A selection of talks, podcasts, articles etc that feature us or our work
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Scratching the Surface
Scratching the Surface
| Podcast | Pen Type-AM.R. Tape DispenserTime Since Launch |
All Under One Roof With CW&T
SSENSE
Using what they call a “scale and medium agnostic approach,” design studio CW&T produces a startling output from their house in Brooklyn, a science-fiction makerspace and medieval workshop all in one, filled with machines on a hidden basement floor.
| Interview | Studio |
TAYLOR LEVY OF CW&T WANTS TO CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION OF TIME
Clever
Taylor Levy, half of the multidisciplinary studio CW&T, found adventure and drive early as a competitive skier.
| Podcast | Studio |
Shopping for Brooms
The New York Times
“When you’re doing work, it’s more pleasurable to use something that’s properly designed,”
| Newspaper | Studio |
Cooper Hewitt Names 2022 National Design Awards Winners
Surface
Cooper Hewitt Names 2022 National Design Awards Winners, and Other News
| Online | Studio |
Cooper Hewitt Announces 2022 National Design Award Winners
Smithsonian
Cooper Hewitt Announces 2022 National Design Award Winners
| Online | Studio |
The Correct Time
Design Museum of Chicago
The Correct Time expands upon an artwork initiated in 1989 by Barbara Koenen collecting 720 donated broken clocks, one for each minute in 12 hours, because even a broken clock is right twice a day!
| Exhibition | Earth Clock |
For the Time, Being
frontier.is
For more than a decade, Taylor Levy and Che-Wei Wang, the Brooklyn-based product designers behind CW&T, have made carefully crafted objects that quietly transform their surroundings.
| Online | SuperlocalStudio |
Manage your daily routine with Superlocal clock
archup.nuet
Regardless of cell phones being our definitive watches nowadays, actual tickers hold a fundamental job in insides as an enlivening thing and a method for turning off from computerized as you approach your day — that is the thought behind the Super local Clock.
| Online | Superlocal |
A Brooklyn Studio Whose Creations Alter Our Perspectives on Time
The Slowdown
Brooklyn design studio CW&T is on a mission to change our perspectives on time. To do so, it adapts everyday objects—including clocks, pens, patches, and jump ropes—into understated items that operate in delightful, unexpected ways.
| Online | SuperlocalStudioTime Since Launch |
Take control of time (and your daily routine) with the Superlocal clock
designwanted
A customisable interface lets users mark the most important hours in their day.
| Online | Superlocal |
Experimental Objects by Design Firm CW&T
Core77
Brooklyn-based designers Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy are both grads of both MIT Media Lab and NYU's ITP.
| Online | Studio |
The Superlocal Clock
Gessato
Believing that following one’s circadian rhythm with a set routine increases mental and physical well-being, CW&T created a special clock that adapts to the lifestyle of the user with an ingenious design.
| Online | Superlocal |
CW&T's Superlocal is a clever clock that's built around your day
acquiremag.com
CW&T's Superlocal is simple enough, it's got a single hand that rotates around a 24-hour dial but it's the little dimples around the dial that make this something you'll never forget, literally.
| Online | Superlocal |
Choose Your Own Adventure with CW&T
Autodesk
CW&T designs their products in Fusion 360 then prototypes them in their workshop in Brooklyn then ships out to contract manufacturers.
| Podcast | Studio |
Behind The Design
Gessato
Longevity and, more specifically, thinking outside the realm of human perception of time is an important thread in our practice.
| Online | Studio |
Q&A: CW&T Studios' Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy
Adobe Creative Cloud
Can you quantify wonder? If so, Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy of Brooklyn’s CW&T studios have mastered it.
| Online | StudioInterview |
A Watch Frozen in Time: Why CW&T is Removing Features from a Classic Digital Timepiece
Core77
The time-obsessed design duo's new watch only lasts 10 years and won't keep accurate time. That's the point.
| Online | Solid State Watch |
CW&T’S CLEVER SOLID STATE WATCH
Cool Hunting
Funding on Kickstarter now and already beyond its goal, Brooklyn studio CW&T‘s Solid State Watch emphasizes the fact that the passing of time is one of life’s few constants.
| Online | Solid State Watch |
When Design Gets Swallowed by Engineering
The Conference
Rather than going down the rabbit hole with automated design, we should really be looking at how things like CAD can become tools for human-aided design - especially now that we’re beginning to produce three-dimensional objects like furniture using generative design.
| Talk | Generative DesignChe-Wei |
An Upgrade on the Ultimate Minimalist Pen
Core77
Brooklyn-based design studio CW&T is at it again with their impeccably designed Pen Type-C. Machined out of titanium, the flat design doubles as a bookmark and features a bent steel spring to protect the tip when it's not in use.
| Online | Pen Type-C |
Imperfekte Design Techniken
DENKEN ÜBER DESIGN
„CW&T“ ist es ein Anliegen ihre Prozesse transparent zu machen, da- her finden sich auf ihrer Website zahlreiche Anleitungen, Baupläne, Foto- und Videodokumentationen, die genau erklären, wie ihre Produkte, Maschinen und Verfahren funktionieren.
| Book | Rotojam |
Che-Wei Wang (CW&T) on The new role of the designer in generative design
The Next Web
The traditional design workflow is getting a turbo boost from algorithms (don’t worry. The robots aren’t taking over…yet).
| Talk | Generative DesignChe-Wei |
TIME SINCE LAUNCH LONG-SCALE CLOCK
Cool Hunting
Declaring an epoch is as easy as pulling a pin. From that moment forward, the Time Since Launch module counts onward—for up to 2,738 years.
| Online | Time Since Launch |
THIS SINGLE-USE CLOCK RECORDS TIME FOR AN INSANE 2,738 YEARS
High Snobiety
Time Since Launch by CW&T is a single-use, long-scale launch clock, which is designed to display days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the clock was started.
| Online | Time Since Launch |
The Prepared
The Prepared
We talk with Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy of CW&T about small scale manufacturing & running a family business.
| Podcast | Studio |
What to See at Collective Design This Weekend
Core77
Art and design studio CW&T is on site, working on their process piece, Roto-Jam. Their material exploration has led them to a process of particle jamming, to produce thin-shelled casts out of re-usable, dynamic molds.
| Online | Rotojam |
9 Things You Can’t Miss at Collective Design
Architectural Digest
If you’re not exactly clear on what Roto-Jam means (a process which uses particle jamming to produce thin-shelled casts and reusable molds) Brooklyn design space A/D/O and studio CW&T set up a live demonstration at their booth.
| Online | Rotojam |
JAMMING PARTICLES INTO TEXTURED BOWLS AT THE 2016 COLLECTIVE DESIGN FAIR
Cool Hunting
One thing to keep an eye out for: two artist-designers jamming particles in a pop-up studio.
| Online | Rotojam |
Small screen wayfinding: An alternative to existing mobile maps – actively acquiring spatial knowledge
Swinburne University of Technology
| Research Paper | Crowsflight |
aluminum brake lever blockhead stem by CW&T studio
Designboom
cyclists know, the stem is one of the most important parts of any bicycle.
| Online | Blockhead Stem |
An iPhone Compass Designed to Let You Stumble Into Adventures
Wired
Google Maps knows nothing of serendipity. Crowsflight encourages it.
| Magazine | Crowsflight |
The New Disruptors
The New Disruptors
Taylor Levy and Che-Wei Wang run CW&T, an art and design studio that produces an array of items ranging from purely commercial to completely aesthetic.
| Podcast | Studio |
Toys Using Technology in Novel Ways
The New York Times
Last week I met Momo, above. It was about a foot tall, pear shaped and wearing a woolly ski mask over its cardboard frame.
| Newspaper | Momo |