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• The Yin And Yang In Phones
• Don’t Duck Around This Player
• Day 1: Carga 02 by Mauro Bianucci - $40 OFF
• The Yanko Design Store
• Turtle Wrench
• 360 Degrees of Green Pod Chariot

The Yin And Yang In Phones Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:54 AM PDT Maybe it's the Pagan Symbols that have inspired it or the fact that Yin and Yang need to co-exist in every design form, but the truth is Love Connection Mobile Phone Concept doesn't remind me of the relationship between male and female; neither the dent, nor the projectile! It however is a sweet attempt at being something different as an MP3 player + Phone + Camera + Entertainment System. The two pieces come together to be used as a video display or the touchscreen interface of a phone. Split them up and one platform can be used as a MP3 player and the other as a phone. The cord between the two interfaces is retractable and the gadget can be hooked to earphones as well (in case you don't want to use the built-in speakers). A different kinda Yin and Yang! Designer: Joongho Choi

Don’t Duck Around This Player Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:26 AM PDT Quack Quack! Ok I won't kid around this time, but I think Mac Funamizu has matured pretty much in his design sensibilities. The CD player is called Quackie, but the concept looks decent enough for the tweens who endorse stuff like the Mickey Mouse MP3 players. Quackie is thus: There’s a round body that rolls and a black speaker. The speaker is attached to the body at the axis and it rolls around the body. Simple functions of play/stop/next/back and volume up/down are included. To pump up the volume, you roll the body so that the “beak” opens up; shutting the beak powers-off the system. Click the black speaker once to skip to the next song and click it thrice to go back. Wow Mickey n Donald…a winner team! Designer: Mac Funamizu

Day 1: Carga 02 by Mauro Bianucci - $40 OFF Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:12 AM PDT Don’t miss out on Yanko Design’s “Five Days of Designs” sales event, starting from October 19th and running through October 23rd for the Yanko Design Store launch. Check back each day for a new deal! If you're new to this concept, the deal works like this: Each day at 12:01am PST, Yanko Design will be revealing a new designer product with deeply discounted deals, available for one day only. The offer ends at 11:59pm PST the same day, so take advantage of the deal while you can. Day 1 features the Carga 02 Messenger Briefcase by Mauro Bianucci. The Carga collection is a true representation of Mauro's love for simple, clean design. Intelligent yet simple Carga is a leading favorite for the international design savvy urbanite and looks set to continue in its success. Learn more from the Yanko Design Carga Bags Review. Designer: Mauro Bianucci [ Buy It Here ] Day 1: Carga 02 by Mauro Bianucci - $40 OFF Day 2: ??? Day 3: ??? Day 4: ??? Day 5: ???

The Yanko Design Store Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:12 AM PDT A source of inspiration, stepping stone in your design career or pure unadulterated addiction, Yanko Design holds a different perspective to each one of us in a significant way. If the theory of evolution was to be written with YD in mind, then the next logical step would be to open the Yanko Design Store. After all YD does showcase some of the best talents in the industry. Moreover, the YD Store is in sync with the integrity of the weblog: meaning a direct link between the Designer and the End Consumer. With the Yanko Design Store, the YD team promises to bring you the most intriguing products that can be bought online, without hesitation. 10% Lifetime Discount Coupons To Be Won! We value your patronage and hence are giving out 10% Lifetime Discount Coupons to FIVE Lucky Readers. Essentially, this means that the winners will be able to avail a 10% discount on purchases at the YD Store for the rest of their lives. Discount also applies to previous purchases. No purchases necessary to participate. How To Participate: 1. Register for an account at the Yanko Design Store. 2. There are 3 YD logos scattered as thumbnails in product pages on the YD Store. Find all 3. 3. Send an email to special@yankodesign.com with a list of where you found the 3 YD logos. That’s it! You will be automatically entered into all remaining draws and will have up to 5 chances to win a lifetime discount of 10% at the Yanko Design Store. If you win, the discount will also apply to any purchases you made in the last 14 days and you will be refunded the amount of the discount. Read more about contest details and visit the YD Store.

Turtle Wrench Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:02 AM PDT Bloody ol’ genius that’s what we’ve got here! It’s a new way to take off a tire. Stick with me here, this is really neat. You take this “Turtle Wrench,” right, and you attach it to your wheel: it connects to all of your wheel bolts at once. Now the wrench has four arms sticking out, one of them each a wrench that correlates with a bolt. You drive forward one full rotation, and as you push forward each wrench, it loosens a bolt. Did you get all that? You should, because it’s flippin awesome. Look at the pictures below and tell me if you know what’s going on here. Also there’s a prototype whipped up by the designer already, so hopefully I can have one by late winter — I’m not a fan of that first crank, if you know what I mean. Designer: Fabiano Pottes

360 Degrees of Green Pod Chariot Posted: 19 Oct 2009 12:01 AM PDT Four wheels, chariot stance driving position, and no regrets. That’s what’s up. Alexei Mikhailov has a green pod of goodness here for us, the future-world city speedway single-person-transport. It’s called the VW Pholeum. It’s got an external wheel base which allows a 360 degree range (eliminating the antiquated parallel parking blue), fully immersed rubberized tires and independent spoke arrangements allowing for full bump absorption without the use of suspension. And more!? Yay! The controls are all at your hands, mirroring that of a game controller (supposing generations in the future will have fully changed over to hands-only controls of basically everything.) Memory Plastic panels and body which will allow for super-simple deformation after collisions or scratches (auto repair!) With further ability to be melted down and re-molded should irreparable damage occur. Chassis made of aluminum alloy with honey comb shape, bio-degradable rubber for the tires, brand new air bag system. In each pod is six airbags. Two bags in the pod and one on each of the tires. Powerhouse utilized hydrogen fuel cell technology, using “future fuel” to generate enough power for the electric motors situated in each wheel. And yes! I know you were waiting for it, the reasoning behind the name. The VW Pholeum concept is based on the idea of living cell tissue system of a plant, that acts as a transportation unit which carries organic nutrients to all parts of the plant where needed. This concept is the inspiration of a theoretical idea of future technology acting as micro organisms that transport and nourish the world on a global scale. Lovely, yes? Designer: Alexei Mikhailov

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