Ex-McLaren Designers Just Built a $130,000 Carbon Fiber Chair
Luxury furniture has long borrowed the language of high-performance design without much of the substance behind it. Carbon fiber panels get applied as surface decoration,…
Juan Carlos is the Editorial Director for Yanko Design. Holding degrees in both Philosophy and Computer Science, he has been covering tech and digital lifestyle since 2012. As an open source contributor since 2006, he has worked with the Kubuntu and KDE projects as a technical writer and a software developer, helping to make computers more accessible and usable to people. Having honed his skills over the years, he has developed insights into the design trends in tech and UX. He is a digital artist in his spare time and a self-professed otaku.
Luxury furniture has long borrowed the language of high-performance design without much of the substance behind it. Carbon fiber panels get applied as surface decoration,…
Everyday carry culture has done something interesting to the way we think about the small objects in our pockets. Lighters, pens, and multi-tools have long…
DIY handheld gaming has always had a ceiling for newcomers. Most builds require custom-designed PCBs, hard-to-find specialized connectors, and at least a few evenings spent…
Wall chargers have always been the most ignored piece of any desk setup. They sit behind monitors or under tables, doing their job without asking…
Most laptop sleeves are built around a simple promise: keep the bad stuff out. Padded walls, tight zippers, and water-resistant fabrics form the standard playbook…
The mechanical keyboard market has quietly split into two distinct camps. On one side, you’ve got premium enthusiast boards built around sound profiles, gasket mounts,…
The privacy conversation around laptops tends to happen entirely in software. Operating systems add permissions dialogs, apps get granted or denied microphone access, and browsers…
Service robots have been making steady progress in controlled environments, but deploying them in real commercial spaces has always come down to one stubborn problem:…
The writerdeck movement has one recurring irony: devices built specifically to cut through digital distraction have a tendency to get expensive. Custom keyboards, purpose-built screens,…
AI on laptops has created a new kind of battery problem. The promise of on-device AI processing, where the work stays local rather than routing…
Electric vehicles have reshaped how people cover long distances, but the stretch between a parking spot and a front door hasn’t changed much. That last…
Productive brainstorming rarely stays in one room. Teams move between floors, commandeer empty meeting rooms, or pull chairs into an open corner when a whiteboard…