Your Daily YD Inspiration for 07/04/2018

A Torch That’s More Useful Than The One On Your Phone

Ever since the phone had a flashlight on it, torch sales have plummetted. The torch, for the longest time, has been this clunky, battery-guzzling device that...

EDC for the Perpetual Problem-solver

Problem-solvers like us designers and tinkerers have quite a few tools of trade. We sketch, we ideate, we pull apart, we put together, and we solve...

Hiring good designers instead of good actors

In a personal interview, a lot depends on our assessment of the candidate. The first impression matters and even though we hate to agree, we all...

This Drill Sucks (Literally)

Sawdust sucks. Sucking up sawdust doesn’t suck… and that’s precisely what the Vacuum Drill does. What I mean is, it features an integrated suction feature that...

The Ultimate Photography Accessory You Never Knew You Needed

I’m of the opinion that a camera is only as good as the person wielding it… so an accessory for the photographer makes as much a...

A Light That’s Inspired by Architecture!

Inspiration for a design can come from anywhere and it’s what both launches and drives the project, but what I find most interesting is the narrative...

Smartibots do for robots what Google Cardboard did for VR

In 2014 when Google debuted the cardboard VR headset, it changed the game, bringing VR into every home, destroying the misconception that VR was an expensive...

This wheelchair turns the backrest into a steering wheel

The wheelchair is a very hand-intensive product, requiring arm strength to propel and brake the vehicle as well as your hands to maneuver the chair left...

Smartphone with a dual camera? How about 7 more?

You may remember Light, the company that launched a smartphone-sized point-and-shoot with as many as 16 camera modules that covered the entire back of the phone....