TIMER CAP (2013)
Timer Cap and Ball-point or Examinee
Examinees should continue to check the remaining time and cannot actually feel how much time they have left, whenever they solve problems during the precious examination time. This timer cap and ball-point pen for examinees was designed to settle this problem. This helps examinees check the remaining time conveniently and quickly, without the need to use watches. You can manage the exam time and practice taking the exam thoroughly, since you can control time in the timer of Timer Cap, using the spring which is pushed into again, when you pull it upwards manually.
PROBLEM
1. Every time you check the time, you waste your precious exam hours.
Most people check the time left in the exam, looking at their watches. It is a real hassle to check the remaining time continuously during this valuable exam time, and is to waste every minute and every second of your valuable exam.
2. You cannot feel how much time you have left in the exam, by yourself.
The majority of people don’t feel about the remaining time in the exam by themselves, while they are concentrating in it. Therefore, in many cases, they fail in solving all the problems, due to insufficient time within the appointed time of exam, or end up goofing up on the exam by solving the remaining problems in a hurry for a brief time, around when the exam almost ends.
DESIGN STRATEGY
Writing instruments + Clock
Integration between writing tools and clock which are tools needed while taking tests.
Simple and ordinary design which considers usability of the user.
CONCEPT
You can manage and save the exam time properly.
You can manage the exam time and practice taking the exam thoroughly, since you can control time in the timer of Timer Cap, using the spring which is pushed into again, when you pull it upwards manually. Besides, the color of the timer changes every twenty minutes so you can check the time left, visually. Once time is up, it informs an examinee of it, with a “clang”.
FUNCTION
Two kinds of Timer Cap: a cap type to put into a pencil, and a ball-point pen type.
Timer Cap consists of two kinds: a cap type to put into a pencil, and a ball-point pen type, so you can use it appropriately, depending on writing supplies to use for the exam or exam practice. Moreover, it is convenient to prepare for the exam, because you don’t need to wear a watch additionally, if you have this Timer Cap.
