Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Packing some heat!

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 03:32 PM PST

With the Focus heater, you don’t need to worry about feeling a nip in the air, anywhere. The heater has a motion sensor that knows where you are and projects the heat only towards you. This allows the Focus to use its heat efficiently, ensuring none of it is wasted. Cool right? What’s even cooler is the little design detail the maker added at the bottom. Look below and you’ll see a curved base. This allows the Focus heater to stand upright no matter what! Just in case your pet or your knee decides to knock over the appliance.

The cherry on the cake with the Focus heater is its make. Unlike most domestic heaters, the Focus is a catalytic heater, which relies on fuel to generate heat without fire. This makes the heater incredibly portable and extremely safe! Carry your heat around with you when you can, and when you can’t, Focus will aim some heat your way!

Designer: Bridget Lisec

Make mopeds great again

Posted: 16 Dec 2016 12:32 PM PST

We’ve seen bicycles styled to look like motorbikes, but never seen a moped styled to look as simple and innocuous as a bicycle! The Elmo golden moped has a simple, lean frame that looks a lot like a bicycle on steroids. In fact, it is just that! There’s a battery right under the driver’s seat (let’s hope it isn’t a Samsung one), and can be detached and carried around to charge separately. There’s even a cavity where you would expect an engine. This cavity’s designed to hold a shoulder-bag that fits perfectly into the space. How convenient!

What’s the most admirable is that this isn’t a CAD file. The Elmo is actually a fully functional prototype that’s looking to hit the market in a few years. Fingers crossed!

Designer: Kasper Jensen (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design)