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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.

TCL Note A1 Tablet Feels Like E-Ink Paper but Shows Full Color and Video

People bounce between paper notebooks, e-ink readers, and glossy tablets, each good at one thing and bad at others. E-ink is gentle but slow and…

Product Design, Tablets

This Case Fixes iPhone’s Weak Selfie Camera with a Second Screen

The iPhone’s rear cameras keep getting better, but selfies still rely on a smaller, lower-resolution front sensor, and storage upgrades cost considerably more than a…

Accessories, Phones, Product Design

Thunder Duo Max Brings 5.1.2 Atmos to Your Desk With Just 4 Speakers

Most gaming setups lean on either a soundbar under the monitor or a headset clamped to your head. Soundbars are convenient but flatten the sense…

Audio, Deals, Gaming, Product Design

This Monument-Inspired Speaker Concept Stands Tall on Your Shelf

Most wireless speakers fall into two visual camps: squat cylinders that look like tech, or anonymous black boxes that try to disappear. There is a…

Architecture, Audio, Product Design

Pebble-inspired Modular Mouse Reconfigures for Left or Right Hands

Most everyday products, from scissors to mice, are designed around right-handed users, leaving left-handed people to adapt or struggle. That adaptation becomes invisible labor, especially…

Accessories, Product Design

Sintesi by Artemide Brings Ernesto Gismondi’s 1975 Tool Lamp Back to the Desk

Artemide is celebrating its history, and Sintesi, introduced in 1975, was the first lamp signed by founder Ernesto Gismondi. His background was engineering and manufacturing,…

Lighting, Product Design

This Turntable Spins Vinyl Vertically So Records Become Wall Art

Vinyl has come back as much for the ritual and artwork as for the sound, yet most turntables still hide records flat on a plinth,…

Audio, Music, Product Design

Split Is an Umbrella Stand Concept That Opens Into a Hallway Console

Most entryways are chaos zones. Umbrellas lean against walls, keys land on whatever surface is closest, and the stand is usually just a metal tube…

Furniture, Product Design

Norm Lamp’s Body and Pods Are Cut From the Same Aluminum Tube

Many contemporary pendant lamps hide a surprising amount of complexity, multiple materials, custom housings, and plastic diffusers layered around a simple LED strip. That often…

Lighting, Product Design, Sustainable Design

Gomi Phone Case Is 100% Recycled, and No Two Look Exactly the Same

Phone cases change often. New phone, new case, new colour, and those old cases quietly pile up in drawers or end up in landfill. The…

Accessories, Phones, Product Design, Sustainable Design

These Pendant Lamps Are Cast From Recycled Lava in 8mm Thin Shells

Foscarini has a habit of pushing lighting beyond glass and metal, experimenting with concrete, fabric, and now molten rock. The brand often treats materials as…

Lighting, Product Design

This Phone Concept Stacks a 3.5-Inch LCD Above a 5.2-Inch E Ink Screen

Modern phones have turned into pocket TVs, huge OLED slabs that are great for video and games but terrible for focus. Most E Ink phones…

Phones, Product Design
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