I had the good fortune to review the BRAZO table lamp by Pablo Designs commissioned by Haworth, 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.
Designer: Pablo Designs
Lets be posh for a moment. Lets pretend I’m some wildly dandy gentleman who jet sets all over but my accoutrements don’t match the lifestyle. If you’re into luxury, style, a a bit of opulence then you might like the Black Titanium Collection by MENU. It consists of luggage tags, a mobile charging cradle, a business card case, and a credit card holder. Read on!
Designer: Aurélien Barbry
Like many places, California implemented a new law prohibiting cellular use without a handsfree device while driving. Ironically that’s when Jawbone contacted me to do a review on their second generation bluetooth headset. Same aesthetic but significantly smaller, lighter, and improved sound quality. What more could one ask for?
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If you don’t know the now legendary story of the mother of all vaporware companies Infinium Labs and their fabled Phantom Gaming Console, I won’t bore you with those details. Suffice to say the company famous for not delivering on a gaming dream has delivered a pretty decent gaming/multimedia keyboard and mouse. The Phantom Lapboard was originally designed to accompany a console gaming system that never arrived.
One of the most commonly asked questions I get are, “what’s a good bag?” That’s a loaded question. I answer, “it depends what you need it for.” As for me, I was on a quest to find a bag that was both stylish and functional. Carga Bags here I come.
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Listen up, today’s man carries way more stuff than his pockets can hold. You’ve got keys, money, identification, mobile phone, MP3 player, wireless headset, pen, maybe even a checkbook and portable gaming system to pass time. The Setgo line of urban accessories makes this man’s pockets lighter while keeping him at arm’s reach of everything he needs.
Designer: Nathan Leon
1,000 feet you say? That’s the claim made by hField Technologies, makers of the Wi-Fire; a wireless device that extends the reach of a standard Wi-Fi signal. Big question is does it work?
Buy It Here: Wi-Fire
About a month ago I got an email from Designer Stefano Casanova about his new Lofu shoe. At first I was put off by their Crocs-like material but these are some of the most comfortable slip-ons I’ve ever had.
Designer: Stefano Casanova
Tech wary people who need organization in their lives may need the Jot-It by Cocoa Living. The simple dry erase system is an old school way of keeping organized and I had the chance to review it, promptly switching all my calendaring and notating events from my laptop. After several weeks, how am I doing? Read on to find out.
Buy It Here: Cocoa Jot-It
So how many times have you tried write yourself a note under water, or really needed to jot down some coordinates in the vacuum of space, or more practically sign a receipt against the wall? If you’ve answered yes to any of those questions you may want to snag yourself an Inka Pen.
Buy It Here: Inka Pen
There’s something comforting about allowing your body to totally collapse and relax. Even with the comfiest and coziest chairs and couches, we’re forced to sit how the furniture intended for us to sit. Totally not the case with the Sumo Lounge Omni.
Buy It Here: Sumo Lounge
Here at Yanko Design, it’s not often we get to paw our grubby little hands on real products. Much of what we feature here are concepts – envisages of the future. These products exemplify cutting edge industrial design so when one of those makes it to production you can be sure we’re first in line. The new Apple iPhone is one of those exemplary products.
Review: Electro^Plankton
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