UMBRELLA+ Moves the Umbrella Stand Off the Floor and Into Your Exit Routine
Leaving the house, getting halfway down the block, and realizing it is raining, but your umbrella is still in the bucket by the door, is…
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.
Leaving the house, getting halfway down the block, and realizing it is raining, but your umbrella is still in the bucket by the door, is…
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Most desks end up with a laptop brick, a phone charger, a watch puck, a wireless stand, and a small power strip fighting for space….
Desks start tidy and slowly fill with stacks of printouts, notebooks, sketchpads, and loose sheets. The half-hearted attempts to tame it with file folders and…
Phones became both lifelines and germ magnets during the pandemic: the one thing you touched constantly but probably never cleaned properly. People started wiping screens…
Owning a couple of Marshall Bluetooth speakers means great sound in different rooms, but getting music to follow you means reconnecting Bluetooth, nudging volume knobs,…