Yanko Design » Accessories & Fashion

Dumpling Inspired Backpack

Long Tran — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:39:01 +0000

Here’s a slightly different take on the backpack. The Dumpling, inspired by the delicious pouch foods, is a backpack that treats your belongings as color coded and compartmentalized items. The backpack is actually made up of a series of roll-up bags. Take only what you need and roll them up into the main support guard which is quite simple in design – a couple straps and a big hook. It looks crafty but something about it is very attractive.

Designer: Shin Ji-Young

No Numbers Or Hands, But It Tells Time

Long Tran — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:33:53 +0000

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.

Designer: Robert Dabi

ZERO wrist watch from Robert Dabi on Vimeo.

Revenge Of The G-Spot Mouse

Radhika Seth — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:52:34 +0000

Its International Women’s Day and its befitting that I confuse you guys with Andy Kurovets’ Maze Of Time. There is a connection between the two… you had fun at the expense of the female anatomy and now it’s time to pay for those silly smirks! The Maze Of Time watch uses colors in a kaleidoscopic way to represent the time. So when you see a chaotic yellow line below, it’s actually the number “1”. Blue is the number “2”, red color stands for “3”, and “4” corresponds to the green etc. Kinda TokyoFlash-esque and time to get your grey cells working!

Designer: Andy Kurovets

A Watch With No Face

Radhika Seth — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:16:48 +0000

Aurora is a watch that doesn’t have an apparent dial. There’s more of a transparent face with no signs of the hour or minutes hand. It’s not as if the designer forgot to put them there, he just got innovative and decided to perk up this analog piece by including funky laser light beams for the hands. The red beam indicates the minutes and the blue depicts the hour. They appear only when you tap the bevel edge around the watch ring; until then it’s just a hip jewelry around your wrist.

Designer: Jihun Yeom

Best Of Two Watch Worlds

Radhika Seth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:00:13 +0000

Men are greedy and want only the best, so Designer Josh gives into their whims, by designing a classy Digital Analog Watch. The watchface hosts a modern digital display but still functions like a traditional analog watch. Details like date, day of the week, AM/PM are focused to the center. The AM/PM option switches to the seconds counter and a magnetic wrist band secures the watch around the wrist. Josh is all smiles coz his design has been picked by Cadence Watch Company and will go into production soon. Bravo!

Designer: Josh Chadwick

When DuPont Corian Married Fashion

Radhika Seth — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:02:42 +0000

In the wicked mind of designer James Thompson, this marriage is the perfect platform to explore the possibilities of fashion accessories, namely rings and awesome pendants. The unlikely twist comes in the form of titanium as the metallic base. Hand crafted and a far cry from the Haoshi X Rings that Long Tran reviewed, tell me which ones are more your style? The Black Badger or the Haoshi X?

Photo © Hans Stålhandske

Designer: James Thompson for Black Badger Advanced Composites

From Daylight To Darkness And In-between

Radhika Seth — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:03:24 +0000

Fade in Fade out, 20 seconds lapse and then fade in fade out (repeat), folks with all the time in the world can really kill time, staring at this hypnotic watch! Twilight Watch is for the leisure folks who don’t mind people stopping them on the streets, just to have a look at time fading in…and… out; light to black!

Designer: Daniel Will-Harris for Projects [ Buy it Here, Twilight is available for $120 @ YD Store ]

Twilight Watch is available for $120 @ YD Store

Kitsch Styling Bags

Radhika Seth — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:08:21 +0000

How you accessorize can change the way you carry yourself dramatically. In an odd way, your office bag is an extension of your personality as well. Sixr, Papr & Papr II are a series of bags that add the right amount of sophistication to your persona and come with amazing variations and colors. Have a look….

The Sixr comes in 2 variations: Camel & Black
The Papr comes in 3 variations: Camel, Black, Black AmericanRedCross LimitedEdition
The PAPR II shoulder bag comes in 3 variations: Camel, Black, Black AmericanRedCross LimitedEdition

Designer: KIMKIM Artifacts [ Buy it Here Sixr | Papr | Papr II ]

KIMKIM Artifacts are available at the YD Store

I’m Totally Confused Between Digital And Analogue

Radhika Seth — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:00:43 +0000

This is the mish-mash of a Digital And Analogue Clock and aptly named the same. Typically digital clocks represent time in ciphers and analogue clocks indicate time using angles. Seen here is a concept that portrays the transformation of digital clock into analogue, when the numerals become blocks that display the time. These instants when the location of the blocks is changing can be explained as analogue concept. Hmmm, interesting…but do you think so as well?

Designer: Hye-Yeon Kim

Guessing Game Continued

Radhika Seth — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:44:10 +0000

It’s a slack Wednesday, plum in the middle of the week. Let’s spice it up with a round of the ever famous Guessing Game! What do you think this is my friend…come let me Reveal (HINT) it to you….

It’s the Reveal Watch! An analog watch that reads time in a digital format! What’s cute about it is that the old time fades out to reveal the new moment! This video below will explain it better. Always be in the present moment….Reveal is available in Black & Steel finishes in mesh and leather straps.

Designer: Daniel Will-Harris for Projects [ Reveal Watch ranges between $95 & $110, available @ YD Store ]

Reveal Watch ranges between $95 & $110, available @ YD Store