In the Mood for Neon
Adding a third dimension to bendable neon tubes can have spectacular results. I’m talking about the Neon Tetra, a mood lamp that breaks the 100…
Sounds Good to Me
SoundsGood is a hearing aid for women specifically designed to look like a classy earring. The device works in a very interesting way; depending upon…
The Memory Loop
There are so many different ways to carry your USB stick these days, but none of them are as charming as the LOOPO. A simple…
Guessing Game #9
Welcome 2012 with this brand new episode of the Guessing Game. For the record, this is game number 9. Rules stay the same…look at this…
Nip Tuck
The Txiii concept banks heavily on the ‘cut, fold and tuck’ techniques. The shell is fashioned from a single sheet of material to reflect a…
Green Balls of Fire
Fully Precious Beans are ambient solar-powered light balls, intended to be a playful fun accessory to your interiors. For most part of 2011, I focused…
Going Back to Sundials
The Umbra is an ultra cool clock concept that works on the principles of the sundial. Two strips of concealed LEDs create the illusion of…
Cold Coffee Hot
This is the perfect season to be discussing hot coffee and methods of keeping them just that – HOT! Re-Warming is a reheating stick that…
The Any Way Socket
It’s clever of us to hide socket boards behind furniture and out-of-sight places, however plugging up lamps or devices is another story altogether! Aligning the…
I Got The Power
All ye weary travelers with a strolley in tow; I understand your pain for finding available sockets, just to juice up ye gadgets. Ah, I…
Ivy That We Like
The Light Ivy is a clever lamp that features wire made from strong yet lightweight craft wire. The purpose is to expose the meandering electric…
My BFF Phone
Here’s the ugly truth about hip new phones coming out every few months, they cause lust and shallow values. That’s right; every time the new…
Pop Goes the Weasel!
In this case it’s a plug; The PumPing Tap is a spring-loaded socket that ejects a plug when the appliance is switched off. What this…
Best of Yanko Design 2011
Steve Jobs hired designer Hartmut Esslinger as the modern-day Snow White for his projects code-named after the seven dwarfs. The vision was to infuse Apple…
The Pressure Test
I iron my shirts myself so I really know why Choi Hyemin has designed the Easy Iron. Collar, cuffs and hard to remove creases require…
Please Sammy Widescope
Love this simple camera called Slite, a device that allows you to slide out the screen and edit images on the go. The new-age cameras…