Lenovo’s smart speaker also doubles as your bedside alarm clock
Imagine your Google Home Mini grew a screen, and displayed the time. That’s what the Lenovo Smart Clock is, and it’s positioned as the perfect…
A Swiss-made ‘Apple Watch’ without a screen… or hands.
I’ll be honest with you. The Swiss Alp Watch looks wonderful, but when I get to describing it, it’s a bit of a let-down. It’s…
Pigzbe Gives Kids Financial Superpowers!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/primotoys/pigzbe? We’ve made a pretty seamless transition from hard cash to digital money, but there’s still one form of payment that hasn’t really changed yet….
The ANISO UNI is a Sundial with a Quartz Swiss Movement
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aniso/aniso-swiss-movement-watch-with-one-of-a-kind-time It’s just two key differences that make the ANISO UNI the beautiful watch that it is. The ANISO UNI pulls inspiration from perhaps the…
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…