Media Centers: Not Just for Nerds
Let me tell you what a media center is, first of all: it’s a computer. It’s a computer from which you have a bunch of…
Desks with the Clampdown
So you’re at the library, you’ve got all your stuff spread out, and bam! You’ve gotta potty. You need to use the bathroom but you…
Furniture for a New Design School
What simplicity is this? This set of furniture, seats and tables, is made by students of the school of art and design Saint-étienne in France….
One Liter Racing Madness
What kind of vehicle race would you see if each driver were limited to only one liter of gasoline? Thats what Moritz Martin is asking…
Welcome Blocks of Power
So you’re driving along in your electric car, right? And you’re thinking gosh, now that I have this Hybrid or whatever I am driving today,…
Sticky Carpool Window Clingys
A carpool concept for a perfectly trusting world. That’s what this is. Our designers here, Gwang Hoon Lee, Chan Il Jung, have concocted a simple…
UNIKEA: Make Your IKEA Unique!
What do you do when you reach a design roadblock? My favorite solution is to ADD LIMITATIONS. Often doing such a thing forces you to…
Shave Your Beard For Life
Shaving design: just what you woke up for this morning! This amazing shaving machine was made by designer Kristen Beck to be a shaving device…
Post Baroque Hardcore Violin
For over 500 million years… or wait… 500 years, the form of the violin has deviated from the baroque style very little. This violin right…
War of the Patio Worlds
There’s no deflection like reflection! Does that make sense to you? It will in a second here, just wait. As for the title of this…
Luxurious Napkins
They need luxurious napkin holders. And of course, as always, Yanko Design comes through for you on that. The “Lecygne” is designed to complete the…
Not Your Everyday Satanic Shelf
Ever wonder what real impact organized religion has had on furniture design? Me too! I wonder that every day! Designer Guy Keulemans wonders that, and…
Moisture Collectors
Inspired by the Giving Tree, this project called the “Savior Bud” latches on to trees (one of Earth’s most generous living things) and uses it’s…
Straw Sneakers
In this project, designer HoDong Sung took on the task of redesigning a two thousand year old shoe. A shoe design, I should say, not…
Do Not Shake Vase
We’ve had our share of vase concepts here on Yanko Design, and this is definitely one of them. It’s strikingly similar to a previous “framed…
Audi Avatar Supercar
This is the car that, as the designer describes, is the car and the embodiment of fun that rightfully belongs to the “computer generation.” Am…