The YD Guide to Pocket Knife Design
We’ve covered quite a few EDC knives over the years without realizing that there’s no resource that guides you through the types of knives. Knife…
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Get Karim Rashid to judge your work! Grab your free spot at Asia Design Prize 2019!
Joining the roster of the Asia Design Prize as the grand jury member this year is none other than industrial design stalwart and the “Prince…
YD’s top 10 entries from the #renderweekly shoe challenge
If you’re an industrial designer who hasn’t heard of Render Weekly, stop everything you’re doing and head down to their website to have a look…
YD Cyber Monday Wishlist: Dope Tech for Designers!
This time’s Cyber Monday Deals List comes with a slight twist! This is our collection of tech that should be in every designer’s wishlist/gift-list. If…
Part TWO! The YD Black Friday Wishlist: Cool Products, Cool Deals!
The season of giving (even if it means giving unto oneself) is upon us and we present to you PART TWO of the consolidated 2018…
The YD Black Friday Wishlist: Cool Products, Cool Deals!
The season of giving (even if it means giving unto oneself) is upon us and we present to you the consolidated 2018 Black Friday Gift…
YD Spotlight: Nicholas Baker’s Chair Sketch Challenge Pt.3
Every week (although the timing isn’t particularly fixed), I see a chair sketch on my Instagram feed, and after having seen and liked dozens of…
This Kinetic Sculpture is also a Wi-fi router!
If only Wi-fi routers looked as pretty as JeongHwan Sohn’s Kinetic Wi-fi router! Designed to look less like an internet-signal-transmitting-box and more like the sort…
Meet the massive interactive mirror that makes spellbinding pixelated patterns
If you’ve watched the Harry Potter movies, you’ll remember an iconic scene from the first movie when Hagrid stands in front of a barren wall,…
Bring your designs to the real world: The A’ Design Award and Competition
Winning an award can make quite a difference. It validates your idea and the skills you invested to present/refine the idea. It also allows your…
The Cooking M3 lets you cook individual parts of a full meal together
Built with multi-unit cooking control, the Cooking M3 lets you prepare entire meals at once. Its innovative 3-compartment structure allows you to cook separate dishes…
Concepts to watch out for! Here are the best 2018 Red Dot Design Concept Awards winners!
You can’t envision any future without conceptualization. Concepts have always interested us and been the backbone of Yanko Design because they present an image of…
YD Spotlight: Nicholas Baker’s Chair Sketch Challenge Pt.2
Every week (although the timing isn’t particularly fixed), I see a chair sketch on my Instagram feed, and after having seen and liked dozens of…
YD Handpicks: Winning Architectural Designs from A’ Design 2018
In keeping with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s description of architecture as frozen music, this post is quite literally a playlist of the best architectural designs…
AEG’s Salt Block cooks and seasons your food at the same time
Imagine never having to worry whether you seasoned your food. Imagine having a cooking surface that conveniently did that for you, and in doing so,…
Get your work noticed by Karim Rashid at the Asia Design Prize 2019!
I’ve long been an advocate for submitting projects for awards. Not only does it instantly get you the credibility you need, it also gets your…