Shred the Day

By Queuebot in Art, Gadgets, Hacks & Mods, Home & Garden on Jan 24, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Susanna Hertrich created this prototype Chrono-Shredder as part of a student design project.

It represents the passing of time by shredding the days of the year– printed on a paper roll– at a slow constant rate.  To shred one day takes 24 hours.  There is no ‘off’-button.  As the seconds pass by, the tattered remains of the past pile up under the device.

If you’re interested in manufacturing the Chrono-Shredder, get in touch with Hertrich via her website.

Link – via ryanyeah


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  1. Gauldar
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Most of the time I don’t know what to do with most of the day… now I’ll have to figure out what to do with the rest of it!

  2. lindsay brothers studios
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    Ah, yes the Enron clock. Classic.

  3. emilyyy
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    this is really cool. kind of like a symbolic performance art piece. i’d definitely want one if they were manufactured.

  4. kef
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    this is so awesome.
    a container for the shredded days would be more practical tho.

  5. T.BoP
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    I am postive I have seen this before somewhere a while back! Or it might be deja vue all over again…

  6. SuckMyClock
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Wow – a machine that just makes a mess for you to clean up…… AWESOME!!

  7. ted
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    A calendar you have to plug in to operate. Brilliant idea.

  8. Nathan Miller
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    I’m certain we already saw this on Neatorama.

  9. JeffConn
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    Wow. A calendar that wastes electricity non-stop for AN ENTIRE YEAR! Can everyone say this is a totally useless idea?

  10. sw
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    oh get over yourselves, this thing is neat! it will use a negligible amount of electricity, and i would totally buy one of they find a manufacturer

  11. Christophe
    Jan 24th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    “There is no ‘off’-button.”
    So true.

    [@JeffCon: it wastes electricity AND paper ;P ]

  12. Skipweasel
    Jan 25th, 2009 at 4:56 am

    Perfect trap for consumers – it ties you into buying the refill calendars for future years. Far better than just selling something that does the job, sell something that has ‘em coming back for refills. Like hairdriers that spray some noxious substance at you – you have to go back and buy the refills.

  13. Marilyn Terrell
    Jan 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am

    The Chrono-Shredder is just an art project to make a point about tempus fugit– no one is manufacturing it.

  14. sw
    Jan 25th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    do you not have to buy a new calendar every year anyway? usually made of paper?


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