YD’S Top 25 – Best of 2016
Twenty Sixteen was supposed to be all about micro-moments, IoT, investing in your team and designing from within. However, it turned out to be more…
Product Design
DIY Audio
Satisfy your inner audiophile with this amalgamation of digital fabrication, DIY and beautiful handcraftsmanship! The Sonic Architect Lasercut Series is handmade using MDF lasercut panels…
Crack, whisk, cook!
Despite the microwave being perhaps the easiest and quickest cooking method, there seems to be a limited amount of tools adapted for this particular cooking…
Everyone should be able to access a fridge!
Technology changes things every year. Sometimes, design doesn’t change anything for years at an end… and I wonder why. For instance, look at the refrigerator….
The Moon is for All Men
Instead of seeing it as just a potential site for groundbreaking scientific discovery, sci-fi tourism or the lucrative exploitation of extraterrestrial natural resources, designer Jorge…
Tunes to Fine-tune your Brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np7AMDLB4Sk Why would you need headphones while sleeping… some would ask. White noise, relaxing music, alarms. These are the obvious reasons. What you don’t know…
The Accordion Playhouse
As you might’ve guessed from its name, this design earns its title by utilizing a playful folding technique to expand, collapse, and adopt different forms….
Torch Lighting for Travelers
The TORQUA flashlight is as versatile as it is minimal. This simplistic design might keep the number of parts to a minimum, but it can…
Space saving Skull-saver
https://youtu.be/-AjxKxPHrt0 We’ve all seen the collapsible paper helmet. It’s sturdy, and folds into an unsuspecting flat piece of board that can be carried and unfolded…
A Nixie with New Life
One of the first digital display clocks, 1950s Nixies are now prized for their modern aesthetic. Lizzie Wright’s take on the vintage find merges modern…
The Perfect Mini-gym for your New Year Resolutions!
You know what, swapping weight training with elastic training is such a goddamn brilliant idea, I’m kicking myself! Instead of lifting large, heavy, potentially lethal…
A New Year, a New Juicer
The HW-SBF15 is a professional-grade juicer that’ll squeeze whatever you throw in it to the max! Designed to last, the stainless steel surrounding the motor…