2008 Designer Glass Competition Finalists
What is it about martini glasses that people find so attractive? Is it the precarious nature of their original design, forcing you to step ever-so-gently…
May, 2008
Mobile Phone Shaped Like And Egg, Sorta
Designer Roman Tubl wasn’t concerned with integrating the latest and greatest in his EGG mobile phone concept. He just wanted something functional and easy to…
CandLED Lamp
Everything old is new again, or so it goes with this latest novelty lamp design called “Good Night Eileen” by Christine Birkhoven. Mixing old uses…
Sony Cybershot Snap Is Leathery
These excellent renders are just a concept Sony Cybershot camera dubbed ‘Snap’. Inspired by a man’s wallet, the surface is covered in leather. Like other…
Hug your morning wood…
Wow, where do I begin with this one? This is definitely going in my WTF File under WTF?!?! It seems as though a bunch of…
Infinitely Fishy Design
Ok boys and girls, you may need to squint a little on this one. What you are looking at is a fishbowl design that looks…
The Fastest Growing Grass Splits
Split Bamboo is probably one of the most sustainable products we’ve seen in awhile. The entire manufacturing process consists of harvesting and scoring the ends…
The Tidy Way To Be Messy
Cleanliness is next to Godliness or so they would have you believe. If you’re the messy type who tends to toss clothes all over the…
Good to the last drop
Finally a spoon that will satisfy those of us that can never get enough. No more embarrassing caught in the act moments of sticking your…
Bend to your will design
Origami is one of the oldest forms of Japanese design. The Japanese origin began in the 6th century when Buddhist monks from China carried paper…
Making Your Own Clock
The Meaning of Time is a brilliant clock concept perfect for all those crafty people out there. It supplies the mechanism to keep time, you…
Practice Plant
I’m no green thumb, have never been good at growing plants, and the only thing that seems to stay alive is my cactus which by…
All of the sites, none of the smells
Let’s face it, we live in a nearly virtual society. Just the fact that you are reading Yanko Design right now and experiencing objects of…
Deconstructive Construction
When I first moved to New York City, I moved into basically a warehouse space that was really not designed for a human to live…
This beating could use some pepper…
Are you an alpha or a beta? Well now it doesn’t really matter next time you are confronted with a would be mugger or attacker….
Eat with your glasses
Remember Project A? In what is surely one of Jackie Chan’s best performances there’s a scene where he can’t find any chopsticks to eat his…