The Pros and Cons of having a laptop with a display-trackpad
The concept’s been around for an insanely long time, and Apple’s even flirted with the idea by including the Touchbar in their Macbooks for a…
Editorial
You’ve Won a Design Award. What Next?
Congratulations! You’ve received the mail saying that your project has won the award you applied for! Let’s spend a few minutes celebrating the fact that…
Motorola’s new phone looks depressingly unoriginal
Known for pushing out some stellar phones in the past couple of decades, it’s sad to see Motorola descend into a phase where it looks…
IKEA subtly redesigns its products for each country/culture
With its first Indian store launching only a day ago, IKEA proved that it understands its consumers and environment better than any other company in…
The secret to rendering white products on white backgrounds
I usually never recommend rendering any sort of product on a white background unless it’s truly necessary. When rendering, the background plays an important role…
We should have had credit cards in ‘portrait mode’ all along
Think about this. You barely use your phone in landscape mode. Unless you’re watching a video on youtube, playing a game, or clicking a photo…
From Incredible to Incredibly Weird: The Best of CES Asia 2018
At the beginning of every year, the Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, and towards the middle of the year, its Asian counterpart…
How the selfie camera is driving people to get nose-jobs
There’s a strong chance that you may have come across the gif above somewhere on the internet. Or the image below. This, is the handiwork…
It’s 2018. Bone Conduction Earphones still suck.
“No Bass, No Good” said a skeptic as he walked away from the stall that was displaying earphones sporting bone-conduction technology at CES Asia 2018….
Jinsop Lee’s creative key to designing memorable products & experiences
“What we experience, and what we remember about what we’ve experienced are two totally different things. Most product design efforts are directed only towards the…
The Zuckerberg Effect: How to crack hard interviews like FB’s CEO
Mark Zuckerberg attended a hearing in front of the United States Senate on April 10, 2018 to address a variety of concerns, ranging from online…
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…