The machine as a performer. Chrono-Shredder is a poetic time-object that reminds us of the volatileness of the »now«.

Designed by German designer Susanne Hertrich and shown at DMY in Berlin, Chrono-Shredder acts as hybrid object with functions similar to those of a calendar and a clock, but in addition to traditional calendars, it shreds every single day in realtime.

All that time that is irrevisibly lost gets a tangible existence in form of shredded paper. As time passes by, the tattered remains of the past pile up under the device.

Read the original blog post here on Dezeen.