Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Not Your Grandma’s Washboard
The Modern Milking Stool
Suck Up Light and Draw It Thusly
Garcon, one Cup of Light please
Model-Skinny Lighting
YD & red dot award: design concept Present the One Hour Free Registration Window

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 08:46 AM PDT

But just as easy to use! As appliances become increasingly multi-functional, so does their complexity of use. Gorenje’s red dot winning SensoCARE washing mashing achieves balance between technological functionality and user friendliness by focusing a straightforward design approach on the UI and the machine’s overall ergonomics. The operations panel has been visually conceived in a way that makes selection much easier for the user, without posing any restrictions on custom adjustments and settings of the machine.

Designer: Gorenje

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The Modern Milking Stool

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:54 AM PDT

“All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.” Inspired by the artist Grant Wood’s famous quote, the Milking Stool has all the trappings of a really good idea. The stool is simple, however unique with its contrasted tones of cork and ply, as well as its additional smart strip of bright stainless steel that belts the whole thing together like a ribbon. Lightweight, stackable, eco-friendly, recyclable, and visually charming… what more could you ask for?!

Designer: Noddy Boffin

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Suck Up Light and Draw It Thusly

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 01:00 AM PDT

The whole world still revolves around the writing tool – don’t you ever forget it. Designer Matej Korytar hasn’t forgotten it, taking the WACOM brand of digital writing instruments to a new level with the WACOM REALISM project: a pen with many abilities. This pen, an advanced stylus as it were, has the ability not only to instantly scan any real-world color and output it to your display and writing app of your choice – it’s got green power abilities as well.

This stylus has the ability to take the heat from your human hand and convert it into enough energy to keep the pen powered for its relatively low energy needs. With wireless connections unnamed as of yet, we must assume that some tech-forward Bluetooth or Wi-fi bond will be used to get the pen’s knowledge of colors to the tablet, Wacom pad, or computer of your choice.

Designer: Majel Korytar

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Garcon, one Cup of Light please

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 01:00 AM PDT

There’s a little light in every wonderful project, and here on Yanko Design we’ve got to appreciate the tools just as much as the ideas we produce – for example here a tiny light producer called “T Light”. What this little lamp is essentially a lightbulb in a coffee cup covered by a bit of cloth which enhances the overall quality of your experience. Look like your cuteness to go?

That’s exactly what’s greatest about this project: the fact that it is cute as well as quite possibly the most ergonomically designed tiny lamp in the land. Place this unit in your coffee cup holder, set it on your desk, and place it on your nightstand – all of this works great with a tiny bit of light!

Designer: Lucy Jung

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(Garcon, one Cup of Light please was originally posted on Yanko Design)

Model-Skinny Lighting

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:01 AM PDT

Composed of 3mm thick aluminum sheets and a super slim OLED light, the highlight of the Lanx lamp is its extreme thinness. Its bare, minimal aesthetic is contrasted with a warm wood veneer, making it a perfect desktop lamp for modern and traditional spaces alike.

Designer: Alessandro Marelli

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YD & red dot award: design concept Present the One Hour Free Registration Window

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Yanko Design was invited to attend the 2011 red dot Product Design Gala in Germany and the awards ceremony for the design concept winners in Singapore and we witnessed the energy, the enthusiasm, the glory of winning, upfront. Seriously, a red dot is all it takes to catapult you to instant fame! The 2012 red dot award: design concept is now in its regular registration phase but you can get a complete fee waiver for pre-judging entries. Exciting!

We will give you all the details on the 19th of April 2012, between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. PST on how to enter this competition and get the fee waiver. For now all you need to do is decide on which category you want to enter. No immediate design submissions required. Just look out for the Free Registration window that will open up on the April 19th.

Yanko Design has a ringside view for the competition this year and we are super excited! Our publisher Takashi Yamada is one of the honourable jury members and will be a part of the judging process in Singapore.

Once again, don't forget to tune in on 19th April 2012, between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. PST for the free registration.