Mobikoma is a concept phone based on modules that fasten on to each other via micro locks. Each module has its own power supply and computing processor making it a powerful individual. By Yanko Design
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tablet Phone or Phone Tablet – You Decide
Mobikoma is a concept phone based on modules that fasten on to each other via micro locks. Each module has its own power supply and computing processor making it a powerful individual. By Yanko Design
Shopping Assistant for the Blind
The See assistive technology concept aims to alleviate some of the difficulties in the process of product consumption that affect so many people with visual impairments. By Yanko Design
Wheelchair for Air Travel
For those confined to a wheelchair, getting around on board an aircraft can be quite challenging & usually requires assistance from one of the flight crew. By Yanko Design
Connections are Everything
The conceptual Opportune smartphone app tracks a user’s interests based on keywords from their Facebook updates, web searches, and frequented sites and gives them real-time geolocated “connections” that might be able to help them with something they’ve been searching for. By Yanko Design
Moto-inspired Beemer
Simone Madella’s BMW Tandem is the latest in a trend of concept autos that take inspiration from motorcycles, mixing some of the advantages of both to create a futuristic, adrenaline pumping, and unique vehicle. By Yanko Design
Riot Slower Downer
With widespread protesting and rioting on the rise, it’s no wonder that concepts like this have become a more popular design subject. By Yanko Design
Equestrian Inspired EV
The Fayton, inspired by the natural (horse) and human (carriage) components of the phaeton horse-drawn buggy of the 19th century, is a project aimed at providing comfortable transportation with a minimal carbon footprint. By Yanko Design
Sublime Form of Ovum
The boxy classic form of washing machines has rarely seen any refreshing innovations. Yes, the tech aspects have seen performance shoot up; we get cleaner whites, brighter colors and drier washes. By Yanko Design
Steve Jobs and PowerPoint
One thing we need to constantly remind ourselves is that slides and other forms of projected visualization—no matter how "cool" they may be—are not appropriate for every context. By Presentation Zen
Silicon Valley’s New Secret Weapon: Designers Who Found Startups
If you want to ship great products, writes the Designer Fund's Enrique Allen, consider having a designer in your founding group. By Co.Design
An HR Lesson From Steve Jobs: If You Want Change Agents, Hire Pirates
Why? Because pirates can operate when rules and safety nets break down. By Co.Design
Twist, A Flat And Balloon Whisk In One
Joseph Joseph creates a dual-purpose kitchen tool that also solves an age-old storage problem. By Co.Design
Safety Maps Help You Plan For Catastrophe
Paper can still save your life, in a networked world. By Co.Design
Could Twitter Help Us Create Smarter Transit Routes?
Eric Fischer used geotagged tweets to create maps of the most highly trafficked thoroughfares in major cities. By Co.Design
Ideo Offers 4 Strategies For Reinventing The Retail Experience
Retail environments are often the most stable part of the businesses they support. Shouldn't they instead be proving grounds for reinvention? By Co.Design
Pharmacy’s New Branding Cures The Design Blahs
Stockholm Design Lab gives the brand ID of a pharmacy chain in Sweden a big old happy pill. By Co.Design
5 Ways That Android Is Trying To Break The Mobile UI Paradigm
Android's design chief asks why we're still designing smartphone applications as if they were desktop software. By Co.Design
The Revolution Will Be Mobile
By 2012, 61 percent of the world's population—roughly 4.3 billion
people—will rely on some kind of mobile device as an access point for
exchanging information and communication. By Frog
A World of Tweets
Frog created A World of Tweets, a web-based visualization using HTML5 that shows a real-time global map of Twitter hot spots. Toggle between map and satellite views or watch in 3D! By Frog
CES: Intel Interactive Lifeform Generator
On interesting interactive installations at CES, Intel had an interactive lifeform generator called the Connect to Life Experience, which was a 168-foot-wide interactive 3D virtual life simulation designed by Stimulant and Foghorn Creative. By NOTCOT
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Ultra Long Distance Wheelchair is the Grand Tourer of racing wheelchairs
Unlike racing bicycles, touring bicycles aren’t as stripped back and thus allow cyclists to sustain performance over a period of time. By DesignBuzz
Superior e-bike to attract gen-next towards biking
In what could be considered as happy marriage between the academic and the practical, a diploma thesis for the Department of Industrial Design at the University of Technology in Brno (Czech Republic) and the manufacturing excellence of the Czech bicycle company, Superior, has resulted in the working prototype for an e-bike. By DesignBuzz
Five best flying motorbike concepts
The ever increasing number of vehicles has choked the roads very badly and it seems nearly impossible to escape the traffic congestion. By DesignBuzz
Seven sustainable tents to enjoy the Nature
Self-sufficient underwater structures to sustain life in the future
The progress made by man is no doubt tremendous. Man has been able to reach the moon and do things that would be considered miraculous in the past - all with the aid of science and technology. Some things, however, still elude his control. By DesignBuzz
Monday, January 23, 2012
Another Lesson From Steve Jobs: A Driving Vision Has 4 Key Elements
Steve Jobs often saw further than his competitors. His vision had four defining features that we can all learn from. By Co.Design
With Fuelband, Nike Aims To Crush Jawbone Up And Overhaul Nike+
The Nike Fuelband cracks the problem of tracking your fitness, and is the beginning of a brand-new paradigm for the Nike+ franchise. By Co.Design
Friday, January 20, 2012
Not a Pamphlet, It’s a Smartphone
Garipov put pen to paper and came up with the Smartphone Booklet – a disposable phone as thin as a cardboard made possible by switching from traditional silicon to nanoparticles. By Yanko Design
Sunday, January 01, 2012
How John Lasseter's Characters And Steve Jobs's Cash Saved Pixar From Death
Two iconic short films transformed a no-name tech company into a blockbuster machine. By John Pavlus
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