http://www.yankodesign.com Modern Industrial Design News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don’t tell me you didn’t get a tad bit influenced by the movie 2012 or seek out the 2012 phenomena? With dark notions like this looming ahead, it really makes me want to do good stuff now, this instant. Stuff like recycling paper and using it in many different forms. ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/are-you-green-hanger-savvy/ It was about time that someone came up with the concept of a phone that was dedicated to social networking. YD’s resident designer Shane Crozier is on top things and has his finger on the pulse. 31337 (Elite) Phone connects to Facebook and Twitter and hooks up to the contacts ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/a-very-social-phone/ All it takes is a hook-shaped carving in a paint brush to quantify it as an ingenious idea. Something that I’m willing to endorse! I may not be a house-painter but I can foresee the situation of someone getting this itch to scratch his nose (or butt). If he were ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/hang-on-the-rim/ The Mac. He is back. He's clear again. He is so clear this time, you'll just want to get out the windex just to see if the glass is actually there. Two concepts. One is a phone, the other is a desktop computer. Made with the real intention of creating ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/the-new-clarity/ 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 ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/put-that-baby-in-the-trunk/ Who's up for some cabinet design? I am. Let's do this. We've got some flatness, some whiteness, some mirroring, some rounding, and some televisions and speaker equipment placed in there. What do you know! Four objects, one post, one design group: the Art S=4pieR2 sphere, the Mystere Hyde, the Why ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/cabinets-aplenty/ Twitter-tweet-retweet! Words that can get you the world’s thinnest, lightest quad-core notebook PC FREE! Step 1: Follow Yanko Design on Twitter and Tweet: Just entered to win a HP Envy 15. Just follow @yankodesign and retweet http://bit.ly/2j7spn Step 2: Come back to YD and tell us how the The ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/20/tweet-to-win-hp-envy-notebook/ Most of my friends get all awestruck and goofy when they lay their hands on the latest netbooks. For me it’s always been an affair with notebooks and paper; a case of old habits dying hard, because I grew up using portfolios and paper books. Stationery essentials like the Notefolio ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/19/affair-with-notefolio/ Satin sheets symbolizing luxury are getting geeky by the day! Imagine integrating a radio alarm clock within the Sheet! That’s the Melted Clock for you: a haptic, touch sensitive alarm with speakers and controls all embedded within your sheet. The three control icons are embroidered on the sheet and relevant ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/19/embedded-in-bed/ River Han winds its way through Seoul and poses a pretty picture. I’m sure a stroll along its banks will be pleasant and refreshing, but designer Kyung Kuk Kim (he’s a resident of Seoul) feels, Han can be beautified in a very inviting and eco-friendly way. He proposes the installation ... http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/11/19/beautifying-the-han/