Concrete Watches

Dzmitry Samal, a French designer, has produced a line of concrete watches for men. They are a limited edition series of 100 and cost about 1000 Euros.

Images of buildings, or architects' plans appear to be below the crystal. Why concrete? Samal says on his web site:
 "I chose concrete, a noble, modern, honest and robust material, the stuff our megapolis are made of.
My watches tell the story of an alliance of French creativity and Swiss technical performance, innovating in a field that has never been explored in watchmaking before."

http://www.dzmitrysamal.com/en/collection2.html

via http://mocoloco.com

Fabrice Le Nezet

Artist Fabrice Le Nezet has produced a series of pieces using concrete and steel, called Measure. I might have called the exhibition "Weight" or "Mass", because that's how they speak to me. The concrete cubes or blocks (some of which weigh 1000 kilograms)  are suspended in steel frames so that you can almost feel their weight and the tension they put on the steel bars.

The forms are massive and simple, simple in the best possible sense. Nothing stands in the way of the idea. The execution of the pieces is almost industrial or architectural.

For more images, see the website:
http://cargocollective.com/fabricelenezet/Measure

Le Nezet is a film director, artist and designer based in London.

Via Owen Goss, and Design-Milk.com