve time travelled. It felt like we’ve gone into another civilasation. The exhibits felt so strange yet brilliantly inspiring. A few things never change. Attention to detail and sheer smart and hard work.

I’ve not worn a watch ever since i carried my first born. The whole carry baby with a metallic object on the wrist just does not work for me.

Now 7 years later i’ve been shopping for a watch and finally, my wife got me a wonderful watch which i really liked, its the Sinn 656.

This watch might look simple, but there are so many things i like about it.

• Automatic movement
• Clear and easy to read numbers / uncluttered
• The white parts on the face turns Luminous in the dark. I love this low tech feature.
• Small date function (which is at the 4:30 location and not 3)
• 100m water resistance, suitable for swimming
• Anti-magnetic (the symbol is so faint, just above the 6)
• The person i love most bought it for me

I believe maybe 20 years later, i will look back at this post and compare how the years would have worn out the watch, but i believe the watch will still be working as it is suppose to when i got it out from the box. If it serves me well, i will pass it on to my son in the future. Opps i don’t have a son (yet).