Yanko DesignSearch results for 'Hyun Jin Yoon ' (page 1 of 18)

Put That Baby in the Trunk!

Chris Burns — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:32:49 +0000

OK all you moms… OK all you dads…! Listen up! It’s time you knew about putting your baby in the trunk! The “Trunk Stroller,” that is. Made by design geniousness in Seoul, this stroller folds down to the space you’ve got left over! And when you need to put the baby in it, it comes back up in a jiffy! Now I’ve got a stroller to stroll my baby in, and when I need it back down, it fits in the trunk of my car with plenty of space left for holiday presents!

This stroller is weird at first glance. It’s weird to take basically anything out of a trunk, especially something you’ll be then putting your baby in. But maybe that’s the key! Because a baby is involved, it’s appropriately strange!

I’ve known a few parents in my day and my parents had kids too, so I know a little bit about parenthood and how hectic it can get. When you’re a parent and you hear “hey, I’ve got something to make that baby situation you’ve got there a lot lighter” – you jump on it!

The opportunity I mean, not the baby. The baby belongs in the stroller.

Designers: Park Jungmin and Go Jingwon

Un Disposable Paper Cups

Radhika Seth — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:29:28 +0000

Old Theory : Use paper cup and then dispose.

New Theory : Use RIP-cUP, rip out the top layer where you sipped from, rinse and reuse for a couple of more drinks.

Your Theory : ????

Designers: Yoo-Jin Kim & Hyesun Lee

Going On A Carbon Diet

Long Tran — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:10:15 +0000

Eco2 Widget is a mobile and desktop app to get your carbon eating habits under control. Sure you don’t gain weight from carbon but you do harm the Earth and we all agree – the Earth is in dire need of a carbon diet. Like all diets, it requires a lifestyle change. The Eco2 widget not only monitors carbon affluents between all your devices but also educations and recommends little things you could do to help Earth get slimmer cleaner. There’s even a reward system built-in for digital money and to plant trees.

Designers: Jinok Kim & Sanghee Ryu

Do Jiggy To Get Sterile

Radhika Seth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:12 +0000

Toothbrushes! Only Sterile Toothbrushes…I promise! The deal is that some folks think it’s high time we had a system to sterilize toothbrushes as they are a breeding ground for some awful Bacteria. One of the ways suggested is to somehow harness our 700 stokes (if you brush for 3 minutes) to kinetic energy, which in turn powers the UV LED in the toothbrush to do some Bacteria zapping. To cut the chase, use Shake Toothbrush, jiggy = dry, sterile toothbrush!

Designers: Hak Hyeon Ryu & Gil Ho Jin

birds Birds BIRDS!

Long Tran — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:19:20 +0000

Seoul metro stations still use old school ad boards but designer Changhee Kang thinks his AD projection system called Motion Graphic might keep commuters more entertained. The large screens show of all things – birds. Not pretty blue jays or cute parakeets but black birds. The sight of a swarm of black birds flying by as a train enters the station sure will wake sleepy commuters but I can’t help and think of the scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds. On the other hand all that real estate should give advertising agencies a kick in the creative noggin dreaming up the best way to sell you a Hyundai.

Designer: Changhee Kang

Not Another Brick In The Wall

Radhika Seth — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:37 +0000

The Save Water Brick design is really unique; the brick is a mixture of discarded plastic bottles and dried rotting leaves molded into bricks. There are funnels within the brick to channelize the rain water to nearby plants or underground tanks. So the basic idea is that it collects rainwater for consumption. Obviously the bricks are intended for external walls so that they can absorb the water, but the question is will they be strong enough to endure the elements?

Designers: Jin-young Yoon & Jeongwoong Kwon via IIDA

The Green Share A Cab

Radhika Seth — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:00:51 +0000

In Utopia you can actually find cabs that are willing to take you to your destination. In that same fantasy land, cabs drivers and passengers actually believe in carpooling! For such fantasy situations is the Carpool LED Top Light. This sprightly indicator harnesses the wind energy via the embedded fan to power the indicating lights. Sadly we don’t live in Utopia and we can never find a cab, let alone share one!

Designers: Xi Ouyang, Yuanbiao Jin, Yao Sun & Yelu Liu

Go Around The Buttons

Radhika Seth — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:08:54 +0000

Merry go round the buttons I tell ya! Dang the button area around your starched shirt is tough to crease-out. Some irons do have indents on the side, allowing you to kinda skim around the sweet spot, but it ain’t got a Full U like the “U-Button Iron”. Hit the special button the iron and voilà! The tip retracts to reveal a U that slides under the button to give you a fully ironed shirt.

Designers: Jun-kyo Lee & Jin-young Yoon

Crazy Cutlery With Identity Crisis

Radhika Seth — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:25 +0000

Does the Chopork have an identity crisis? Like would you classify it as a fork or a chopstick or both? Nah! I wouldn’t bother much about the functionality of two sticks turning from a fork to chopsticks. I’d be worried about branding it as Chopork; sounds more like chop-the-pork! Got any better name suggestions?

Designer: Yoonsang Kim

Moisture Collectors

Chris Burns — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:01:35 +0000

Inspired by the Giving Tree, this project called the “Savior Bud” latches on to trees (one of Earth’s most generous living things) and uses it’s natural recycling processes to obtain water. In a simple process which basically involves collecting the moisture from the leaves and emptying it out into containers, the Savior Bud takes one more step toward acceptable living conditions in Africa.

As our intrepid designers note, Africa is plagued twice by their hydration situation. Twice because not only is their water supply low, but the water that’s available is often undrinkable and polluted.

The process goes like this:

1. Find a broadleaf tree with lots of leaves.

2. Opening the Savior Bud like a giant clamp, surround a few leaves, and release. The Savior Bud should now be containing the leaves like you see in the picture below, sort of like a greenhouse.

3. In about four hours, the leaves will have produced about one cup of water. Turning the bottom of the bud like a faucet will release the water to be put into a separate container for drinking.

Additional details below. I wouldn’t mind one of these for camping or something like that, would you?

Also, C-3P0 not required.

Designers: Kim Hyo Jin and Seol Ah Sun