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- Faucet Makes You Work For Water
- Such Pretty Moonstones
- Yanko Claus: Win Autodesk SketchBook Pro!
- No More Trippin Wires
- Hallucinating Player Hovers
- Managing Medicines
- Umbrella For Graffiti
- One Super Simple Spoon
- Clock in the Wall
- Elegance in a Lego Light Fixture
| Faucet Makes You Work For Water Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:26 AM PST You’re a water waster so designer Harvey Bewley devised a faucet called the Twist to makes you work for it. The tap is controlled by an aerator. To get water flowing you have to “twist” and crank it. Anytime people have to apply a little elbow grease to accomplish a task – they may think twice. That’s the whole point. Only use water when you REALLY need it. If that doesn’t destroy you water world dreams, there’s even a digital read-out. My favorite bit is the motion sensor that gives you just splash because sometimes that’s all you need. Designer: Harvey Bewley
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:19 AM PST I’m in love with the Seoul Green Project called Luna Piedra which means moonstone in Spanish. These beautiful pebbles illuminate with embedded OLEDs. They replace traditional lighting setups which aren’t portable and waste a lot of energy. The Luna Piedra generates enough power by water currents using a very tiny nano generator. It doesn’t heat up and leaves no polluting affluents. I want one, NOW. Designer: Yichun Chuang
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| Yanko Claus: Win Autodesk SketchBook Pro! Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:07 AM PST Digital illustrators rejoice! Thanks to Autodesk, we’re gifting Sketchbook Pro ($100) to one lucky reader. Just share who your favorite illustrator is. A link to their work is appreciated. And remember to follow Autodesk on Twitter. You have until 11:59 PM PST Friday. Don’t forget. Yanko Claus is gifting something away almost everyday this month. Just check back! Sponsor: Autodesk
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 02:40 AM PST The thing with extension cords is that they look ugly and the wires are a prime accident zones for tripping. There is nothing Elegant about them! Unless you're looking at the "Post Line", this one's a gorgeous concept that makes full use of the circuit-printing technology and electrostatic paste material. Use it from point A (gadget) to point B (wall socket) by sticking it flat to the floor, and if it becomes less sticky and grimy, simply wipe it clean and its sticky flat extension cord tape again! Designer: Chen Ju Wei
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 02:07 AM PST The Melody Balloon is on its own trip, and by this I mean it flies, floats, hovers…whatever! While it's on trip to la la land, the player stays grounded thanks to the earbuds fixed into your ears. Silly as this may sound to some, but children these days find no pleasure in the helium filled balloons, this Melody Balloon is more their types. Kinda like their RC planes, only this one's flight and play are controlled via the finger ring that it comes with. Conventional folks may want to keep this rooted to the battery recharger. Designer: Yoonsang Kim
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:31 AM PST I once asked an aged uncle of mine, how come he got by without taking any medicines in his life. He smirked and told me his secret; he had a bad memory so he simply kneaded all his pills into the roti and ate it! Ok, the joke may be silly but the situation is real, forgetting to take your pills on time is a common problem amongst many elderly people. Hence the Medicine Management System for the Elderly makes perfect sense, it makes them independent. The system is interactive and the electronic pill boxes are super neat! Features:
Designers: Ying-Chien Lin, Yue-Hua Li & Wei-Yin Su
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:00 AM PST Designer Liu Hsiang-Ling quite poetically brings out the relationship between an umbrella and the rain. Simple pleasures from the past that we have long forgotten; jumping into puddles or using a stick to draw in the sand! Her take is this Rain Brush Umbrella designed with a paint-brush (silicon) like tip, so that you can dip it into the nearest rain puddle and start drawing water graffiti on the sidewalk. A nice past-time if you're waiting for a bus or something. Liu has pointed out in her observation: When people are waiting for the rain to stop, the interaction between people and umbrella is the most frequent activity. People usually use their umbrellas to leave a mark on the ground with raindrops, and those unintentional games are the consequences of a raining day; maybe they are tic-tac-toe or just graffiti on the road. When they use the umbrella tip (ferrule) to dip into a puddle, water and ground become elements for self-expression.
Designer: Liu Hsiang-Ling
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 12:16 AM PST Who loves to fold!? Everyone loves to fold. Fold your newspaper, go to the local Mexican restaurant and fold a taco, fold your pet rabbit, and now fold your spoon! Yes, that’s what’s going on here. This spoon right here is given to you flat. Your job is to fold it, fold it right into usefulness! And best of all, this lovely design can be imprinted onto basically anything: paper, plastic, metal, anything! *The views in folding rabbits presented in this post are not necessarily held by all workers at Yanko Design. This spoon is an origami spoon designed by a mister Michael Sholk. It is a genius work of design work that takes an easily produced and/or recycled product like paper and designs something useful that it can be used for. A spoon! Yes indeedy.
Designer: Michael Sholk
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2009 12:10 AM PST Recently I’ve been hearing a lot about 3D posters. Hanging right off the wall, they are, comin right atcha! Well that’s what’s going on here too, to a degree. Designer by the name of Leo Yiu Chun Pong’s whipped up a nicely done concept and execution for a wall timepiece called the “Insert Clock.” I think you’ll find it tells time nicely in the strangest way. It’s hanging right off the wall! Reminds me of an episode of the X-Files where two bits of reality exist in the same place, all fused. That seems to be happening here too. I want this clock. Someone can buy me this clock. Designer: Leo Yiu Chun Pong
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| Elegance in a Lego Light Fixture Posted: 04 Dec 2009 12:01 AM PST One of the most popular build-your-own toys on earth is, and has been for years and years, Lego. Here at Yanko Design we’ve mentioned Lego a few times, but not any time recently have we had a post about something made almost exclusively OUT OF legos. Astounding! This lovely chandelier breaks that trend with incredible classiness for a kids toy made of plastic. This particular piece was made to appear at home in a Victorian-era building, yet give the “youth and vigor” of a contemporary clientele. What better way than with Lego? Next time I suggest molding a chandelier out of candy. I’ve seen it done! One time a local band named Brother and Sister had a guitar molded out of hard sugar candy. Each time “Brother” played a solo, he encouraged people to come up and take a taste of the wicked rock and roll! Designer: John Harrington
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