IKEA "Smycke" Wall Clock

I was looking through the recent IKEA catalog and this thing caught my attention: 

The "Smycke" Wall Clock is a very interesting, clever and aesthetically pleasing design. The hexagons which make up the structure can be rearranged, while the clock arms tell you how much you've spent having fun doing that... :)

However, there is something else I've noticed. I think the designer has been inspired by the strange symbol/diagram things chemists use: 

That made me wonder: what did the designer want to express? 

My opinion on that is the designer wanted to tell us that we live in an age where our world is constantly influenced by scientific discoveries. The fact that you can rearrange the individual hexagons emphasises that we as individuals can adapt anything in any way we want thanks to science. The clock arms probably mean that science improves our world as time goes by and also allows it to develop faster.

That's why I think this clock is not only a greatly designed functional and fun product - it is also a piece of modern art which expresses the designer's feelings about the world today.