Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Elegant, hypnotic, and so beautiful, it justifies all the design awards its won, the D’Light puts an art installation in every home! Named D’Light after its delightful experience (as well as a combination of Donation and Light), the lamp is a pleasure to own and interact with.

The D’Light is a kinetic lighting device that adapts its style based on the kind of mood you’re trying to set. With the ability to orient itself in various different shapes, each with a completely unique character, the D’Light works beautifully as a table lamp, a floor lamp, a hanging pendant lamp, or even an ambient kinetic-artpiece deserving to be in the center of your home! The lamp comes with a table-top base, but can be attached to any outlet (it’s a breeze to assemble), as long as it has the freedom to freely shape-shift. Fitted with a smart-bulb on the inside that can change colors (adding more variety and beauty to the lamp’s abilities), the lamp has a honeycomb-esque paper pattern on the outside that can freely rotate, and comes mounted on a specially designed frame that turns via a motor, controlled by the D’Light app. The highly intriguing honeycomb pattern not only allows the lamp to rotate the way it does, but it also does a rather wonderful job of scattering the light. The honeycomb lampshade is tear-resistant and washable.

The jellyfish-esque D’Light makes a beautiful addition to any home and is sure to outshine (literally!) any lighting you may have in the room. It’s a winner of the Good Design Award, the iF Design Award, and the IDEA Design Award. Plus, all profits from the D’Light go to providing educational scholarships (Donation + Light), reinforcing the metaphor of light being a symbol of knowledge and wisdom!

Designer: ID+IM Design Laboratory

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Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days – an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in July 2017.

Come October 2017 and we’ll have Google launch its second iteration of its flagship smartphone, the Pixel. Admitted it may not look anything like what we’re seeing right now, but Jonas Daehnert has an affinity for creating the most desirable phone concepts.

This might look like a retro motorcycle just waiting for its engine to be dropped it, but looks closer and you’ll spy pedals! It’s Avionic’s V1 and it’s perhaps the most handsome e-bike ever.

Water Curtain is aptly named for its elongated spout which provides a waterfall-like flow. This maximizes coverage for washing foods or cleaning dishes. Furthermore, internal sensors detect the size of the object and adjust accordingly to prevent water waste.

The Ring Ruler allows you to draw perfect circles without using those compasses that tear holes in paper (my architecture friends will know the pain) and require constant readjusting and calibrating because the hinge is loose, or the pencil isn’t secured tight enough.

This Android smartphone doesn’t want to be called a smartphone, but rather a Holographic Media Machine. It comes with a screen that is capable of delivering glass-less 3D visuals.

The Gauswheel is nothing like anything we’ve seen before. It borrows bits from most personal mobility vehicles. You stand on it as you would on a skateboard, propelling it with a foot. However, it has only two wheels like a scooter, and has a singular handlebar with a brake, like a bicycle.

Never thought I’d utter the words “loo” and “love” in one sentence but this one has changed that! You’ll love this design too – not only for its futuristic aesthetic but also its clever self-cleaning system.

Love your smartwatch but hate that it needs juicing?! You need an innovative charging strap like this one designed for the Samsung Gear S3.

Forget your fugly fish bowl! Tau is a twist on the standalone aquarium that ditches all the awkward tubing, hard lighting and unsightly box filters for a cleaner, minimalistic look that you and your fishy friends will love!

iM2 will make sure there still are some skid marks in the upcoming era of autonomous cars!

Exploring and expanding the possibilities of what we can do with additional powers… in this case, an extra thumb.

Built with two powerful permanent Neodymium magnets in the left and right temples, these shades can be snapped to your clothing securely enough to even sit on a roller-coaster without having them flying off at the slightest instance.

The Mindfulness Phone is the latest in a trend of devices that aim to get people’s faces out of their phones!

With a bezel and dial made from actual concrete, the Masonic watch is probably the most beautiful and unforgettable watch I’ve seen in a while, as it pays tribute to the Freemasons, one of early society’s first architects.

The Nice Tri ice pack, a 2017 Red Dot Concept Design Award winner, provides targeted muscle relief in a way that will make you say “why didn’t I think of that?”. It’s that simple! Designed specifically to address the triceps and bicep muscles of the arm, the stretchy sleeve is composed of a triangular web. Once the sleeve is in place, specialized triangle gel packs can then be slipped in to specific areas to cover the site of the injury, spasm, or wherever cold treatment is needed most! The entire system is waterproof and durable, so it’s not only easy to clean but capable of being reused time and time again.

Designers: Jang Yun-Jen & Lin Wei-Chun

This series of furniture is made the way packaging boxes are. Laser cut out of a single sheet of material (in this case, acrylic), and bent into shape, creating an interesting, aesthetically minimal series of furniture.

While punching out shapes from acrylic (also reffered to as PMMA) may result in material wastage, the arrangement of shapes can be optimized for the least amount of waste generation. Plus, the Crease furniture saves on production costs by utilizing manufacturing techniques cheaper than injection molding, and completely doing away with glue, screws, or joinery to be put together. The use of clear acrylic highlights the furniture’s unique folded construction, while giving the impression of being delicate (which it’s assuredly not), so that people consciously and sub-consciously treat it carefully, making it last longer! Clever, isn’t it?!

Designer: Xiaoyong Wang

Designed to look like a diamond (cleverly linking to the diamond’s ability to break white light into millions of colors) the Nix Pro Color Sensor is a handheld device that allows you to scan/pick colors from the real world and record them, translating them into RGB, CMYK, Lab, HTML, and various other color standards, almost becoming like a dream for graphic designers, fashion designers, web designers, architects, automotive designers/CMF designers, and a whole variety of other professions.

The Nix works on using its own light spectrum measuring sensor. The black design helps keep outside light and ambient interference out, while the Nix then shines its own calibrated light on the color patch you place it on. The sensor then captures the color value and translates it into a variety of industry standards suitable for paints, prints, cosmetics, textiles, plastics, and even food industries. All the data you capture gets stored on the Nix app on your phone, eventually making your mobile a veritable trophy-room of shades and hues. Gotta catch ’em all!

Designer: Nix Sensor Ltd.

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Imagine yourself as a part of a new multi-planetary species, traveling throughout the solar system. What would your eating experience be like on such a journey? The Zero G concept brand sheds light on what meal time might look like for future humans in space… and it’s more about preservation than presentation.

It provides food and beverages as well as onboard recycling services. It features magnetic trays as well as food and water packaging with straightforward labeling. Each is made from highly recyclable, ultralight materials specifically designed for use in weightless conditions.

Designer: Louis Berger