Designer in Focus: Alberto Sala from Progetti

By Just For Clocks @JustForClocks

In our blog we frequently introduce our readers to the famous designers of clock brands associated with us. Today we will have a tour through the famous Italian designer Alberto Sala’s work profile and his great work of art done for Progetti.

Alberto Sala, Architect & Designer for Progetti

Alberto Sala is an Italian, Architect and designer, who is professionally involved in visual communication for product and furniture design companies. Teaches in the Faculty of Design at the Politecnico di Milano (Politecnic of Milan), in the area of virtual representation and modeling of architectural spaces. Collaborates with the INDACO department of the Faculty of Design, in the visual communications and interior design sector. Follows a research path in computer graphics applied to photo realism. In 2002, participated as founding memberof the rnd-lab collective. In 2006 he started the ASPS studio with Paolo Sala, where he worked in product design, applied communication and illustration. Let us see some of his creations done for Progetti.

24k Cuckoo Clock designed by Alberto Sala

Elegant, refined and timeless. 24k, Alberto Sala design, made entirely of metal finishes in gold and copper cuckoo is an essential volume in the shape of a house that seems to arise from an ingot. This cuckoo clock can be a decorative object adding delicate character. Battery quartz movement. The Cuckoo strike is switched off automatically during the night controlled by a light sensor.

Capri Cuckoo clock designed by Alberto Sala

Capri is the cuckoo clock inspired by one of the most sought after tourist destinations of Italy, the island of the Gulf of Naples, a place for vacation and relaxation. The cuckoo by bright colors and clean lines reminiscent of the cabins bathing facilities but with the typical lighthouse colors. A simple object that contains so many emotions and memories.

Crooked Cuckoo clock designed by Alberto Sala

Crooked, designed by Alberto Sala, is an amusing cuckoo clock of unconventional style with crooked and uneven shapes that intensify its impactful design. The recurrence of uneven shapes and cheerful colours skilfully mixed by the designer and applied from the base to the roof of the cuckoo ‘house’, make it unique. The round pendulum which is also coloured, is the only shape we are familiar with. It appears almost unnaturally at the tilted base of the clock highlighting its dissymmetrical shape. The clock is made of wood and is varnished with nontoxic paint. It is available in four versions.