Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

What’s great about titanium is that it’s abundant, light-weight, anti-corrosive, and pretty much indestructible. What’s a little perplexing however is that using titanium for just making pens isn’t really doing much justice to the material. Titanium is a wonderful choice of material for products that really push the boundaries of stressful usage, making it apt for items like tools and instruments that get used relentlessly on a daily basis.

That’s why titanium is a perfect material for Feastform’s kitchenware series. Made for rough outdoor usage, but with an elegant style that makes it ideal for use even in the most style-conscious kitchens, Feastform’s spatula and tongs are crafted from Grade 5 titanium, known for its remarkably high strength to weight ratio. The spatula’s handle is wrapped with Technora, a material known to resist heat so well it was used in NASA’s Mars Rover parachute.

Designed with an Origami inspired aesthetic, Feastform’s utensils look wonderful while they do their job. The spatula comes in two sizes and the origami design gives the handle strength, making sure it doesn’t flex. It also helps Feastform’s tongs occupy less space, by allowing them to nest within each other when disassembled. Made to endure the elements outdoors (and therefore indoors too), the tools resist scratches, work under high temperatures, don’t impart an iron taste to the food, are easy to wash and maintain (being rust-proof), and given their flat design, can be packed away easily too inside luggage as well as kitchen drawers.

Unlike most titanium kitchen utensils that only have a titanium coating around a stainless steel body, Feastform’s kitchen apparatuses are crafted completely out of titanium sheets, making them lighter than most, and infinitely stronger. Visually and functionally ideal to be used in the most rustic as well as lavish setups, Feastform’s kitchen tools are designed to last multiple lifetimes, and look good through all of them!

Designers: Ben Bangser & Jesse Kruska of Concept 91

BUY NOW: $83.00 $118.00 (Ti Spatula + Tongs)

BUY NOW: $83.00 $118.00 (Ti Spatula + Tongs)

Ever gone to the beach only to carry half your weight in sand back with you? Beach bags are rather handy and convenient, however, they really love sand. Sand, mud, grit, all of it just gets into all your belongings, forming a lining on the inside of your bag, scratching your expensive sunglasses, creeping into your gadgets, and getting into nooks and crannies… forever.

I honestly didn’t know that there could be something I’d call the ‘perfect beach bag’. Shame on me, I guess, for not having identified this problem before. The Dezzio takes on a complete holistic problem-solving approach, identifying problems large and small with beach bags, and therefore rising above the competition as the most appropriate and functional beach bag ever made. Not only does it rid itself of sand, it shuns water, organizes your belongings, and comes with its own share of delightful surprises that make it the best bag to have outdoors.

The Dezzio’s pièce de résistance is its outer design that comprises a water-repellent fabric, keeping waves, splashes of water, and misty sprays away from your belongings, as well as a sand-exit mesh at the bottom, concealed by a flap. When the flap is opened, any sand that may have gotten into your bag makes its exit through the mesh at the bottom. A few quick shakes and your bag is cleaner, and lighter too!

However, this isn’t all that makes the Dezzio a consciously designed miracle-bag. It compartmentalizes the space inside itself beautifully, making easy-to-reach pockets for everything from magazines, to lotions, to sunglasses, and even comes with a pocket containing a reusable waterproof pouch for your wet beachwear. An electronics pouch on the inside keeps your phone well away from humidity and sand, while the Dezzio even includes 2 USB ports, allowing you to charge your phone and/or tablet within the bag. However, that’s just on the inside. On the outside it has a separate longitudinal pocket for flip-flops, straps for securing your rolled up beach towel, and even an insulated cooler-pocket for your chilled beer or fruit juice. To top things off, the cooler pocket’s zip incorporates a bottle-opener, because innovation literally has no boundaries!

The Dezzio presents itself in three unique styles, united by the same thought-process and features. Having already shipped to over 40 countries, the Dezzio has been one of the rare few products to have received immensely positive feedback, with backers making second and third pledges for the bag. The Dezzio may be the most ideal for the beach, but users are swearing by it, using it for everything from shopping, to picnics, to even the gym… because just like innovation, a good product know no boundaries!

Designer: Aditi Agarwal

BUY NOW: $59.00 $79.00

Classic Style: A minimal design tote which never goes out of style. Colorful canvas lends a cheerful feel and is a perfect bag for summer days.

Signature Style: Inspired by sailor stripes, it embraces the beautiful summertime atmosphere. Crafted with durable canvas and accented with leather straps for an elevated finish.

Duffle Style: A true versatile bag, this duffle brings a fresh style to carry your beach items and also be your everyday bag / gym bag.

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Tube-feeding or nutritional support is a therapy for people who are unable get enough nutrition by eating or drinking. As if that’s not awful enough, the existing tube-feeding equipment usually consists of an awkward backpack and cumbersome tubes. Tubie, however, is an enteral nutrition systems designed with a focus on freeing those with active lifestyle of the restraint and stigma attached to ambulatory tube-feeding systems.

The discreet, wearable design allows the user to wear it under most types of clothing. The waistband is made from a breathable and elastic polyester material that makes it comfortable to wear, even for extended periods. Better yet, it can be controlled with directly from the user’s smartphone. From the convenience of anywhere, the application makes it easy to control the pump and track the feeding process all without exposing the equipment.

Designer: Cindy Sjöblom

This Yoga mat renders the popular catchphrase “they see me rollin” obsolete. Designed with technology borrowed and refined from a child’s slap-on wrist band, the YoYo Mats stay flat when you need them to, and automatically (automagically) roll up neatly when you’re done!

It isn’t as simple as it looks however, say founders Aaron and Yu. They spent several months refining the process till they got it to work like a charm. The result? Bloody impressive! The mat stays absolutely flat when you need it, never dog-earing or folding over and being an annoyance while you’re meditating, exercising, or dancing. Do what you gotta do, and then just flip the mat over and it autonomously rolls up (akin to a yo-yo, hence the name) into a neat little roll that’ll never roll crooked, thanks to its dual rolling band arrangement… which you can then pick up and carry home or dump in the boot of your car! Now if only they made some self-tucking bedsheets…

Designers: Aaron Thornton & Yu Tsai.

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Inspired by an old Indian saying “Drop by Drop, fills an Ocean”, Pratik Ghosh’s Drop by Drop explores a human’s relationship with water as an elixir of life, and more importantly, a natural resource. The resulting product is a water filtration system that relies on a mini biosphere to produce (or rather filter) through the natural process of precipitation. With a beautiful aesthetic that can aptly be described as steampunk meets contemporary minimalism, Drop by Drop purifies water the natural way, making it potable with the added benefit of owning a beautiful tropical terrarium.

Drop by Drop is influenced by a theory referred to as the Biotic Pump, discussed in length by Russian scientists, Anastassia Makarieva and Victor Gorshkov. It talks about how plants pull water from the soil, and transpire it into the atmosphere, finally causing it to precipitate back onto land and into the soil. Drop by Drop does the same thing. The apparatus was designed with a water inlet, that waters the plant inside the main chamber. The main chamber is transparent, so as to allow sunlight to pass, and essentially operate as a greenhouse. The water that transpires from the leaves of the plant then condense on the glass cover of the main chamber, gathering over time, and then trickling down and collecting in a glass/beaker at the opposite end. Pratik claims the Drop by Drop can purify up to a glass of water in 12 hours. While that doesn’t seem like much, his plans for the project are much bigger, involving set-ups on a larger scale, so that water can be naturally harvested and purified with minimal effort. Head to the project page to read more!

Designer: Pratik Ghosh

Not to be confused with THIS home delivery, the Delivery Stool by Amar Nath Shaw is for delivering babies at home. Given India’s rising population, along with its lack of proper medical facilities and even the proper distribution of medical facilities, the Delivery Stool is for scenarios where birthing a child at home is requested, or required.

Designed to be used by trained medical professional (a midwife, but with medical credentials), the Stool is carried like a briefcase to the home where the birth is to take place. When opened out, it becomes a complete birthing apparatus, along with a U shaped stool, bedpan, tool-kit, and an anti-splash mat. The stool’s cushion and the mat (suitcase cover) are both made out of red tarpaulin that’s cheap, easy to clean, and masks the color of the blood. The stool itself is made from plastic, which is hollow on the inside, making it incredibly light-weight, allowing the entire kit to be carried by one person.

Roughly 303,000 mothers died during and following pregnancy and child-birth in 2015, due to lack of proper hygiene, or resources. Shaw’s stool aims at providing a concrete system and setup for the birthing process, aiding the medical community while helping mothers deliver their children safely, and with relative ease.

Designer: Amar Nath Shaw