Zune Phone Finally, Okay Maybe (9)
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I know a lot of you out there are just waiting for the Zune phone - Microsoft’s answer to the current king of multitouch telephonic devices. Until they actually confirm, check out the Zune Contact concept by Adam Huffman. He’s revamped the interface, made the body madly thin, slapped on a 5 MP camera and went all touchscreeny. Sure it’s just pie-in-the-sky now but who knows, something similar may come from Redmond Washington. Oh BTW, ...
Too Weak to Open Caps. Need a U-Cap (2)
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Plastic caps were designed to keep liquids in. Then at the last minute somebody realized people actually have to remove them to get to the liquid so they threw on some groves around the cap for grip and called it a day. Bah I say! I will admit sometimes I can’t do it! That cap just won’t let go. Maybe I need a U-Cap. There’s a soft asymmetric curve on one side of the cap, ...
BRAZO Table Lamp Review. LEDs for Days (1)
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I had the good fortune to review the BRAZO table lamp by Pablo Designs, winner of a 2008 IDEA award. The BRAZO is a high performance LED task light offering effortless adjustability, calibrated light focus (more on that later), and brightness control all wrapped in a sleek aluminum body. Intrigued? Read on. Upon first glance, the precision machined aluminum body speaks volumes about the build quality. It’s hefty - in a good way. It comes ...
Sit Down and Relax (7)
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Mention rocking chairs and thoughts of summer evenings on the porch and cold Mint Juleps might come to mind. This rocking chair and loveseat from Wilson Scott, however, throws together polyurethane mesh, a cutout spherical shell and curved steel piping for a distinctly modern feel. Don’t know about you, but I could definitely see getting down on one of these and grinding out 10 hours on Xbox Live. Designer: Scott Wilson No Tags
Lick Your Way to a Better You (1)
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Have you ever imagined that you could lick on a lollipop and change the way you think? I am not talking about some illegal hallucinogenic drug, but a legal way to changing how you think or do things. Eye Candy can. Even though the concept sounds like something from the “Electric Kool-aid Acid Test”, Eye Candy uses a Sensory Substitution Technology to naturally send vibrant, emotive images to your mind. Through the use of resonators ...
Design for Poverty International Contest (2)
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CALL FOR ENTRIES Design for Poverty International Contest hosted by Yanko Design in collaboration with Blog Action Day. Participation is open to applicants from every country in the world; professionals, students, and design enthusiasts. Subject matter Global issues like poverty are extremely complex. There is no simple, clear answer. By asking thousands of different people to give their viewpoints and opinions, Blog Action Day creates an extraordinarily lens through which to view these issues. Yanko ...
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Simple Means Bigtime! Sinus Radio. (1)
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The simplest of concepts, the biggest sound! Sinus Radio is nothing to sneeze at. To turn Sinus Radio on, switch the volume nob. To find a radio station you like, turn the middle nob. That’s it, that’s it, that’s all there is! What’s the big deal with Sinus Radio? Sinus Radio is only a few inches tall; the first image you see in this post is a strange giant-world vision created by the designer of ...
Snap and Look (1)
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Snap & Look is a system for digital photography that doesn’t require a computer but still allows the user to enjoy all the advantages of digital photography. Consisting of a digital camera and a photo viewer docking station, it enables the user to take pictures, view, edit and save with two very sleek devices. Both the camera and picture viewer docking station are made of up two components tethered to each other by reinforced multicore ...
We’re on Holiday but There’s a Second Coming (1)
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We’re short on posts today as the Yanko Design team are all on holiday. It’s Labor Day in the United States so with half the team kickin’ back with BBQ’s and beers, we thought it best to give the international team a rest too. But there’s more than meets the eye. The current site layout pushed readership beyond anything we could have imagined and cemented a place for us as one of the best design ...
Up Down Round and Round (2)
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The Hidden Radio concept by John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen is all good if you know how to work a knob. By pulling the cap up, the user proportionately increases the volume. Twisting the cap tunes the radio and that blinking LED gets brighter as you climb into higher frequencies. I like that it doesn’t look like a radio but what’s wrong with a normal dial? Designer: John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen
Mother Nature’s Got Nothin’ on This Light (1)
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It is just terrible when the sun is going down and I am still working and I get a headache because I was using the sun for light but it isn’t there anymore! Chris Natt has designed a device that will keep the light level constant! And it looks wild… NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: When I wrote this, I accidentally attributed this light to a different person, but I assure you, this thang is a ...
Pea Speaker Background Music System by Lu Le & Yanko Design (12)
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The Pea Speaker system is bound to be costly, incurring damages from being tossed around, but that’s what designer Lu Le wants - a playful way to share music. Each pod holds 7 wireless bluetooth speakers. Only one possesses the one ring to rule them all because it controls global volume. Each sphere is powered by a lithium ion rechargeable via induction when placed in the pod. The system doesn’t do surround sound since it ...
iFreeze Chair by Jitrin Jintaprecha » Yanko Design (4)
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iFreeze is a chair designed by Jitrin Jintaprecha that is based on an Arctic iceberg. With a light hidden in the arm rests, sitting in the iFreeze will give you a sense of calmness and “coolness” while imagining sitting atop an iceberg. The seat cushion and pillows are covered in Pasaya, a unique textile used in Thailand. iFreeze was selected as “2005 Hot One Hundred” by ELLE Decoration Thailand. Designer: Jitrin Jintaprecha Jitrin Jintaprecha
LED Trojan Horse (2)
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Frog Design is at it again, this time with an environmentally friendly LED based lightbulb. Although CFL’s are marketed to be widely superior than incandescents, the fact of the matter is they’re still made using very toxic chemicals. Mass acceptance has also been slower than anticipated but it’s obvious why - the cold bluish tint they cast and being non-dimmable. So what’s the alternative? LEDs. They’re getting cheaper to manufacturer. They use significantly less energy, ...
Oficio Worktable by Quentin Vaulot & Luiza Barroso » Yanko Design (3)
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This table by Quentin Vaulot and Luiza Barroso attempts to visualize the creative process as it progresses from chaos to order. Designed for creative professionals to store materials, notes, and tools underneath, the top surface upsets our often too linear thinking. Esoteric design concepts aside, the utility of the table’s network of caging just begs to be filled with a trove of modern gadgets, if not the tangle of cords that go with them. Designer: ...
Seating for Every Shape Bum (2)
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Remember the story about Goldilocks and the 3 bears? While the bears were out, she helped her way into their house trying everything until she found the perfect fit. In hindsight she was on to something. We all want products designed custom just for us. The Wave Seat eludes to this old axiom and makes it possible thru the magic of nanotubes. Imagine, future vehicles may have interiors that reconfigure themselves to each passenger. Conductive ...
Float on to Sleep (8)
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This design was inspired after Max Longin, mathematician and designer, had been sitting on a suspension bridge and noticed the nice, calming movement the bridge produced-a perfect sensation to fall asleep to. Float is held in place by four stainless steel cords that are connected to a frame of wooden rods and steel bows which can support a weight of up to 2645 lbs.The bed is available in ash, beech, cherry, elm, maple, oak or ...
Ride the Screen Wave! (2)
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With the video wave in full ascent, the space-aware video-screen is right around the corner. Remember when internet video was unusable because of huge loading time, when the camera phone was on top of pickpocket’s to-pick list, when you could first watch video in the palm of your hand? Well check it out, soon the video screen will be the product, the device will be the program. As the designer, Andreas Myhrvold Braendhaugen, puts it: ...
Ladders in Home Libraries Done Right (11)
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If you’ve even been to any huge public or University library, you’ve probably seen shelves that seemingly climb to the ceiling with rail ladders the only way to get to the top. It’s a very learned look that I’d like to achieve but my house barely has any room for any of that. The Matching Tree furniture system is just my ticket. The Matching Tree system utilizes expanding pillars and joists to provide support tension ...
Best Of August 2008 (11)
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Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days - an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in August 2008. 12) Shooter fire extinguisher by Eunjung Kim, Yangwoo Kim & Junyi Heo. Permalink Hits: 6387 11) Mobile Projector Phone by Eun-Young Kim. Permalink Hits: 6474 10) Gigaset Eco Visions by ...
