The world’s strongest umbrella uses an automotive-inspired rib suspension system
Umbrellas… Easy to lose, easy to break. Now while you can only constantly remind yourself to not leave an umbrella behind, there’s little you can…
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YD’s top 10 entries from the #renderweekly razor 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…
This tiny box instantly transforms into an emergency wheelchair/stretcher when needed
This easy-to-stow collapsible wheelchair also becomes a stretcher when needed. At the simple push of a button, the Emergency Wheelchair transforms from a small suitcase-sized…
Maybe we don’t need folding displays. Maybe we just need tactile keyboards…
Folding displays are innovation, but what positive impact do they bring to a smartphone? What does a larger screen achieve? Tablets are a dying tech…
The Next Development for Personal Assistants?
Smart Speakers are gradually making themselves more known within our lives, with an array of smart-devices now available to choose from. However, the Google Visual…
Ride safer with this 360 degree bike reflector
You may remember the FLECTR 360 OMNI from last year. The German Design Award and Eurobike 2018 Award-winning sticker promised to make bicycling safer without…
Top 5 Job Openings at YD Job Board for this week
As a part of our careers-related columns, these are our top five picks of the best industrial design opportunities on Yanko Design’s recruitment platform YD Job Board. This…
NOCTUA is a sexy Mixed Reality safety helmet for the construction industry
When you are in the construction business, some of the insights that could help the contractor build better include: the possibility of making quality control…
MOFT gives your laptop a sleek, instantly adjustable stand
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1780235500/moft-worlds-first-invisible-laptop-stand I don’t think companies understand how valuable a laptop would be if they built a stand right into it. Until then, designs like MOFT…
YD JOB ALERT: Grab an Industrial Design Internship at Google’s Hardware team
Google Pixel, Google Home, Pixel Buds, Chromebook, Pixel Slate, Daydream VR, Nest, Waymo… these are just a few of the tangible products that come from…
A smart poster that knows the weather
In recent years, we have become increasingly surrounded by tech, and the often intrusive and attention-sapping devices can begin to take control of our lives….
Speakers that let you design your own surround sound
The Museg is a pretty neat looking guitar-pick-shaped speaker. Unlike most speakers that are either squarish, cylindrical, or circular, the Museg’s use of a triangular…