The power of a samurai sword in your pocket!
We’ve been pretty interested in this phenomenon called Damascus Steel (you can read our editorial on the beautiful, marbled metal here) over the past few…
Add ‘architecture’ to Yves Behar’s skill-set!
Having built brands like Fitbit, Jawbone, Sodastream, Hive, and having contributed to super-brands like Herman Miller, designer Yves Behar quite literally needs no introduction. Founder…
The most sensible professional VR headset ever designed
The future in which we’re perpetually strapped to AR or VR headsets is a distant, dystopic one. At most, we’d use a VR headset for…
Paul Chen’s Radio Speaker quaintly combines analog with contemporary
Chen’s Radio Speaker is the kind of keepsake I’d keep in my home. It’s tech that I vaguely remember growing up with, bundled in an…
Nendo’s power bank uses muscle-power to charge!
A phone with low battery is scary, but you know what’s truly scary? A power-bank with low battery. It’s a good thing Nendo’s Denqul charger…
The Sealander trailer doubles as a boathouse too!
There are two ways to look at the Sealander Trailer/Boat. A. As a romantic getaway from land, and B. As an apocalypse-vehicle. Whether it’s wanderlust…
The Overlap Watch is full of quirky minimalism
With a watch-face that’s practically a minimalist artpiece, the Overlap by Alvaro Alvarez and Maria Lopez for Projects Watches quite literally makes it look like…
Honor’s Flypods look slightly familiar, don’t you think?
It’s one thing to have products that look a certain way because ergonomic data or a manufacturing procedure dictates how that product is to be…
A California start-up beat Microsoft and Samsung to the foldable tablet/phone
You’re not looking at the Microsoft Andromeda, or the flexible phone Samsung has been rumoredly working on, or Logitech’s flexible phone. You’re looking at the…
Part Flavor Extractor, Part Herb Infuser, Part Cocktail Shaker
Look past the video and at the Salids Shaker. It looks like a simple jar but it wasn’t designed to work as one. It does…
Ideebebe’s Super-absorbent Bibs Make Parenting a Little Less Hassling
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/640759636/ideebebe-super-absorbent-l-convenient-l-soft-l-bib? We at Yanko seldom venture into covering childcare products, but often when we come across something simple, effective, and with a good deal of…
These postcards pay tribute to the most recent iconic moment in modern art
People stood absolutely aghast at Sotheby’s as a framed print of Banksy’s mural, the ‘Balloon Girl’ automatically began shredding just seconds after it was auctioned…
It’s perfectly legal to fix your own gadgets now!
With the Right To Repair movement finally seeing success in the USA, and the appropriate amendments being made to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, you…
Today’s technology in yesterday’s avatars!
A perfect post for throwback thursday, these products show us how far we’ve come in just a matter of two decades. Each product you see…
Yes. Muji is designing self-driving buses now!
The self-driving landscape seems perfect for a company like Muji, known for its minimalistic appeal and function-first agenda. Muji’s products look minimalist and beautiful without…
Make Coffee with Metric Accuracy
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterspantry/draw-by-drip-coffee-server-that-figures-weight-and You could pop a pod in your Nespresso machine and get a fairly decent cup of coffee, or you could perform the hallowed ritual…