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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.

Forget Mindfulness Apps, This Desk Top Spins for 2 Minutes Instead

Screens are on all day, and hands tend to find something to do when focus slips. Pen clicking, phone picking, knuckle cracking, the nervous tics…

Lifestyle, Product Design, Toys

This Air Purifier Concept Looks Like Scandinavian Audio Gear

Air purifiers tend to look like medical equipment and come with apps you didn’t ask for. They arrive with dashboards, push notifications, and Wi-Fi setup…

Appliances, Product Design

These Perforated Marble Blocks Create Shifting Light Patterns

Stone decor tends to be heavy, polished, and a little intimidating, the kind of thing you place once and never move. Light changes in a…

Interiors, Product Design

Peak Design’s Phone Straps Have a Built-In Swivel to Stop Twisting

Most phone straps are fine until they twist, tangle, or feel like they’ll snap the first time you grab your phone in a hurry. The…

Accessories, Phones, Product Design

These Magnetic LED Blocks Snap Together Like LEGO Lighting

Most lighting is still sold as fixed objects: a floor lamp for the living room, a task lamp for the desk, a strip for the…

Deals, Lighting, Product Design

This Wi-Fi Router Looks Like an Incense Burner and Scents Your Room

Most home routers live behind books or plants, blinking away in corners, only noticed when the connection drops. There’s so much quiet faith placed in…

Gadgets, Interiors, Lifestyle, Product Design

These Coffee Tables Have Up to 9 Clocks Showing Different Time Zones

Coffee tables quietly witness mornings, late-night emails, and weekend calls with people in other cities. Time passes on screens and clocks on walls, but the…

Furniture, Product Design

This Owl-Shaped Controller Splits Into Two Pieces for Relaxed Gaming

Late-night gaming sessions have a familiar rhythm. Shoulders creep up, wrists lock around a rigid gamepad, and the clock slides past midnight while you chase…

Accessories, Gaming, Product Design

Twist This Minimalist Side Table’s Handle, and It Becomes the Lamp

Side tables and lamps behave awkwardly in small apartments. The drink and book migrate from sofa to armchair throughout the day, but the lamp never…

Furniture, Lighting, Minimalism, Product Design

This Modular Console Changes Layout With Magnetic Snap-In Controls

Modern creative desks are covered in controllers. A Stream Deck for macros, a MIDI controller for faders, a tablet for drawing, maybe a separate panel…

Accessories, Gadgets, Product Design

Stern Built a Pokémon Pinball Machine Where Ramps Catch Pikachu

Pokémon and pinball both taught a certain generation about progression: one through turn-based battles on a handheld, the other through flashing inserts and modes on…

Gaming, Product Design

TEAC’s Turquoise Bluetooth Turntable Is a One-Time Color Drop

Turntables have crept back into living rooms as much for how they look as for how they sound. The usual palette is black boxes, silver…

Audio, Music, Product Design
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