02.14.08
Long Tran

Categories:
Green
Interiors
Product Design

51 Comments

Sort and Separate

Sort and Separate

Lets face it. We all should be recycling. What used to be simple; “metal goes here, paper goes there, and plastic goes in over there,” is now a bit more complicated. For example did you know not all plastics and metals can be recycled? If you look for the recycling symbol on most packaging, it’s often filled with a number value. They denote what can and can’t be recycled. That’s where the Barcode Trashcan comes in. It makes being “green” a lot easier.

0 Designer: Woo Seok Park

02.13.08
Shane Crozier

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design

126 Comments

Collapsible Surfboard

Collapsible Surfboard

As apartments and cars become increasingly compact, that surfboard you never seem to find the time to use just takes up more and more space. Nicholas Notara has decided to devote some time to the problem and has created the collapsible surfboard. This carbon-fiber board has been carefully designed to maintain the balance and weight of its traditional counterpart, but with the help of two pins and a quick release lever can halve in size.

0 Designer: Nicholas Notara

02.13.08
Anthony James

Categories:
Product Design

5 Comments

The Shape of Things to Come...

The Shape of Things to Come…

Curves are the new black when it comes to industrial design. From the elongated drop silhouette of Apple’s Macbook AIR laptop computer, to the very sexy swooping lines of the Fisker “Karma” Hybrid Sports Car. At Yanko we sometimes run across objects of desire that are truly intriguing by design but confusing when it comes to function. This collection of leather home accessories by Jerome Olivet for French home furnisher ROCHE BOBOIS, is a perfect example of this.

0 Designer: Jerome Olivet

02.12.08
Anthony James

Categories:
Packaging
Product Design

22 Comments

H2Oh my!

H2Oh my!

Water has never looked so good. When water bottlers Fine Japon decided to offer up a new bottle design, they recruited one of the heavy hitters of industrial design and packaging, Karim Rashid. Impressed by his work with luxury designer fragrance brands like Issey Miyake, Kenzo and Prada, Fine Japon was set on creating an inspired marriage of design, functionality and product.

0 Designer: Karim Rashid

02.08.08
Anthony James

Categories:
Bathroom
Product Design

50 Comments

Don't drop the soap...

Don’t drop the soap…

A bar of soap is probably one of the most efficient product designs ever created. Rub it where you want to be clean and eventually the bar just fades away…mostly. Not many things in life are more physically challenging than attempting to hold on to that little sliver of sudsy salvation. Dropping the soap can sometimes have lethal results, whether by slip-or-fall or for our “legally challenged” citizens, that fate worse than death.

0 Designer: Wooteik Lim

02.08.08
Anthony James

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design

6 Comments

Flair for your Square of Air

Flair for your Square of Air

Modern times being what they are, with sky high real estate prices and space in most larger cities running out quickly, designers are constantly put to task and have made “Necessity the Mother of Invention” yet again. Apartment living can be both practical and convenient for urban centric lifestyles, but the limited space available in most squares-of-air is usually enough to drive us to prescription drugs.

0 Designer: Christian Lessing

02.07.08
Anthony James

Categories:
Outdoor
Product Design

15 Comments

Ghost in the Shell...

Ghost in the Shell…

“There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.” – Alfred Hitchcock. Truer words can not be spoken and the designers of the “Shell” Urn by LOTS of Limited are clearly on the same wavelength as the Master of Suspense. Evolving past religious dogma, the designers have created a unique and dignified way to leave this reality, while at the same time celebrating your appreciation for nature and good design.. one last time.

0 Designer: Lots Design

02.05.08
Long Tran

Categories:
Product Design
Technology

21 Comments

Musicians Gettin' High Tech

Musicians Gettin’ High Tech

Ah orchestra. Twas not long ago when I was playing in a band and one of my biggest peeves was carrying butt loads of sheet music. The EMS (E-paper Music Score) solves that mess by using E-paper technology. This single flexible screen can be unrolled and feed sheet music via bluetooth from a computer. Best part is the included foot peddle which virtually turns the pages. Clever clever.

0 Designer: Serina Sung

02.05.08
Anthony James

Categories:
Medical
Product Design

18 Comments

WHY WE REALLY FEAR NEEDLES...

WHY WE REALLY FEAR NEEDLES…

The Dutch Danes really have a thing about needles. So bad is the problem with bloody or possibly HIV infected needles being found throughout city centers, parks, beaches and stair wells, that there is actually need for this device. It’s called the Urban Needle Box by Hån Pham, and this Zippo Lighter sized storage container is simple in design but tackles a complex and growing drug problem worldwide.

0 Designer: Han Pham

02.04.08
Long Tran

Categories:
Product Design
Technology

28 Comments

Your Mobile Phone's Best Friend

Your Mobile Phone’s Best Friend

If dogs are to man then the MCube is to mobile phones. This industrious little cube is a wireless charger, bluetooth speaker, and information display. When you come home just place your mobile near the MCube. Using short range induction technology, your phone gets juiced up while all basic information like date/time, messages, and caller ID are transfered to the MCube’s built-in display. What’s more, the touch controls on the MCube enable you to access your mobile’s music files and pumps it out thru built-in speakers via bluetooth. Who wants one?

0 Designer: Sohui Won

02.04.08
Yanko Design

Categories:
Bathroom
Product Design

7 Comments

Scale for Infants

Scale for Infants

This is a portable air cushioned infant scale where you can completely release the air of the cushion and roll it into the size of an umbrella for convenient storage and carriage. Just push the power button and the air will be pumped in automatically. The soft and elastic air cushioned platform is comfortable and safe for infants to lie on.

0 Designer: Duck Image Studio

02.01.08
Long Tran

Categories:
Product Design
Technology

35 Comments

Hang On For Dear Life

Hang On For Dear Life

Desk space is a premium so designers try to cater that by creating objects with smaller footprints. Take for example this Hanging Printer. The bulk of its components are actually underneath the desk. The paper feed and print head are the only parts sitting on the desk. The casing has an embedded LCD to indicate status. It makes for a simple clean modern aesthetic that’s actually quite a solve for today’s cluttered desktops.

0 Designer: Jin Hee Kim

01.31.08
Long Tran

Categories:
Product Design

39 Comments

The Cord Trap

The Cord Trap

You know those big holes you find in some desks? They’re supposed to help keep all cables in one place but things still end up kinda messy. The Cord Trap is just a coupling you snap into the hole. The notches help keep cables separate and hopefully from tangling up.

0 Designer: Ram-hae Keum

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