Providing the Third Basic Need
Shelter is one of the three basic necessities — this is why this project exists, and this is why if it doesn’t work, something eventually…
Lifestyle
King of the Cephalopods
Besides being editor of YD, I’m also a unicorn herder and recent crowned King of the Cephalopods, but a king ain’t a king without a…
Don’t Touch the Furniture
The early years of my life were filled with memories of plastic covered remote controls and couches. Yes, my parents were THOSE people. I was…
Collapsable Table, Great Drawers
Take a peek at this, it’s called KanapËtko, and it’s no less than a convertible desk on wheels. It’s made for artists, designers, and all…
Wood Chair Has Human Heart
Behold a chair with a real big story of intent inside it. This is a project by designer Shawn Weiland and it goes by the…
Softness for Child Sitting
Here’s a project consisting of three different bits of children’s furniture, each of them able to not only accommodate the child’s sitting, playing, and laying,…
An Analog Fan
I often like to guess what concepts are before reading descriptions because I enjoy the surprise in being totally off-base. This Analog Fan uses an…
Case of the Smokey Tissue Box
Back in school when we learned how to draw factories polluting the environment, I remember my art teacher teaching me this exact same design…angular roof…
For Writers Who Cannot Paper Enough
This design comes from the traditional Chinese form of calligraphy and painting – the scroll. It takes this scroll and uses the Involute curves to…
Flashlight for Open Air
This project asks the question – why do we hide all of our objects? Why do we keep away our possessions in cupboards, drawers, and…
Playground O Tires
When I was a young lad, we had a local playground with a giant playset made entirely of old rubber tires. The giant ones, four…
Terror at Top Speed!
Ever since way back in the 1990’s when I saw Cool Runnings, I’ve been terrified of downhill super-speed sports. This gives me horrible flashbacks! It…