Someone Made a Flat-Pack Stool from Glass That Loops Like Frozen Water
Flat-pack furniture is usually shorthand for budget compromises, cardboard boxes stuffed with dowels, and Allen keys that disappear the moment you need them. It 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.
Flat-pack furniture is usually shorthand for budget compromises, cardboard boxes stuffed with dowels, and Allen keys that disappear the moment you need them. It is…
Eating fries away from a table means improvising a ketchup situation that usually goes wrong. Packets balance on dashboards, sauce gets smeared onto napkins, or…
Most pens announce themselves with metal clips, visible joints, clickers, and branding competing for attention. There’s usually a textured grip zone, a separate barrel, and…
The usual night-vision experience involves green haze, grainy silhouettes, limited reach, and a red IR glow that gives you away the moment you turn on…
Cheap office keyboards sound like plastic rain, which becomes unbearable in open-plan offices or when working late while someone else is trying to sleep. Custom…
Some plastics never get recycled, no matter how much you sort them. Fishing nets, buoys, agricultural films, and multilayer snack packaging are too dirty or…
Eating pistachios or olives usually means improvising a discard situation. Shells end up on napkins, side plates, or scattered across the coffee table, and by…
Walking to the grocery store with a wire granny cart has always been practical but never particularly pleasant. The wheels rattle over every sidewalk crack,…
A typical small studio or serious hobbyist handles printing across multiple devices and vendors. One machine for paper, maybe another for vinyl, a separate UV…
Most Hi-Fi gear still looks like anonymous black rectangles, even in carefully designed living rooms. Serious listeners often hide their amps and speakers in cabinets…
Evenings drift from kitchen to dining table to balcony and back, while the nicest lamp stays tethered to a single socket. The small but persistent…
Typing long messages on glass feels clumsy, juggling Bluetooth earbuds means pairing headaches and dead batteries, and using wired headphones now requires a tiny USB-C…