Sculptures that count time.
More than 90 wall, table and pendant clocks designed by Josep Vera. Shapes you have never seen before, available to manufacture under licence.
This Globus shows the real time in Barcelona: --:--On the wall, on the table or from the ceiling.
Each design is conceived in several sizes and finishes, and can be adapted to the way each manufacturer works.
Pieces that count time in silence.
Would you like to manufacture a design by Josep Vera?
If you would like to produce and sell one of his models in your market, you can ask for permission to manufacture it under licence. Tell us which design it is and how you picture it, and we will work out the terms with you.
- Choose the designA model from the collection, as it is or adapted to the way you manufacture.
- Tell us about your projectMarket, sales channel, materials and expected quantities.
- We study your proposalJosep checks that the design can be made the way you plan it, and we propose the licence terms.
- Agreement and productionThe licence is signed and we prepare production with you.
Which design are you interested in?
Every proposal is studied individually. Josep’s new designs are registered with a notary before they are presented.
2015
Dome: a ball that travels around time.
A half sphere of solid wood and a small celluloid ball that travels along the minute marks. A sculpture you understand at first sight.
Fine woods, 100% natural.
Beech, oak, walnut, wenge, cedar and limoncello from reforested forests with controlled felling. Whatever is not natural wood is lacquered by hand.
Vera Arús Founder and designer of Tothora · Barcelona
The designer who set out to reinvent the clock.
Josep Vera Arús studied industrial design at the Massana School of Art and Design in Barcelona and has spent more than thirty years designing for public and private organisations. After the economic crisis he decided to focus on design clocks, a field he felt was short of ideas and novelty. In 2012 he founded Tothora.
His pieces are instantly recognisable: geometric shapes, asymmetry and hours shifted to one side, as if time had stepped aside to make room for the sculpture. Josep draws every model and keeps a close eye on how it is made.
“Dreams that become sculptures and count time in silence, second by second.”Josep Vera
- Massana School of Art and DesignTrains in industrial design in Barcelona.
- Over 30 yearsDesigns for public and private organisations.
- 2012Founds Tothora and devotes himself fully to signature clocks.
- 2015Dome wins the A' Design Award in the furniture category.
- TodayHis designs have reached more than twenty countries, with particular success in Asia.
How a Tothora design is made.
The originals have always been built by hand in Barcelona, by craft cabinetmakers and with a Mediterranean character. There are six steps, and Josep knows every one of them in detail.
- The drawingEvery model is born in Josep’s notebook. New designs are registered with a notary before they are presented.
- The woodBoards of beech, oak, walnut, wenge or cedar are chosen from forests with controlled felling.
- The cabinetmakingPieces are cut, bent and turned by hand. A Loop or Surf sheet is moulded in a single piece.
- The finishNatural wood that shows its grain, or hand lacquering in black, white, garnet and other colours.
- The heartA reliable, silent German quartz movement: no tick-tock here.
- The reviewJosep checks the first pieces so that they come out exactly as he designed them.
Made to be looked at.
Living rooms, hallways, kitchens and studies. Tap a photo to see the piece.
Tell us which design you want to make.
Josep studies every proposal and replies with the licence terms. You can also come and see the originals at the workshop: write to us first and we will be expecting you.
A day in the life of a clock.
Morning
The first coffee, with the light coming in sideways. Capriccio keeps time without stealing the show.
Midday
In the study, Area Candy turns a working morning into something to look at.
Evening
Back home, Glamour draws its shadow on the living-room wall.
Night
Box Light switches on: a clock and a lamp for the last hour of the day.
