03.15.10
Chris Burns

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Bathroom

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Unique Sink City

Unique Sink City

That’s where we’re about to go. We’re, you and me’re about go to sink city, and we’re gonna love it. These sinks are made in collaboration between Cactus Designers and Vaskéo. In their fiery design love, they’ve created a set of four sinks that any reasonable futuristic looking sink seeking fellow or lady would be glad to own. In fact, my mother owns one very similar to the first image you’re going to see. She is the envy of all her peers.

0 Designer: Cactus Designers and Vaskéo

03.14.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Interiors
Kitchen
Product Design

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I Got Kitchen Envy, Thanks Henrybuilt

I Got Kitchen Envy, Thanks Henrybuilt

Jealous of that kitchen? I sure am. The Integrated Bar Block by Henrybuilt is an additional piece to the free standing island but looks meant to be. Each Bar Block is handmade from solid wood to extend any kitchen system with a bevy of drawers, storage, and cutting boards. Seriously, I’m looking into my kitchen with disdain. We often see elaborate kitchens in magazines when the reality is most of us have tiny ones. This is a perfect example of crafted functionality for real kitchens.

0 Designer: Henrybuilt

03.14.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Accessories & Fashion
Product Design
Watches

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No Numbers Or Hands, But It Tells Time

No Numbers Or Hands, But It Tells Time

Watch concepts without traditional numerics and even analog hands? Minimalism to its extreme – or at least that’s what designer Robert Dabi is pitching. His ZERO watch has two discs  (one each for hours and minutes) that spin to tell time. My problem with many numeric-less concepts is difficulty in reading them. The ZERO looks like it may avoid that because I have no problems reading it. No word if it’ll hit the market but the flexible metal/rubber band will come in an array of colors if it does. Hit the jump for a video.

0 Designer: Robert Dabi

03.12.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Product Design

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This Is An Invitation To Break Glass

This Is An Invitation To Break Glass

Don’t you hate when your bus gets into an accident and rollovers and you’re like, DAMN I can’t get out because this window ejection system just doesn’t work? The Safety Hammer aims to ease your woes. It’s pasted directly on the glass and with just 20kg of pressure, shatters so even kiddies and oldies will have no problems.

0 Designer: Gao Meng

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03.12.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Interiors
Lifestyle
Product Design

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Cornification

Cornification

Who wouldn’t love a pillow made up of velcro corn kernels, show of hands please. The Sweetcorn Pillow makes all your corny fantasies come true. Pluck them, chuck them, play with them, but please don’t butter and eat them. Is this novel? Mmm hmm. A bit ridiculous? You betcha! Do I want this? Damn skippy!

0 Designer: Weng Jie

03.12.10
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design

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Air Cones For Road Safety

Air Cones For Road Safety

Road Cones can be a pain sometimes, for the driver a safety hazard and for the guy who has to place them on the road, a back breaking job. Not many must have thought of redesigning this thang, but innovation is really called for. Interim let’s look at the Air Cone Concept; it’s this flattened balloon strip that you lay on the road. Inflating it causes Air Cones to pop up, but care has been taken to ensure a sturdy design. Only hope that crazy kids with pins in hand don’t go popping it just for fun.

0 Designers: Hoyoung Lee, Youngwoo Park & Junkyo Lee

03.12.10
Chris Burns

Categories:
Furniture
Living
Seating

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The Stool Connection

The Stool Connection

Quadratic much? At the intersection between two curves comes this stool right here. Not to be kicked around all too much! It’s called the “f(x) stool” it’s the interconnection. It’s the birch, the plywood, and the adjustability in mathematics. As the curves get further away from one another, the seat gets wider, but you might feel a bit more nervous, as the support reduces.

0 Designer: Tak Euy Sung

03.12.10
Chris Burns

Categories:
Garden
Living

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Ladder? No way! Ratchet!

Ladder? No way! Ratchet!

I didn’t ratchet my way into writing this article, I just hammered it out. But that’s not what Itay Laniado is all about. Itay Laniado designed this magnificent set of material, metal, and wood. It’s a ladder that’s got nothing holding it together but a single ratchet. And what’s best about that? Collapsibility. Lots and lots of collapsibility that means you can jam this ladder in just about any crack or nook.

0 Designer: Itay Laniado

03.12.10
Chris Burns

Categories:
Automotive

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A Bike for Ye Young Adults

A Bike for Ye Young Adults

From the deepest streets of the sidewalks of intelligence and smart thinking comes this! A bike for the ages. Literally made for the ages between 10 years and 15 years – for kids who are of bike riding age. It is of common knowledge that it’s a strange time for kids of any of those ages, especially when bike riding comes around to petal. Let’s take a look at this particular solution and keep our butts in the right place.

0 Designers: Claudia Baer, Anna Wiesinger, Marlene Klausner

03.12.10
Radhika Seth

Categories:
Announcements
YD Contests
YD Store

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Friday Giveaway: WIN A Reveal Watch by Projects

Friday Giveaway: WIN A Reveal Watch by Projects

Reveal is an analog watch that reads in a digital format through a looking glass with the new time fading in and the old time fading out. Essentially it brings in the new moment while letting go of the past. Looking forward to the future is always a positive thing and if you want this positive influence in your life, shout it out to the world! To WIN the Reveal Watch Simply Follow YD on Twitter and Retweet this Caption: “Reveal Watch is my future! Follow @YankoDesign; retweet http://bit.ly/cAsEqC to win this watch”

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03.11.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Appliances
Dining
Kitchen
Lifestyle
Product Design

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Cook In With The CookIn Table

Cook In With The CookIn Table

This is induction cooking at its finest. Designed to be functional and as a wonderful table top to serve from, the CookIn Table encourages family time by engaging everyone to join in ala hot pot style. The cooktop only heats up when a metallic surface touches it. Beneath the glass top are retractable shelves for additional service stations and beneath that is storage for utensils. Beautiful and accompanied by an extremely detailed exploded view. We like that.

0 Designer: Young-Chan Choo

03.11.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Lifestyle
Product Design
Seating

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Sit On An Ostrich Or Something Like It

Sit On An Ostrich Or Something Like It

A finalist for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa, the Ostrich Barstool defies conventional seating design for something whimsical and surprisingly comfortable. Inspired by a recent ride on an Ostrich, sounds fun! – the result is an upholstered seat with elegantly shaped steel legs based on an ostriches’ proportions. I want 3 of these NOW. I think they’re gorgeous and fun to look at.

0 Designer: Y. Tsai

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03.11.10
Long Tran

Categories:
Automotive
Motorcycle

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Advance Carbon Fiber Electric Bike

Advance Carbon Fiber Electric Bike

Thinking caps on because this takes some imagination to digest. The HMK 561 is a carbon fiber bike with special electrical properties that hold power right inside the frame. Carbon fiber is highly conductive so the designer uses it as a power distribution network instead of  wires. The power drives the lights and the motors in between the rims but get this… there’s regenerative braking. All that energy drives a system that turns the wheels using a counter-turning axel in lieu of gears and chains.

0 Designer: Ralf Kittmann

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