About

Yanko Design is a web magazine dedicated to introducing the best modern international design, covering from industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. It’s about the cutting edge and the classic, the new and the rediscovered. It’s all about the best.

Yankodesign.com reaches a rapidly expanding audience of approximately 360,000+ unique users, viewing 2 million pageviews each month with 8,000+ total daily newsletter subscribers making it the world’s most popular & influential online design magazine.

Yanko Design is on the list of Technorati.com’s top 100 most read blogs on the internet, currently ranked at 69 (out of 75,000,000+ blogs)

Yanko Design Team

Takashi Yamada - Publisher Takashi, Publisher of YankoDesign.com, is responsible for bringing the content and vision to Yanko Design. Past businesses decent into fine dining, web-development and retail design. Prior to Yanko Design, Takashi was a consultant in the multibillion dollar luxury industry in Japan. Clients included Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Bulgari and various exclusive groups such as Richemont (Cartier, Alfred Dunhill and Montblanc). He currently focuses on his passion of modern industrial design and pushes as a “design agency” to promote original ideas and talented undiscovered designers through YankoDesign.com. In five years it has grown amongst the most respected and visited design sites on the web. Takashi was born in Japan and raised in Canada. Currently he spends his time residing both in Japan and Canada.

Jason Hui - CEO & CIO Jason, CEO and CIO of YankoDesign.com, is responsible for bringing the vision and strategy of Yanko Design to life. Jason is a business savvy computer science major with seven years experience in project management and development. He has work experience with the world’s largest multi-national corporations in the Financial and Business Intelligence sectors that provide solutions to companies such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard/Compaq. In his own time, he volunteers at local events and enjoys the great outdoors in the beautiful city of Vancouver.

Long Tran - Editor-in-Chief Long, Editor of YankoDesign.com, is responsible for editorial aspect of Yanko Design. He currently Art Directs for an interactive design agency with clients such as Disney, Fox, NBC Universal and Warner Bros. In addition, he is a writer for a respected technology blog NextLust.com and founder of electro^plankton. Long is an avid Mac fan, and during his spare time, creates his own line of fashion wear.

Anthony James - Senior Associate Editor Working in the New York fashion industry during the first act of his life, Anthony’s love of design began at fashion powerhouse Gucci. Leaving the fashion world for more entertaining ventures, Anthony then went on to art direct for Playboy TV, while at the same time contrasting that by winning a Gold Broadcast Design Award (BDA) for his work with Nickelodeon TV. Since moving to Los Angeles, Anthony co-founded audio technology firm Varitalk.com and has been working as a copywriter and producer in movie marketing for the past seven years. He is also currently a contributor for Gearcrave.com, a men’s buyers guide focused on aspirational consumption.

Ansley Berrones - Associate Editor Ansley is a writer and executive recruiter based in Atlanta Georgia. As a design advocate, Ansley is passionate about the ways that design and creativity can affect daily life, reflect human needs, and inevitably impact the world. Ansley is also a writer for the modern green lifestyle company, GLiving.TV.

Shane Crozier - Contributing Editor Australian born industrial designer who graduated from the University of Newcastle’s degree program. He is an advocate for sustainability, functionality, and usability, and is currently involved in both freelance work, and the research and development of products for a more environmentally sustainable heavy industries and transportation sector.