Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Clean your device’s crevices

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 12:00 PM PDT

The Philips Inhaler may sound like a medical device, and it is… but it’s for computers. We install antiviruses, we take occasional backups onto the cloud, but we don’t take care of our hardware enough. The Inhaler is a tiny yet powerful vacuum cleaner that helps you clean out your keyboard as well as other small vents on your machine that accumulate dust over time. Its slender pen shape allows it to be gripped intuitively as well as used easily. The tip of the cleaner is narrow which makes it easier to access the tiny nooks and crannies in today’s sleek-tech world. Plus, the narrow nozzle also helps in sucking in air and dirt at a high pressure. Clean keyboards mean clean hands too. Healthy computers and healthy humans!

Designer: Jeong ChanYeop

A Nice Ice Cappuccino!

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 09:35 AM PDT

One has to be either compromising or patient when it comes to cold-coffee. Try to cool your drink too fast using ice, and you’re left with a diluted mix. Put it in the freezer, and you have to wait at least 20 minutes. Now most of us don’t have access to liquid nitrogen, but the HyperChiller is the next best thing to achieve an instantly icy caffeinated beverage.

The HyperChiller uses a narrow stainless steel vessel with ice packed tightly on all sides. The ice keeps the metal vessel chilled and when the hot coffee makes contact with it, the temperature can drop by 130 degrees within a minute! Obviously, the Hyperchiller can be used to prepare iced tea and other chilled beverages too! It has a 12oz (350ml) capacity, which should take care of one nice large glass of your preferred beverage (alcoholic too!) while maintaining its great taste. You’re just one minute away from a drink as cold as a polar bear’s nose!

Designer: Nick Anusbigian

Buy It Here: $ 23.99 $ 29.99

Clean, Mean, Quiet Machine

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 06:38 AM PDT

Nothing like the sound of dump trucks and bulldozers in the morning! I’m listening to it right now and daydreaming of electric power! The Hidromek Compact City Vehicle is exactly what I and many other urban dwellers would like to see in the near future.

Quiet and clean, it runs purely on electric energy with in-wheel HUB motors and a cutting edge battery that also powers its functional arm. This battery can be interchanged quickly and easily to avoid a pause in work, or it can be plugged in at the end of the work day. As versatile as it is efficient, the design can be fitted with a variety of attachments to bulldoze, landscape, lift and more.

Designer: Berk Kaplan

Balanced weight distribution; thanks to the pivot point and HUB engines of carrier arms on the top of B pillars.

Thanks to the angle of the A pillars, operator has fresh area and wide view angle for attachments.

A Printer You Won’t Despise

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 03:10 AM PDT

It seems like printers completely dominate the room there in, turning otherwise comfy spaces in to a full on copy and print center! Simply called “Paper”, this no-frills design serves as a compact solution for all your printing, scanning and copying needs, without sacrificing the aesthetic of your interior.

Despite being a connected device, you won’t find any bright screens or a complicated interface. Instead, it’s been reduced to the basics with tangible controls to do exactly what you need and nothing else. Unlike other bulky, wide designs, it’s built vertically with an intuitive paper holder to take up much less room. In funky orange, it’s one you won’t mind adorning your desk top!

Designer: Ludwig Rensch

iPhone 7, iPhone Shmeven

Posted: 27 Jun 2016 12:00 AM PDT

Just a few months and counting until the iPhone 7 is unveiled! A lot of concepts are floating around with guesses about new camera tech, an updated headphone jack, the introduction of a a 4-incher, and more… but designer Giorgi Tedoradze’s prediction is that it’ll be exactly the same! With everyone else expecting major innovations that is, in a sense, thinking outside the box. One difference we’re happy to see in this future iPhone 7 concept is a return of the smooth back! Many of us felt the plastic wrapping lines felt very, ahem… “post-Jobs,” if you will. Other than that, it’s not a bit different which will make fans of the current model very happy!

Designer: Giorgi Tedoradze