時間在我們生活中不停流逝，我們意識到時間消逝而感到不安，時間對我們來說時而熟悉，卻又時而陌生。時間是一種抽象概念，無法從感官接觸到，由於無法具體感受與表達時間這類抽象概念，所以人們經常利用已知的系統概念來譬喻對時間的感受。最常被藉用來表達的是「空間方位譬喻」以及「物件譬喻」二種空間概念系統。本研究從譬喻的角度收集各種時間相關產品進行分類及分析時間與譬喻之間的關聯與特性，接著進行時間譬喻的相關情境實驗，再從受測者質性訪談中得知時間感對人產生的影響，並提出具體之設計建議與創作：
(1)放慢時間的節奏。(2)利用譬喻表現多樣性的時間感。(3)自然的呈現時間。

Time goes by in our daily lives. We feel uneasy when we sense that time is fading away. Time is something we are sometimes familiar with and sometimes unfamiliar with. It is an abstract concept. We can’t touch it through our sense organs. Because people can’t concretely feel or specifically express time, an abstract concept, they often use concepts which everyone knows to metaphor their feeling about time. The two most common concept systems used to express time are the “Orientational Metaphors” and the “Ontological Metaphors”. From the aspect of metaphors, this study collected various products related to time, categorized them, analyzed the relationships between time and metaphors and their characteristics, proposed specific suggestions regarding design, and came up with two creative works with the following properties:
(1) Slowing down the rhythm of time;
(2) Presenting the variety of time through metaphors;
(3) Showing time naturally.

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作品參考來源：
1. ARNADOTTIR, T. (2010). The Sasa Clock. (http://www.destes.com/sasa.php)
2. Biergert & Funk. (2010) QLOCKTWO. (http://www.qlocktwo.com/)
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(http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/06/11/only-if-you-dont-care-about-the-minutes/)
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