PROJEKT 02 - Variant B
Projekt 02 Variant B makes its mark as the first publicly available edition of kollokium’s sophomore release, and it takes the topographical design to new heights (and depths). Featuring quite possibly the world’s first vertical gradient dial in a shift of grey to black across 9 layers, Projekt 02 Variant B is a limited edition of 299 pieces.
Like all kollokium Projekts and Variants, a little cosmetic change goes a long way, but it also requires much more prep work than meets the eye.
Projekt 02 FFF&F edition proved that it can be done. A flat, two-dimensional image transfigured into a true topographical dial, consisting of 67 stacked dial plates. Each is painted by hand with a lacquer infused with
Super-LumiNova. For Variant B, we wanted to go even further.
Like a hypsometric map, the idea was to highlight and dramaticize the three-dimensional nature of the topographical dial by having each level painted in a slightly different tone. The highest peaks os the dial, representing the twelve hour markers, are hand-painted in a light grey color, then each
successive lower layer gets darker. Across sixty-seven dial plate and nine vertcial layers, the dial shifts from light grey to a deep black.
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