Designed to look un-designed and well-designed
The lack of design details doesn’t make a product less attractive, or badly designed. In fact, if consciously done, minimalism and sensibility can together create…
Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.
The lack of design details doesn’t make a product less attractive, or badly designed. In fact, if consciously done, minimalism and sensibility can together create…
I’m assuming there’s a very small group of people who find themselves to be passionate about rocket science and chandeliers. For people with the aforementioned…
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/812514494/the-best-everyday-backpacks-for-commuters The guys at Able Carry have a woe. All they want is a regular bag that looks good, performs well, and lasts long. Is…
Speaker, Clock, and a Constellation viewing device. Together they sound quite arbitrary, and if I told you they were all the same product, I’d get…
I’ll refrain from referring to the Gourmia Tea Square as a Tea-urig, but that’s what it is. It’s the tea-drinker’s go to for instant tea…
This year marks twenty years of me wearing spectacles. They started as chunky, colorful Acetate frames and made their way to sleek Metallic frames, with…
With 584 and 554 awards respectively, USA and China stand with the most number of awards won at the A’ Design Awards and Competition. The…
It looks like an igloo on the outside, but step inside and it feels like a world of magic! This is the Compound Camera, an…
Tiny, yet dangerous, the Japanese Kiridashi is a compact pocketable knife that’s often underestimated because of its size, but can outperform most knives. Make them…
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1378602135/slicex-a-new-kind-of-kitchen-cutting-board The life of a designer turned writer is quite frustrating. The number of times I come across a product and go “Why didn’t I…
There are a lot of ways to approach this post, but I guess the best way is to paraphrase a mentor of mine. Clients lack…
I firmly believe that the spectacle holds great opportunity for wearable tech, because even if there’s just a fraction of people wearing them, these people…