Modern Art(?) Clocks

Karen Krieger's patinated aluminum garden clocks (Guild.com, $175 each)


Giardini's BAC steel and copper clock (Guild.com, $180) and Skoj tempered glass clock (IKEA, $4.99, 6", or $6.99, 11" version)

Thomas Mann's Rabbit clock depicting the Tortise and the Hare (Guild.com, $425)



Pendulum clocks that uses space as much as shape (Wrapables, $39.95, Guild.com, $278) and Yee-Ling Wan's ghost carriage clock in acrylic, which suggests the past (MOMA Store, $125)

Tix LED Clock (ThinkGeek, $49.99). The time displayed--which you read by counting the number of illuminated spots in each set--is 12:34.

Open Edition fragmented LED by Jonas Damon (MossOnline, $85)

T-Clock Shirt, for portable punctuality (ThinkGeek, $39.99)

Modern Doormats

A few ideas with personality that help set a modern tone from the moment you hit the threshold:




Stainless steel and rubber, TopDeq, $125-$210, or Chiasso, $48, or UnicaHome, $134-245
footprint doormat, Chiasso, $18"welcome in" binary doormat, Thinkgeek, $40barcode doormat, Chiasso, $28


river rock pebble mat, Acacia, $45




or DIY with the help of the local big box home center, $4+









recycled flip-flop doormat, UncommonGoods, $20 or at Re:modern in varying sizes, $22-$77


For more ideas of what folks are picking for their front entry, check out the doormats wist.