Susannah Hertrich’s calendar does indeed make time tangible. You can literally see the past day disintegrate and perhaps wonder if you did anything worthwhile in the past 24 hours!
It is a hybrid between a calendar, a clock and an automatic paper shredder. It is truly automatic because there is no on/off button to stop it.
The chrono-shredder is a type of concept design German born Hertrich said is a "memento vivere" - "remember that you also have to live your life." She came up with her idea when she was looking into human hibernation research. If humans could ever choose to hibernate, the chrono-shredder could well cure any hibernation obsession as she says when they wake up to one big mess!
Time-Shredding Calendar
Chrono-Shredder by Susannah Hertriech
Trend Themes
1. Tangible Time Tracking - Opportunities for disrupting conventional time tracking tools by merging them with tangible, interactive technology.
2. Automatic Productivity Measurement - Opportunities to use automatic paper shredder-inspired technology to measure and visualize daily productivity.
3. Time-management Art Installations - Opportunities in using tangible time-tracking technology in art installations to raise awareness about how people spend or waste time.
Industry Implications
1. Office Supplies and Equipment - Opportunities to introduce tangible, interactive time-tracking tools as a novel alternative to conventional calendars and timesheets.
2. Productivity and Time-management Apps - Opportunities to incorporate tangible and automatic tools for measuring and visualizing productivity within productivity and time-management apps.
3. Art and Design - Opportunities to integrate tangible time-tracking technology in art and design projects that explore how time is experienced and managed.