Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Your personal Hyperloop!

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST

Looking like what I can only assume is a car-lover’s wet dream, the Mercedes Benz 2040 Streamliner concept puts two absolutely gnarly looking turbines on the back of a ‘Type Monza’ style streamlined body. I mean LOOK at those thrusters!!

Designed for a futuristic world where autonomous cars will take over, the 2040 Streamliner is built to be so powerful, it aims to displace air travel, allowing the car to perform interstate travel at incredible speeds. Obviously in order to achieve that, super-highways would have to be set up all over the country, built exclusively for self-driving automobiles. I wonder if it would be cheaper than a flight ticket though!

Designer: Minwoong Im

DIY for Designers

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 09:00 AM PST

The Design 3.0 series explores how designers might conceive, assemble and distribute products themselves. The collection of self-produced objects includes furniture and lighting, each built with a system of 3D printed joints and easily found materials made of wood or plastic. From the sleek side table to the playful luminaire, each is as stylish as it is efficient and quick to produce.

Designer: DesignLibero

Carry your Dance Party with you!

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 06:23 AM PST

We’ve spoken about how phones nowadays don’t match up to phones of the past in terms of audio power. It’s simple, honestly. The slimmer the phone, the smaller the speaker’s acoustic chamber, and therefore the lower the resonance (lower volume). The boom of the Bluetooth speaker market can be directly linked to this phenomenon. It’s almost like a conspiracy, I’d say.

Bluetooth speakers however aren’t usually the epitome of pocket-ability or portability because all our devices grow thinner with time, making bags and cases thinner too, and therefore storage and carrying of clunky Bluetooth speakers an annoyance. That’s conspiracy number 2! However, the BumpOut speaker’s hacked the system. Its design is surprisingly sleek and flat and even comes with adhesive pads, allowing you to temporarily glue it to your phone when you need to carry it around. Its slim design means it’ll fit into your pocket or even your carrier bag with ease. Now comes the interesting bit. The BumpOut’s design cleverly accommodates a collapsible acoustic void. Once you switch the speaker on, the entire speaker expands upwards, making it bigger and for its size, badder!

The once portable candybar-esque Bluetooth speaker now looks like it means business. Packed with one full range driver and a passive radiator on the inside, the BumpOut will churn out well rounded sound with pronounced and powerful bass notes, that too at half the size of your regular Bluetooth speaker. What’s more incredible is BumpOut’s dedication to absolute portability. The speakers come with a set of repositionable glue pads that allow you to effectively glue your BumpOut to any surface (including your smartphone). It’s now conveniently easy to carry your party in your pocket. Even though phone companies today may never embrace audio fidelity and power as a phone’s USP (God bless Sony Ericsson’s Walkman for giving us our best years), the BumpOut will give you the most mind-bendingly rich audio in the slimmest and most portable avatar ever!

Designer: BumpOut Design

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Sewww Stylish

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 03:00 AM PST

Two distinct products… one sleek, sophisticated look. PDF HAUS applies the design language of unlikely pen-maker Lamy to a sewing machine. Modern and minimalistic, each variant takes color and finish inspiration from their unique selection of fountain and ballpoint pens. The result is a variety of looks from loud to understated.

Designers: Jieun Jeong & PDF HAUS

Streamlined Workplace Safety

Posted: 19 Dec 2016 01:09 AM PST

If you’ve ever worked a dangerous job, you know just how easy it is to get comfortable and forget the very gear that keeps you in shape to make it to work! Still, safety equipment exists for a reason. The Seton safety system exists to ensure you are always equipped!

The wearable sensor and tablet work together to aid in the distribution of appropriate gear on the floor. The device is detected when an operator gets close to the screen at which point they are asked if and what equipment they need to do the job at hand. Working closely with management to ensure adherence to safety precautions, a distributor can then efficiently provide, track and organize the return of gear.

Even when safety gear is being used consistently and properly, accidents can still occur. In emergency situations, the wearable sensor also doubles as an easy-access trigger to alert medical professionals.

Designer: Coline Prévost