Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

I’ve heard of music being a soothing experience, but the Kushion bluetooth speaker pushes limits! The pillow/cushion actually has a pretty darn amazing speaker hidden within its soft, cozy looking exterior. Kushion really aims to change the music listening experience with something refreshing and out of the blue. The audio drivers within the pillow can play back soft tunes when you’re trying to sleep, or can even fill up the room with its DSP controlled audio system. It comes with the longest bluetooth range on the market so you can play your tunes from anywhere in the room, and with 8 hours of battery time, you’re going to eventually run out of music to play! Plus guess what… you can plug your phone into the Kushion and charge your device too! What you can’t do though, is use the Kushion for pillowfights. *sadface*

Designer: David Fuchs

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More than just a clock, Sync is an innovative kitchen timer that helps users manage their cook time in a simple, intuitive way. While cooking, simply remove the clock from the wall to use it as a timer. To make things easy, you can preset cook times using color variations on the face. Simply slide the timer to the designated color to instantly countdown the correct cook time! Better yet, it requires minimal contact and is easy to clean so you don’t have to worry about getting it dirty!

Designer: Hélène Bert

“To use Sync, just associate one color to one type of cooking like meats, vegetables, starches etc and accumulate different tasks by sliding the timer. Select the time desired by referring to the 5-minute indicator.” says designer Hélène.

Inspired by Nat Geo Wild, the Onyx drone aims to provide nature lovers with an entirely new way to track and record landscape and wildlife undisturbed from the safety of the sky.

Designed with aerodynamics and durability in mind, its beetle-like form provides enhanced stability for its dual HD camera system. Using one on the top surface on a gyroscopic rail and the other one on the bottom, it tracks shapes, colors, and heat signals to distinguish animals and help guide the user operating from the ground. It’s like Pokemon Snap… only, IRL!

Designer: Anthony Mazoyer

Architecture enthusiasts will see the uncanny resemblance between the Cascade coffee maker and Frank Lloyd Wright’s undebatably iconic Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania. The drip filter is split into three parts with water streaming down from upper compartments to lower ones, forming miniature waterfalls on the way that bring a beautiful sense of drama to the coffee-making process.

The designer’s aim was to make a coffee machine so uniquely sculptural that it became the most eye-catching attractive thing in the kitchen. I say job well done!

Designer: Connor Canavan

“By focusing on the calm sound of the water and creating a great cup of coffee, it can set a person’s day off on the right foot,” said designer Connor Canavan.

“The water is pumped up from the bottom reservoir, so that it falls from the top section into the middle, where it undergoes a heating process. From there, the water falls into the last section which includes the grounds, filter, and rotating spout for pouring over.”