Your Charger Is On Display for 23 Hours a Day, ORNA Designed for That
The wall charger is one of the most present objects in any home and one of the least considered. It sits on bedside tables, desk…
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.
The wall charger is one of the most present objects in any home and one of the least considered. It sits on bedside tables, desk…
Most home robots ask a lot from the room they inhabit. They arrive with screens, speakers, wake words, and personalities, all requiring acknowledgment from whoever…
Battery life has always been the quiet asterisk on handheld gaming. The Nintendo Switch 2’s internal battery offers roughly two to six and a half…
Office chairs have largely operated on a color vocabulary of one. Black. Occasionally dark gray. The reasoning is defensible enough: a chair meant to work…
Nursery products have generally been designed around the assumption that function is the only thing that matters. A baby monitor that broadcasts clearly, a sound…
Product design has always been part craft, part communication. Getting a concept from sketch to client approval demands a level of visual storytelling that most…
Smart speakers have become some of the most visually forgettable objects in modern homes. A cylinder, a puck, a fabric-wrapped drum, placed wherever the Wi-Fi…
The case for a second phone has gotten easier to make over the past few years. Whether it’s for a work line, a travel SIM,…
The EDC community is particular about what earns a place in their pockets. Titanium hardware, precision multitools, and machined accessories all go through plenty of…
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module has always been more useful as a component than as a standalone board. Stripped of the standard ports that make…
The soundbar has become the default home theater upgrade for anyone who doesn’t want to fill a room with floor-standing speakers and receiver cabinets. It’s…
Gaming handhelds have settled into a fairly predictable shape. A display, a battery, a chip, and controllers, all sealed into a body you carry as…