This $399 Device Can Kill Your Joint Pain Using Infrared Lasers (And Zero Side Effects)
The first Move+ made a bold promise: what if your “painkiller” was a band of light instead of a bottle of pills? By wrapping medical-grade…
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These No-Drill Window Blinds Install in 30 Seconds Without Damaging Your Walls
There is a moment of hesitation familiar to anyone who has ever wanted to personalize their living space: the moment before drilling a hole into…
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Piece of NYC on Your Bookshelf
Magnum Photos is issuing a new edition of its book New York. This book is giant, at 20X14 inches, and comes with its own little…
Carbon Fiber Purisme Letter Opener Review
Pure luxe, that’s how I’m going to start off this review. Carbon fiber is a favorite material of ours here at Yanko Design as seen…
Not For Anyone Who Sucks at Math
Everything we create is designed to respond instantly to our whims but what if our world were set up like the game Myst. You couldn’t…
Lemme See How You Feel
As communication becomes increasingly reliant on social media experiences i.e., email, IM, and text messages – valuable information woven subtly in physical interaction are lost….
Be Green While You Lean
As you have probably noticed, sustainable designs are very important to me, and finding a functional green design gets me excited. The Barnacle Chair by…
OLED Display Keeps The Insulin Pumping
When a new technology comes to market, a ripple effect can cause all sorts of product categories to benefit. To wit, insulin pumps have lagged…
My Entire House be Rearranging Itself, Grid-wise
I just saw an episode of Futurama where instead of the elevator moving though the building, the entire building moved when the button was pressed….
Best of October 2008
Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below you’ll find the most popular…
Light Under My Bottom, Light Under My Drink
In an ideal world, we can touch any object in our environment to activate its inner-light. This will allow those of us who are night-owls…
100% Design Tokyo 2008, Huge Photo Gallery!
While most of you are busy recovering from sugar highs (did you get good candy?) we were busy at 100% Design Tokyo. This year drew…
Fireworks Help Find Your Car
Every time I get out of a car I yell to my friends the exact floor, side, and column it’s located on. Two hours later…
Miesian Rocking
Over the years we have been fascinated by the alternate takes on Mies Van der Rohe’s Barcelona Chair. It never gets old, although it’s sometimes…
Oh Little Bonsai, You Like My Music?
This week is an orgy of the hottest and latest concepts and products coming out of Japan. We’ll be at 100% Tokyo but over at…
My Wind Chime is Smarter than Yours
Ah wind chimes. They can be so relaxing or excruciatingly irritating. It wouldn’t be so bad if they served a functional purpose but thanks to…
Proper Tea Anyone?
TeaFix, the quintessential British-ness kit offers all the comfort one needs on a long journey. Like one of those plastic tear sheets found in model…
My Legs Don’t Match
It’s one part modern and 2 parts whimsical. The Flaque Table technically only has 3 legs, all with different shapes. It’s a bit kitsch but…