Yanko Design - Latest Posts

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• Sexy Oil Lamps
• Growing Some Pictureframes
• The Story Of Amatoya
• Kick The Green Monster
• Any Encoded Message
• Camera for the Blind
• Two Glasses Become One : Fusion!
• Black Friday Lasts Till Sunday

Sexy Oil Lamps Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:50 AM PST Interior decoration is way lot tougher than you think. It's always the small knick-knacks and the carefully thought-out pieces that make your apartment reflect your style and personality. There is helluva difference between just lighting an ordinary candle and something as classy as the Migration Single Oil Lamps. Besides a designer touch, the precision-machined stainless steel torch encasing the fiberglass wick, creates magic lighting. The base is PaperStone, an FSC-certified composite made from 100% post-consumer recycled paper. This makes it green-approved as well! Designer: Brandon Perhacs [ Buy it Here – set of 2 for $169 are available at the YD Store ] Migration – set of 2 for $169 are available at the YD Store

Growing Some Pictureframes Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:41 AM PST Holiday season is round the bend and we usually end up clicking so many pictures. Using digital frames is the given standard these days, but somehow I still got the soft nook for printed pics. So if you're more traditional with pictures, naturally you'd like to display them well. This is where the GrowFrame Squares and GrowFrame come into play. Keep clicking lovely pictures of family and friends and add them using these magnetic-held frames. More pictures, frames, growth! Designer: Trevor Elliott [ Buy GrowFrame Squares | GrowFrame ] The GrowFrame from GrowShow on Vimeo. GrowFrame Squares | GrowFrame are available @ YD Store

The Story Of Amatoya Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:41 AM PST Amatoya is a concept reconnaissance and suppression vehicle that gives us a new approach to fire-fighting. This highly advanced and specialized light tanker functions primarily as a reconnaissance vehicle and offers unmatched vehicle and crew safety/survivability. It promises to be the best front line defense during the scene of an emergency. Read on to know more…. Details in Liam's words: RECONNAISSANCE Currently the role of site reconnaissance is predominantly carried out by light tankers or QAVs (Quick Attack Vehicles), typically these are modified single cabin commercial utility vehicles such as the Toyota Landcruiser. While the off road performance and maneuverability of such a vehicle is sufficient, its ability to actively suppress a fire threat is severely limited by the considerably small water supply (500lt) and distinct lack of survival engineering, fundamentally making it inadequate for its role. CREW LAYOUT Typically medium and heavy tankers require 5-6 crew members to be operated effectively. AMATOYA requires only 2. More military in its approach, reducing crew numbers per appliance will allow for greater dispersion of resources during a fire response. Principal concerns when developing a vehicle of any nature are driver position, ingress/egress and vision angles. These elements become even more crucial in a vehicle purpose built for reconnaissance. A central, forward and high driver and ROSCO operator position akin to the Apache assault helicopter with generous down vision will assure functionality. Access is via two gull wing doors, an optimal solution to accommodate the unconventional bodyside form. The distinct lack of a traditional b-pillar will provide uninterrupted views for the ROSCO operator situated above and behind the driver. SURVIVABILITY Cabin temperature and vehicle survivability are central to the AMATOYA concept. Existing approaches in survival engineering on fire tankers consistently appears as augmentation rather than integration. Methods are passive, typically reactive and often incapacitate the appliance when in use. A key example is the use of curtain heat shields, while effective, when employed render the appliance out of operation. To create a homogenous directive towards survivability AMATOYA incorporates state of the art clear aerogel laminated insulation in the windows and bodywork, a dedicated auxiliary water supply to operate a highly efficient, intelligent temperature controlled spray down system, military grade sacrificial thermo ceramic intumescent paints, and a mechanically injected large displacement diesel engine specifically engineered for the unique conditions experienced on the fire ground. These measures will assure that even in the case of an extremely prolonged and high intensity burnover the vehicle will not only maintain cabin integrity, but opposed to existing appliances AMATOYA will remain fully operational. SUPPRESSION ABILITY A Remotely Operated Suppression Cannon Outfit (ROSCO) coupled with a generous 1800lt + 400lt auxiliary water supply, offers a unique dynamic to vehicle operation. Current suppression techniques require large crew numbers (at least 5 per appliance) to perform through intermittent periods of strenuous labour to have any form of impact on a fire. The ROSCO system utilizing IFEX3000 impulse technology is not only a hugely efficient means of fire suppression, but vitally will eliminate crew members being subjected to the elements and stresses of extended high intensity work on the fire ground, while constantly maintaining vehicle mobility. A highly rated thermal imaging camera along with directional spot lights will assist in ‘hotspot’ location to determine the most effective direction of attack. OFF ROAD PERFORMANCE AMATOYA represents the pinnacle of specialized performance in the fire appliance design field. Off road capabilities reflect enthusiast 4WD methods, including generous approach, departure and over ramp angles, suspension travel, ground clearance and minimized turn circle. Central tire inflation (CTI) and run flat tire (RFT) technology coupled with beadlock tires will allow an extensive band of dynamic pressure control to aid in traversing the complex terrain often encountered on the fire ground. MANUFACTURING The vehicle adopts many conventional fabrication techniques associated with low production run specialized vehicles. The point of difference which separates this concept from existing appliances is the proposed monocoque steel body, comparable to military MRAP vehicles. A conventional fire tanker is built body-on-frame from a standard cab chassis truck base. While this approach is successful, the lack of integration results in certain performance issues. Body roll due to the on board water supply is an notable problem, however by creating a fully integrated solution, water reservoirs can be strategically located central and low in the vehicle to dramatically improve the centre of gravity. Designer: Liam Ferguson

Kick The Green Monster Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:56 AM PST Do you know who the Green Monster is? It's that skunk-of-a-bill that you get at the end of the month; it devours all your Dollars because you overspent! Only if you could use something like the Live Checking Card! A Credit Card won't let you go beyond your limits. It's a digital thang with an E-ink display that allows you to check your payment history on it. It even tracks your bank account’s transaction through RFID. A cumulative amount shows up on the screen every time you swipe the card; giving you your account balance on your finger tips. Designers: Jin-young Yoon, Wook-sun Oh, Young-ho Lee & Jun-kyo Lee

Any Encoded Message Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST Brilliant! I like to think I don’t toss that word around that often, and here’s a place it belongs for the real. This is a set of glasses. Not just any glasses. Psychic glasses. When you pour your favorite sort of drink into the cup – poof! There you have it. The title of the liquid you have now contained. It’s called the “Cipher.” Pour Pepsi into it. It’s imperative that I own a set of these glasses at some point in my life. Even thought I don’t drink two out of the strangely not-random set of liquids this glass can reveal: orange juice, milk, Nescafe or coke. It should be pretty obvious how these glasses work due to the photos, but if you’re still in the dark: different size and shape squares are placed all over the glass in a very not-accidental grid. When a liquid that matches one of the pre-determined acceptable liquids, the squares color, transparency, and color of the liquid combine to create a negative space which shows the title corresponding with the liquid. A fantasy! Designer: Damjan Stanković

Camera for the Blind Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:10 AM PST Well that’s just silly! Why would a person who has no sight take a photograph that’s only able to be experienced by a person with full sight? Well that’s just it, isn’t it? Does the fact that the originator cannot experience the product they create make it incorrect for them to make it? Think about Van Gogh for instance – made art, around 2,000 pieces of it, but never became successful for it until after his death. - should all of his artwork have gone into his grave with him? The camera for the blind takes this a step further. Not only is this camera made for people who are blind to take photos, (that connect to sound clips recorded at the same time, very cool!), it’s also possible to link this to the vectorization and 3D printers of today and tomorrow and print the images back out so that the blind may “see.” Imagine the possibilities! Interviews and user-testing with prototypes was conducted at the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also I love how this camera looks, ironically. I hope it takes amazing photos because I’m really enjoying the exterior aesthetics. Designer: Nadeem Haidary

Two Glasses Become One : Fusion! Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST Yes siree, the fine folks at NEXEF Design are going crazy with the glass and are calling it Mirror Fabbrica. They’ve found an ancient secret technique, “newlife style,” (actually new, they developed it,) to create what appears to be fusion glass. What is fusion glass you might ask? Well in this case it’s designed mirrors with double images. Every beautiful remark becomes two. Two for better remarkability! Yes Newlife Style. Why didn’t I think of that? Because usually fusion requires such a high heat that mirrors could not stand up to the process. The silver coating, it is damaged. Now they’ve got this secret technique to create reliefs on the surface of the mirror and shazaam! It’s a new beauty. Designer: NEXEF Design for Mirror Fabbrica

Black Friday Lasts Till Sunday Posted: 26 Nov 2009 12:00 AM PST It only happens at the YD Store! Happy to announce that we are having an extended Black Friday Sale at the YD Store and it's spilling over to the weekend! Essentially this means that you get awesome deals and discounts on the various Store Items and shop like crazy. The sale starts Friday (27th Nov.) 12:00 a.m. and continues till Sunday (29th Nov.) midnight*. *All timings are PST. Head over to the YD Store for more details. Black Friday Sale at YD Store: 27th to 29th November

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