Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Outdoors and Chill

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 10:10 AM PDT

Earlier this week, we saw the trampoline chair, today we take a look at the hanging tent chair! The Cacoon is your hammock upgrade that you can hang from anywhere and instantly make it your cozy little zen space!

Designed to feel like a hammock, but give you the leisure and shade of a tent, the Cacoon is perfect for turning any space into an instant recreation and chill zone. The Cacoon is available in different colors as well as sizes, so you can choose between going solo, or chilling with your crew! Wait… did I also mention that it’s absolutely portable?!

Designers: Nick & Sarah McDonald

Buy It Here: $224.99 $370.00

A Bike for Hipster Kids!

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 08:11 AM PDT

Whether it’s clothes or toys, it seems like kids outgrow things faster than you can replace them. Understanding that kids grow like weeds, designer Zhang Ting crafted this bespoke bicycle that not only adapts to little ones’ changing height but also helps them transition from scooting to cycling. With its seat set at the lowest setting, kids can start out working on the basics like balancing while they scoot around. As they grow, the saddle and even the handlebars can be lifted. When they’re ready, the design can easily be fitted with a single chain drive at the bottom of the frame and rear hub link, transforming it from seated-scooter to a fixie bike! Crafted from raw wood and leather and featuring distressed metal parts and oversized tires, it’s a super-stylish starter bike any hipster kid will appreciate!

Designer: Zhang Ting

A Speaker That’ll Make You Sweat

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 03:00 AM PDT

If you’ve ever played rugby, football or another field sport, you’re probably familiar with cone drills. However grueling, they’re a great workout and training exercise! The Cone Speaker takes inspiration from this style of training and blends in with the other cones so you have tunes while you work up a sweat. After all, there’s nothing like music to get your heart rate going! It also makes for a handy place to nest your cones when you’re finished. Better yet, the design makes way for future tech integrations like a lap counter and other metric recording to track your fitness and abilities!

Designer: Ruth Rankin

A Super Simple Staple Solution

Posted: 23 Jun 2016 12:00 AM PDT

Ever tried to staple your stack of papers in the center? You’ll only end up with a crumpled mess if you use existing straight staplers. The 45° Angle Staple, however, makes it possible to reach any part of the page thanks to its flexible functionality. Though it’s a simple change to a traditional design, it goes a long way to improve its capability. Colorful, stylish and ergonomic, it’s one you won’t mind adorning your desk top!

Designers: Su Ping, Zhu Weiji, Zhong Haiyan, Gao Dapeng, & Zhou Jun

CKIE Product of the week – Mobot Bottle

Posted: 22 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT

The Mobot may sound like some type of robotic product, but it isn’t. The bot comes from the word bottle, rather than robot. At the end of the day, the Mobot is a bottle with much more to it than you’d think. Its design may look outwardly unusual, but it’s your miniature gym. The water inside the bottle keeps you hydrated, but the bottle’s exterior can be used as an exercising apparatus. Its rugged shape gives it purpose, while also making it look eye-catchingly buff, much like you’d want to look after a good day’s workout!

Available at: CKIE [Buy it here]

Take that, Guitar Hero!

Posted: 22 Jun 2016 12:38 PM PDT

There are a lot of devices out there that claim to be able to teach you how to play a guitar. The truest thing however, is that only a guitar can teach you how to play a guitar. Pressing buttons or running your finger across a capacitive touch pad doesn’t provide an experience authentic enough to materialize into a guitar playing skill. The Jamstick is that hybrid made for experts as well as noobs. It’s exactly like a guitar in the sense that it has strings and frets in a layout that makes it feel completely like an actual guitar. It’s equally different from a guitar in the sense that it works in tandem with your smartphones, or computers to provide a seamless learning experience. It’s literally an instrument and a teacher in one package.

The Jamstick is what we refer to in musical parlance as a MIDI instrument. Think of a typewriter and a USB keyboard. The typewriter translates actual physical movement into a piece of text being typed on paper. A USB keyboard does that electrically, but it works only when paired with a computer. The computer is the brains behind the typing, actually, translating electrical signals into text. All the USB keyboard does is send out signals, and without a computer it really doesn’t do anything. The Jamstick is similar to the USB keyboard. It isn’t capable of playing its own music, but plug it to a computer or pair it with an app, and you’ve got music at your fingertips! As a musician, this gives you a great deal of freedom and control over your sound. You have the capacity to design your own app/sounds, rather than being stuck with the default presets. This ability to be a diligent tutor, as well as a tool/instrument with countless possibilities is what makes the Jamstick the best choice for guitar enthusiasts of any caliber!

Buy It Here: $283.99 $349.99