What a vertical carousel-shaped airport for LA would look like
A concept entry for the eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2018, Jonathan Ortega’s LAX 2.0 envisions creating a ground-breaking, space-saving vertical layout for one of America’s busiest…
The screen protector that adds 2 extra buttons to your iPhone
One of the biggest differences between the iOS and the Android/Windows Phone experience is its layout of elements. While the Android experience gives you three…
The Skroll is a fun, pocket-sized embossing machine!
An infinitely fun way to make embossed prints or send embossed messages, or even carry around in your pocket to create instant, 3D business cards,…
These phone cases send a chilling warning against texting while driving
https://youtu.be/L4r5_-eEkL0 You don’t really think twice before glancing down at your phone while driving. It’s one of those illegal yet seemingly harmless things everyone seems…
YD Spotlight: In conversation with concept phone designer, Jonas Daehnert
YD has always had a large focus on concepts. The only way to pave the future, I believe, is to conceptualize, and we’ve seen so…
The Smart Scale Tackle’s a Designer’s Worst Nightmare: Human Error
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/245093613/smart-scale-ruler/ The year is 1999, the month, September. There’s panic at the NASA headquarters because they’ve just lost contact with their Mars Climate Orbiter. The…
For an instant, measured dose of caffeine!
Designed to look almost like an epi-pen for coffee, the Mini Coffee Press is impressively tiny, and works partly like a French Press, and partly…
The shoe that turns recycled chewing-gum into rubber outsoles
https://youtu.be/f155BH2MErE Instead of having bubblegum stick to the underside of your shoe, one day the sole of your shoe could be made of the very…
Move Over, Leather. Silicone Storage is Here to Stay.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/viavia/viavia-transit-the-ultimate-pouch-for-all-your-ess Viavia’s Transit creates a new wave of storage and carry that looks and feels more utilitarian than leather, serves its purpose, and does so…
The OI lamp looks familiar yet unique
The OI lamp explores duality with shapes, materials, and even concepts. A literal amalgamation of the shapes O and I, the OI is a lamp…
It’s time Apple made a MacBook X
Aside from the addition of a touch bar, the removal of a whole bunch of ports, and the omission of our favorite light-up logo, the…
Turning one of the most iconic album artwork into furniture
Looking at the Darkside Stool/Side-Table, it isn’t particularly challenging trying to figure out where they took their inspiration from. Designed clearly by fans of Pink…