Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

This might just look like your average tent (in fact, its triangular shape is pretty old-school!) but it’s also a clever water collection tool. The tent fabric features built-in grooves that funnel rain water or dew into a reservoir with a convenient tap. The water can then be used for a variety of purposes from cleaning and cooking to filtering for consumption. With the Water-Collecting Tent, campers can rest assure they’ll never be without at a least a little H2O!

Designer: Changxin You

The coconut is one tough nut to crack. There’s a practice here in India where we crack a coconut against the floor during important religious rituals, and they say if you can’t break it at the first shot, that’s a bad omen. I’ve had my share of bad omens. Not just during rituals, but even in the kitchen… the talent of cracking coconuts just eludes me.

The Cococrack brings technique to what would normally be an act of strength. Using basic principles of physics, and clever design, it allows you to open up coconuts in what seems like a more sophisticated (and less barbaric) way, allowing you to first drain the liquid, and then break open the shell.

The Cococrack consists of two implements. A wide conical screw, and a prying tool. The screw helps initially break through the coconut’s hard shell by digging its way into one of the coconut’s eyes. The more you turn, the more the screw wedges in. When cracks begin emerging, flip the coconut over and let the milk drain out. Then simply insert the prying tool into the cracks and rotate it, causing the coconut to fall apart piece by piece, just waiting to be eaten or shredded and used as garnish! Yes Brad, you can put your chainsaw back.

Designer: Valerio Canetti

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Did you know that Nikola Tesla patented a drone before there were drones?! Over 100 years ago he called these imagined vessels as being used to carry packages, establish communication with inaccessible regions, and “many other scientific purposes.” Drones are basically in the brand’s DNA, so it’s no wonder that there is so much hype around what a Tesla drone might be like! In this concept, called Aurora, Tesla’s electric motor technology is applied to a tricopter design to facilitate long-range, extended-time camera capability.

Operating either autonomously or controlled manually, it’s ideal for reconnaissance, checking on out-of-reach machinery, routine structure inspections, or simply for capturing vivid photography and video for fun. The three rotor design allows for larger propellers. This results in less required rotations and less energy to fly, making it more efficient with up to 35% more battery life. Because of the size of the propellers, it also has greater acceleration and better maneuverability. As far as looks go, it’s carefully considered and beautifully executed sculpting that’s probably the e-drone concept most closely in line with the Tesla aesthetic.

Designer: Alberto Esses

Who doesn’t love a vacation? The answer: your houseplants! Even those with a good green thumb can’t avoid the problem of plants drying out when they go out of town. Until now. Sanhih is an innovative and elegantly designed planter and funnel system that keep plants watered while you’re away!

The design is super simple. The glass container on top can be filled with water and will release a slow drip to ensure plants receive the water they need over time. A convenient measurement system located on the side of the glass indicates the correct fill line that corresponds with the time you’ll be away. Holes in the bottom half ensure your plant gets proper air circulates and is happy as it is hydrated!

Designers: Chen Liang, Xu Mengxuan, Lu Nannan, Nie Lei, Huang Xin, Li Mingquan, Li Wenfang, Lin Tingzhan & Huang Junda

The Komorebi lamp is a hallmark of great product design because its idea and execution reflects uniqueness and sheer brilliance. Designed to illuminate, but in a way that is seemingly natural and definitely desirable, the lamp doesn’t emit light, but the illusion of sunlight coming to you from your window.

On the inside of the Komorebi lies a projector, that contains video loops of light-patterns that form on walls when sunlight peers through trees, or reflects off water bodies. Select the style you find most ambient and Komorebi casts a beautiful and realistic light shimmer on the wall, looking just like the sun entering your room. What’s more incredible is Komorebi’s ability to position itself and point the reflection at different parts of the wall, corresponding with the sun’s movement from east to west with the passing of time.

London-based designer Leslie Nooteboom is currently looking for investors and product development specialists who can help him translate this from prototype to a final product… and why not? The Komorebi may just easily be the most beautiful lamp ever built.

Designer: Leslie Nooteboom

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The latest in Studio Beam’s lux D-light collection, the Quattro pendant is a substantial addition to any workstation, kitchen or other commercial space. With its metal grill cover, MDF body and handled supports, it has a distinct industrial vibe contrasted with a variety of playful colors customized to the consumer’s liking. Fitted with a high power LED module for upward or downward lighting, its variable illumination intensity can be adapted to the requirements of any area.

Designer: Studio Beam