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…
Elon Musk’s favorite chandelier
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…
How Long Should your Backpack Last?
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…
This speaker/clock will leave you ‘starstruck’
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…
A Keurig for tea
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 contact lens case is a ‘clear’ winner
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…
These Two Countries Dominate at the A’ Design Awards
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…
A bug’s life!
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…
From industrial tools to incredible EDC!
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…
A Cutting Board That ‘Cuts’ Prep Time in Half!
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…
YD Talks: Define the problem first, not the brief
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…
What if your glasses could read to you?
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…
This backpack fits inside your pocket!
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think the guys at Matador have a shrink-ray. After the pocket blanket, they’ve managed to shrink a 20-liter…
Tessellated technology
Not ideally the first thing one would picture in mind upon hearing the words Honey Strip, but all in all this product is rather fascinating….
When Coffee and Mechanics collide!
Essentially the most simplified version of a french press, the Newton is effortless because it uses a Type 2 Lever to reduce the amount of…
YD Spotlight: The Organic Ornaments of Fitchwork
I guarantee you will never find work more incredibly intricate and ornate than those by Travis Fitch. Truly pushing the boundaries of design, art, science,…