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• Get The Message?
• Yanko Claus: Win A Linksys Wireless-N Router!
• Sticky Phone
• Creative Music Interaction
• In the Air, Taste the Taste
• Rip Your Environment Apart
• A Hundred and Fifty Glasses
• YD On BBC

Get The Message? Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:34 AM PST If you like something, it's neat to endorse it in your day-to-day lives. Like when you go to Disneyland you buy Mickey stuff, likewise with this delightful set of Icon bags. They do nothing but carry your stuff in style! Bottom line we have a Windows range available, so let's make the most of it: Message (Messenger Bag), My Photo (Camera Bag), Documents (Laptop Bag) & My Document (Laptop Bag) Designer: 25togo [ Buy it Here – All Available at the YD Store ] Message (Messenger Bag) is available for $130 at YD Store My Photo (Camera Bag) is available for $22 at YD Store Documents (Laptop Bag) is available for $30 at YD Store My Document (Laptop Bag) is available for $30 at YD Store

Yanko Claus: Win A Linksys Wireless-N Router! Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:38 AM PST It’s only one of the sexiest wireless routers ever made and from a company known for quality and performance. Guess what? Thanks to our friends at Linksys we’re gifting one away. Happy Holidays! To enter, tell me what this holiday season means to you. Then follow Linksys on Twitter and become their Facebook fan. You have until 11:59 PM PST tonight. That’s it! We’re giving away an awesome gift almost everyday this month! Just check back. Sponsor: Linksys by Cisco Get connected without wires. The Wireless-N Home Router gives you a wireless connection that’s twice the speed of Wireless-G so your whole family can share a broadband Internet connection and access files from almost anywhere in the house. Wireless-N technology lets you surf the web from the living room, play on-line games from the bedroom, and listen to your digital music in the kitchen.  The extra speed lets you connect more devices, and move files faster. And Wireless-N works great with your older devices, too. My home network is powered by their gear and I had the opportunity to speak to Chris Landry, head of worldwide design not long ago. They’ve come a long way and I can’t thank them enough for being so generous. It’s wonderful to see a huge company see value in design and aspire to do it better than everyone else in their industry. If you want to learn more about Linksys, Eskild Hansen, head of the European Design Center in Denmark, will host a breakout session at SolidWorks World 2010, discussing the dynamic relationship between Linksys by Cisco and 3D model printing. Keep up to date on special prices and promotions on Linksys by Cisco gear, along with the latest news and events in the home-networking world. Follow us on Twitter Become a fan on Facebook Check out our blog

Sticky Phone Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:30 AM PST The concept behind the Sticker Phone is quite simple; most of us tend to place our mobile phone near windows for better signal reception. So this concept takes it a step further by adding a solar panel to the back of the phone and giving it a slight arch so that it can stick (via suction) to the window glass for some sunshine. The phone is made with polysiloxane (silicone) and can be made feasible if some tries it. Designer: Liu Hsiang-Ling

Creative Music Interaction Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST Touchtable is a PMP that is interactive and intuitive. It features a large controller wheel that surrounds the screen and performs just like a turntable. It's even sensitive to touch and pressure and when you use it in combo with the surrounding function buttons, it facilitates absolute user control over a track, through precise position, timing and pitch manipulation. Features: One function button controls the simultaneous switching to a secondary track, allowing the user to mix records on the fly, or to scratch samples over a track. Through the cue output, each track is directed to either the left or right headphone, the beat and pitch can then be matched, a cue point created, and the combined tracks mixed out the main phono output. Two devices can also be combined wirelessly at the click of a button, to act similarly to the traditional DJ set up, just at around 1:8 the scale. This function also allows for multiple users to mix and scratch tracks together, combining their own Touchtable devices through one output. The device not only adds interaction to the personal listening experience, but can be used for performance. The Touchtable can be plugged into a computer, where it acts as a midi device, working with built in software, allowing complete creativity and control over customization and music creation. Touchtable allows for complex interactions, comparable to a complete DJ set up, however the device itself is very simplistic: designed for ease of assembly/disassembly, interchangeability and miniaturization through technology. It is not only ultra portable, but cost effective, easy and enjoyable to use. Designer: Thomas Mascall

In the Air, Taste the Taste Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:15 AM PST Say hello to “Vino Arielle,” a wonderfully simple wine aerator made for the accentuation of all wines. It’s a lovely black and transparent object you can easily use, clean, and store just like a cup. Made by those who love to taste their wine, smell their wine, experience their wine. But that’s not to say it’s for expensive wine purchasers – the Vino Arielle does not discriminate. As you can see, the V.A. is about the size of a wine cup, and requires no more effort to use than pouring the wine through a sieve. It’s just the wine aerator you need. And it’s totally classy. Designer: LCMS Consulting [ Buy It Here - Available for $35 at the YD Store] Vino Arielle – A simple thing for amazing tastes. Available for $35 at the YD Store

Rip Your Environment Apart Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:15 AM PST Augmented reality! That’s what we’re dealing with here. This right here is the “Scout – Portable Pedestrian Navigation Device” and it’s intended to be used by people traveling about, connecting then with local knowledge, wisdom, and GPS information to guide them. It’s a digital compass is what it is. It encourages “uninhibited exploration, discovery, documentation, and sharing.” Can you imagine the games you could play with this lovely little thing? The Scout has a screen, a camera, and a scroll wheel click button. As you know from using computer mice for years and years now, that’s all you need! With this device you could start a whole social-media revolution, bringing the people back to the streets! Lemme know what you think about that. Another interesting thing is the information Matt Marrocco has given us! In the submission we’ve got here of this project, we get all of the programs used to create it: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, and Hypershot. That’s awesome. Do you agree with giving up your tools along with the design? Very big questions in this very simple design. Designer: Matt Marrocco

A Hundred and Fifty Glasses Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:01 AM PST How much wine and water can one fellow drink? 150+1 to be exact. This chandelier’s name is “Cut Glasses” and was designed and constructed by one John Harrington. I think you’ll find this to be quite the lovely headpiece for any fabulous room, and no less breakable than any other mass of glass you’re bound to have up there. These glasses aren’t made for drinking liquids out of though, only to drink in the light and turn the light on it’s top, bottom, and side. The Cut Glasses Chandelier has two sizes made to order from the man who makes them. He’s perfected the way to set either 150 or 300 glasses in place to sit above your table and refract light! Who would have thought! The +1 in the intro stands for John himself, him “being the final craftsman who has brought together generations of others to create a truly unique work.” Designer: John Harrington

YD On BBC Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST Santa came early to the YD office, bearing the good news that we had been featured on BBC (largest broadcaster in the world)! Gushing at the news, we all hopped over to the Webscape feature hosted by Kate Russell. She captures the essence of Yanko Design being a design hub, and we have nothing but our readers and the wonderful designers whom we feature, to thank for this attention. So Thank You guys for showering us with so much affection. Check out the video, YD gets featured 1:11 minutes into the clip. Note how she’s covered some really recent posts. YD on BBC! from Takashi Yamada on Vimeo.

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