Tesla’s interchangeable travel-pod system shows modularity in transportation
If any company had to build something as outlandish as a pod system with a fixed electric powertrain platform and an interchangeable upper pod based…
YD JOB ALERT: Garmin is looking for a Senior Industrial Designer
A pioneer in navigational technology, Garmin (previously known as ProNav) was founded by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in 1989. The company initially specialized in…
The Feuxzy drone fights forest fires with sonic waves
Feuxzy makes a case for the use of drones in swift-action danger-scenarios where human life is much too precious. Designed to monitor park, woods, and…
The Cascade Cables Are The USB-C To Lightning Cable Gives Your Apple Device Superpowers
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/easternco/cascade-cables-apple-mfi-lightning-to-usb-c-cables Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know that the USB-C standard is one of the biggest and best things to happen to…
Volvo is 3D printing mangrove-textured tiles to save our oceans
An unlikely yet enthusiastic new member of the save-the-oceans movement is the Swedish carmaker Volvo. Committed to the concept of ‘omtanke’, the Swedish word for…
FaceID… now for pets too.
Imagine this. You’ve got more than one pet. Probably a family of cats or dogs or both. You keep separate feeding bowls for each, but…
Three concept designers visualize what the 2019 iPhone will look like
Leaks have become a very common part of Apple’s launch process. When you’re as big as Apple is, it’s difficult to keep everyone quiet. Somewhere…
Any Smaller and this Bed Could Fit in your Mailbox
UPDATE: An exclusive $100 off for YD-ers! USE: YANKODESIGN$100 Companies like Ikea had it all figured out a long while ago. Compact furniture is good…
The Hurdle Hanger Can Organize your Clothes in Seconds
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1704788677/hurdle-hanger-1-second-pants-hanger The clothes hanger is probably one of those products that each industrial designer looks at with disgust, and probably redesigns at least once in…
Future of Technology Summit to host public showcase of personal jet-packs
The Future of Technology Summit is, in a lot of ways, the true accelerator of technological innovation and a window into the future. While the…
Listen to Hi-def Music While Listening to the World Around You
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openearheadphone/hb-v70-worlds-first-multi-function-smart-premium-h? Audio cancelation is nice. It’s nice, however, indoors. Step outdoors and audio cancelation can be a dangerous thing. I remember almost getting hit by…
This car-sized two-seater VTOL can take off and land directly in parking slots
The Onyx is the result of a pretty basic demand. The future of flying cars is clearly the VTOL, or the vertical take-off and landing…
YD JOB ALERT: OXO is looking for a Design Engineer
ABOUT OXO At OXO, we’re on a quest to make the everyday better. For over 25 years, we’ve made household tools that delight our customers…
Lenovo’s ultraportable speaker is as slim and small as your phone
The Lenovo 700 Ultraportable Bluetooth Speaker is quite literally the most portable one ever. Most portable Bluetooth speakers are portable alright, but they aren’t slip-into-your-pocket…
This Unusually Compact Ball-pen Also Houses an Entire Sewing Kit Within It
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/662950207/darter-a-micro-pen-with-a-hidden-secret You’ve probably heard of the phrase “ripped a hole in my pocket”? It implies that something is so expensive that it ripped through the…
This little speaker-cap hacks your smart speaker to give you back your privacy
Project Alias looks and behaves like a parasitic fungus, in the sense that it latches onto its host, feeding off it and inhibiting its functions…