ALEX Reusable Bottle Winners!
Thanks to everyone (300+) who pledged never to buy plastic bottled water again. Even if you didn’t win, I urge you to keep to your…
UPDATE: Deckster iPod nano Time Piece
The Deckster iPod nano Time Piece is available for Pre-order on CKIE, only for the next 48-hours! The time to ensure your piece at a…
UPDATE: Black Diamond Dock is 100% Funded!
Many Thanks all you lovely people! Your support has translated into the Black Diamond Project being 100% funded. This success is all because of you guys,…
Long Playing Phonographic iPhone
The Turntable iPhone Dock combines two objects emblematic of their times to create harmony between past and present. Technology is often blamed for our disconnect…
Message in a Box
Product Designer Rosanna Martlew has developed a way to improve communication between two individuals in a simple and intimate way. Drawing inspiration from Victorian writing…
CKIE Spotlight: Nooka Wall Clock
I have quiet little corner in my heart for Nooka products. They’ve created a brand unique in a world of “me too” designs. Everyone and…
Dieter Rams Would Be Proud
Minimalism is really a tough art to master. The balance between function and aesthetics is beautifully achieved in these two products. A clock/radio in which the…
Nut Cracking Orca
Orcas aren’t known for their nut cracking skills but that doesn’t mean kitchen utensils shouldn’t be modeled after them. This ORCA is adorable. Clad in…
We Officially Launch CKIE.COM
One of the great joys of writing for YD is the opportunity to see how designers envisage the future. Your ideas, concepts and even comments…
Stay Connected by Broadcasting Color
The LightSync is a device designed to reinforce connections between remote team members working on the same project. Instead of bombarding each other with emails…
Stretch Bench
The Stretch Bench by designer Tak Euy Sung is an exercise in molded birch plywood to the extreme. I regularly associate this style with the…
Nooka x YD EGGHUNT!
Win up to $500 worth of products from Nooka! Each day this week we’ll clue you in to where the Nooka Egg is on Nooka.com….
Technology for the God Fearing
TextBase is a device that produces scripture from the Christian bible depending on how you interact with it. It introduces a new way to engage with…
Cars of the Future? Three Wheels
Belgrade is one of the oldest cities in Europe and has been an important intersection between Eastern and Western Europe. It was named the “City…
Heliboarding Copter?
Have you heard of heliboarding? I haven’t but apparently it’s the hot new thing with adventurists. The AvA 299 DROP is a helicopter designed to…
Prophecy
Jerome Olivet is a man who loves his curved surfaces so when it came time to design a watch that properly suggested his design ethos,…