This Levitating Orb Lamp Drifts Toward You in the Dark Before You Ask
Artificial lighting has come a long way, but most of it still operates on the same basic logic. You plug something in, it stays where…
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.
Artificial lighting has come a long way, but most of it still operates on the same basic logic. You plug something in, it stays where…
The traditional desktop PC has been losing ground for years, not to laptops or tablets, but to a growing class of machines that ask a…
The tablet-as-laptop pitch has been a hard sell for years, and a lot of the blame lands on the accessories. Keyboard covers for Android tablets…
Ergonomic keyboards have a reputation problem. They work, technically, but most of them look like they were designed by someone who’d never sat through a…
For most people, the smartphone screen is where focus goes to die. Even when you pick one up with a purpose, the bright OLED glare,…
Most people deep in the Apple ecosystem carry at least three devices that need charging every day. An iPhone, an Apple Watch, and AirPods don’t…
Learning to play a musical instrument is one of the most commonly abandoned pursuits in modern life. The gap between wanting to play and being…
Smartphone design has been converging on a single, almost universal ideal: more screen, less frame. Brands across the spectrum have spent the last few years…
Sleep has quietly become one of the most closely watched aspects of personal health. Around one in three people struggle with it, and roughly half…
Heat is one of the most underestimated side effects of climate change, particularly in cities where built-up surfaces trap warmth long after the sun has…
Productivity apps have become one of the more ironic problems of modern work life. The tools meant to keep us focused are apps that live…
Film photography isn’t going anywhere, and the disposable camera has quietly become one of the more interesting objects in that revival. What started as a…