Decant Your Memory
Oh look, another use for RFID tags! The WineTeller is a fancy wine opener smart enough to read RFID enabled corks! The embedded LCD display…
Product Design
Wallpaper Design Awards 2008: the winners
Unless you’ve been holed-up in bed for the last ten days, you won’t fail to have noticed the countdown to the annual Wallpaper* Design Awards….
Say Goodbye to Messy Cables
Having the latest in technology is great-every gadget you can think of all the better. Yet with those tech pieces comes a wired mess. Studio…
Is all industrial design software the same?
Mike Hudspeth from Machine Design talks about what to look for in ID software. Today there are many. Besides Alias ($25,000), good packages include Rhino…
Need More Cabinet Space
I don’t know about you, but I am tired of looking in my cabinets at all the different size and shapes of plates and bowls…
Plants Fall Over When Thirsty
Just like people, plants fall over when they begin to die from thirst but unlike people, plants can’t verbally communicate when they need watering. That’s…
Scrunch, Flip, Flip, Tumble
No, I am not talking about a new dance that is the latest craze, but about a new eco-friendly bag designed by Hetal Jariwala and…
Easy Writing For The Disabled
You may not put much thought into it but it takes a symphony of small muscles in your hand to operate a pen/pencil. For some…
Hey, do you have a Condom on You?
With that question asked, most people are embarrassed to say yes. Now you don’t have to be. XYXX is a new design of Condom cases….
Why Not Take It With You?
I know there are times that you are out at a restaurant and want to take the drinks you have with you. What happens when…
Optimus Tactus
I am not talking about a new Transformer Robot, but about a new design concept from Artemy Lebedev. The Optimus Tactus is a touch surface…
Best of Yanko Design – 2007
Happy New Year – I hope that you’re having a good one. I’ve got a day of shopping planned (Winter Sale starts today in Japan)…