A buggy for the urban parent
Many of us now live fast-paced, urban lifestyles, and those of us who have children will understand the restrictive nature of the buggy… it just…
Kids
These LEGO bricks are designed to teach kids Braille
LEGO blocks have a timeless appeal. With their ability to form complex structures that only the mind can think of, the blocks help teach children…
Transforming toys that grow with your children!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lumagoods/rock-and-roller-the-most-brilliant-3-in-1-rocker-f Designed to guide your child through their formative years of physical development and acquiring of motor skills, the Luma Rock & Roller is a…
Someone made an actual toy-diorama of Google’s offline browser game!
Now isn’t this the coolest thing ever! Designed to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of Google Chrome, New York-based artist Andrew Bell created this absolutely…
Teaching coding in the easiest way possible… through tech-embedded puzzle pieces!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/activepuzzle/activepuzzle “Kids want to play a lot more than they want to learn” is perhaps the greatest elevator pitch for the ActivePuzzle toy set. It…
The TIMIO is a child-friendly tech-toy that introduces learning without the tech addiction
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fattal/timio-educational-audio-toy-and-music-player-for-c/ I heard something extremely interesting the other day. Children in homes with smart speakers had gotten so used to talking to the AI that…
Inspirational toys, made from inventive materials
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vitodesign/swoodz-wooden-toy-vehicles You could give a child an iPad. It would hopelessly addict them to screens, and have them consuming digital content for hours, attached to…
YD JOB ALERT: LEGO is looking to hire a Senior Designer!
Not just a toy company anymore, Lego has expanded way beyond making plug-together blocks. Aside from their flourishing movie business (Guys go see The Lego…
The Sp!n top turns into a hovering exclamation mark when rotated
The Sp!n’s seemingly simple design takes on a completely different avatar when spun. Designed to look like a strangely shaped top when still, the Sp!n…
Ideebebe’s Super-absorbent Bibs Make Parenting a Little Less Hassling
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/640759636/ideebebe-super-absorbent-l-convenient-l-soft-l-bib? We at Yanko seldom venture into covering childcare products, but often when we come across something simple, effective, and with a good deal of…
Today’s technology in yesterday’s avatars!
A perfect post for throwback thursday, these products show us how far we’ve come in just a matter of two decades. Each product you see…
These Dominoes are quite literally edgy!
Crafted from aluminum, as opposed to the wood or plastic construction, the Edge Dominos from Fore Road explore a unique, hollow design that’s lightweight, easy…
The evolution of Hot Wheels: 50 years of automotive design on the smallest scale!
It’s easy to plot the growth we’ve experienced in automotive design over the past 50 years. From the hippie era to the hipster era, we’ve…
The mosquito killing machine that works like a venus flytrap
Most mosquito repellent devices rely on airborne fumes to either kill mosquitoes or drive them away, or electric circuitry to zap mosquitoes out of existence……
You can now build your own miniature walking Strandbeest!
Chances are, whether you’re a designer or not, you’ll have seen Theo Jansen’s massive kinetic sculptures walking across a beach in BMW’s advertisement. Titled the…
Smartibots do for robots what Google Cardboard did for VR
In 2014 when Google debuted the cardboard VR headset, it changed the game, bringing VR into every home, destroying the misconception that VR was an…