LEGO Portal 2 Set Captures the Game’s Dark Humor and Genius Design
The first time GLaDOS boots up in Portal 2, she doesn’t just wake up—she remembers. Every betrayal, every broken test chamber, every time you incinerated…
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 first time GLaDOS boots up in Portal 2, she doesn’t just wake up—she remembers. Every betrayal, every broken test chamber, every time you incinerated…
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If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. A phrase I believe applies perfectly to life, politics, culture, economics, and yes, even design. There’s this constant…
Drones have always followed a predictable blueprint—four rotors, a boxy frame, and a design philosophy that values function over form. But every so often, something…
A few years ago, scientists taught a bunch of neurons in a petri dish to play Pong. That was weird enough. But now, those neurons…
Every year, I look forward to tech expos like MWC because it’s the one place where I’ll get to peek under the hood of my…
The modern phone industry has been obsessed with sleekness, pushing for thinner, lighter, and more minimalist designs. But in doing so, accessibility often takes a…
I’ll say it – the true winner at the Mobile World Congress this year isn’t a company, it’s a technology. Apple first introduced MagSafe for…
There’s luxury, and then there’s Caviar-level luxury—the kind that takes an already premium device and gives it the kind of makeover that would make even…
Xiaomi just handed Apple a brilliant way to reinvent MagSafe—except this time, it’s not about charging. At MWC 2025, I saw a concept that could…
If you haven’t read already, I’ve put GaN chargers on my list of 7 must-have tech products for 2025. GaN is dethroning Silicon as a…
Televisions have evolved massively over the past couple of years, going from liquid crystals to organic LEDS to quantum dots, but fundamentally, the principle behind…
Parents have spent years searching for the perfect first smartphone for their kids—one that feels modern and capable but doesn’t open the floodgates to social…
Rolling dice is a lie. Think about it—most dice are meant to be thrown, tossed, chucked with reckless abandon across the table. But the ForgeMaster…
I’m a little late to the club, considering we’re two days into March… but better late than never, I always say. Every few years, we…