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fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
18 hours ago

This MagSafe iPhone Grip Is Actually a Self-Defense Spray in Disguise - Yanko Design

Personal safety products have a design problem few people talk about. Pepper sprays and personal alarms are either too bulky to carry consistently or so visually aggressive that most people feel uncomfortable with them in plain sight.
Apple
fromArs Technica
1 day ago

In motorsport, there's nowhere to hide as AI becomes new CFD tool

The use of wind tunnels to simulate its effect on scale models of cars was in its infancy, so teams were mostly limited to expensive and sometimes dangerous track testing.
Cars
#architecture
#smart-home
Renovation
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

mediclinics rethinks the utilitarian aesthetic for baby changing stations in public restrooms

Mediclinics' Babymedi redefines baby changing stations with a design-focused approach, integrating seamlessly into modern public spaces while winning multiple prestigious awards.
fromItsnicethat
5 days ago

Yee Hawr: horsegiirL is the new face of Dinamo's half sans half serif experiment in type design

HorsegiirL was on billboards and posters across Berlin, London and New York, featuring cinematic studio shots with a hot desert sun casting five different, alphabetical shadows. This campaign was a serious move to share in the real world, as horsegiirL exists in physical space, in front of crowds.
Typography
Remodel
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 week ago

This Electrolux dishwasher lifts its bottom rack so you can load pots without bending down - Yanko Design

Electrolux's ComfortLift feature allows the lower dishwasher basket to rise for easier loading, addressing accessibility for older adults and those with mobility issues.
UX design
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Ikea's new inflatable chair doesn't look like an inflatable chair

Ikea previews an experimental collection featuring an inflatable chair, a rocking bench, and a versatile floor lamp, set to debut on May 13th.
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
1 week ago

The Vintage Stove Built-In Soup Feature You Won't Find Anywhere Today - Tasting Table

Vintage kitchens featured innovative appliances like the deep well cooker, enhancing efficiency and convenience in cooking.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 week ago

A Copper-Wax Lamp Revives a Slovak Forge and Glows Like Stained Glass - Yanko Design

Zolnianska created a copper-wax composite that forms the shades, a substance that behaves differently every time it's worked. Some shades come out smooth and disc-like, while others emerge heavily textured and volcanic, their deeply pitted surfaces catching and scattering light in unpredictable ways.
Design
UX design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 week ago

This Nothing-Inspired XR Headset Displays Your Status So People Know When Not to Interrupt - Yanko Design

Spatial computing is evolving to enhance user immersion while considering real-world interactions, exemplified by the Nothing XR(01) headset's social transparency feature.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 week ago

Limberlost Place / Moriyama & Teshima Architects

Limberlost Place is a pioneering public tall timber building in Toronto, showcasing advanced design and sustainability standards.
fromSustainable Bus
1 week ago

Milano Design Week hosts debut of Lazzerini's 100% recycled plastic seat (developed with Nextchem) - Sustainable Bus

The Re-Compact seat is manufactured entirely from recycled plastic derived from post-consumer waste streams and processed through Nextchem's NX Replast™ technology, according to the company press release.
Alternative transportation
Cars
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 week ago

Aston Martin Veil Concept Reimagines What Comes After the Valkyrie Hypercar - Yanko Design

Aston Martin's Veil concept reimagines hypercar design with organic, flowing surfaces instead of angular forms, emphasizing performance and aesthetic innovation.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks ago

AQUA HUMAN Is a Dive Suit Concept Built Around the Body, Not the Tank - Yanko Design

The central idea is integration rather than addition. AQUA HUMAN ditches the external tanks and brings breathing, temperature regulation, and mobility into the suit's structure itself, functioning as a single synchronized system.
UX design
#product-design
Fashion & style
fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

Jaeger-LeCoultre Ushers in a New Era of Design with the Master Control Chronometre

Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Control Chronometre introduces modern design with three new models, showcasing technical innovation and luxury watchmaking heritage.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

100-Meter A100 concept yacht redefines luxury sailing with massive interior volume - Yanko Design

The A100 concept reduces the width of side decks, allowing the main deck to stretch nearly the full beam of the yacht, creating significantly larger interior spaces than typically found on sailing yachts of comparable size.
Design
#ai
fromMedium
8 months ago
Mobile UX

How to be the designer in the AI Loop

AI is autonomously generating UX and interfaces, requiring designers to adapt their roles creatively and strategically.
#wearable-technology
Fashion & style
fromDesign Milk
1 month ago

The Iconic Swatch SKIN Line Takes on Tropical Tones

Swatch emerged in the 1980s as a sporty alternative to luxury watches, embracing new technologies during the quartz crisis.
Fashion & style
fromianVisits
1 month ago

Schiaparelli at the V&A: the designer you've probably not heard of

Elsa Schiaparelli, a pioneering fashion designer, is celebrated for her innovative designs and influence in the fashion world, particularly between the two world wars.
Wearables
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Fender Mix review: Well-designed headphones that just fall short of greatness

Fender Audio's Mix headphones feature smart design elements and swappable parts, aiming to compete with premium brands at a lower price point.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

Beams Just Turned the $120 Timex Camper Into a Ring Watch - Yanko Design

The Beams Boy x Timex Original Camper Ring Watch draws its lineage from two points in history: the 1920s tradition of converting women's timepieces into jewelry, and the 1990s ring watch trend that briefly made a cult appearance before fading out again.
Wearables
Bicycling
fromBikerumor
1 month ago

Felt Is Back With New NEXAR Road Bike - Lighter, Faster & Very Aero

Felt's new NEXAR bike aims to be fast, light, and rider-friendly while integrating advanced design features.
#modular-furniture
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

LiberNovo Omni Just Won the iF Design Award 2026 for Wellness Design - Yanko Design

The core idea behind the Omni is that your posture doesn't stay fixed throughout a workday, so your chair probably shouldn't either. The Bionic FlexFit Backrest is built around that logic, using 16 spherical pivot points, 8 adaptive flexible panels, and 14 dual-connection points to follow the natural curve of your spine as it shifts.
UX design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

This $300 Lamp Looks Like Melted Metal and Runs for 10 Hours - Yanko Design

Through blow molding and vacuum metallization of polycarbonate, the team created these distorted, half-mirrored orbs that look like they were pulled from the surface of another planet. When switched off, the Melt is a sleek, reflective object. When turned on, it becomes translucent, casting a warm, almost liquid glow that feels alive.
Design
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

Motorola's AI Pendant Turns Conference Talks Into LinkedIn Posts - Yanko Design

Motorola's Project Maxwell is a wearable AI pendant designed to reduce friction by capturing context and delivering actionable insights without requiring users to interrupt their focus or interact with screens.
Games
fromFast Company
2 months ago

How the Olympic cauldron became its own spectacle

Two cauldrons at Milan Cortina 2026 perform synchronized light-and-motion shows inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, expanding and contracting, responding to music, with hourly performances.
UX design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 months ago

3 learnings from business of design week 2025 for the future of smart cities, heritage and AI

Curiosity-driven design enables adaptive, responsive urban systems using real-time sensing, modular autonomous mobility, and cross-cultural collaboration to advance smart cities, heritage, and AI.
Graphic design
from99% Invisible
3 months ago

Exit Interview With Michael Bierut - 99% Invisible

Michael Bierut created a clever reversible invitation early in his career and became a prominent designer responsible for major brand identities.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 months ago

A' design award and competition reveals top creative nations in world design ranking 2025

The World Design Rankings (WDR) has unveiled its 2025 results, providing a snapshot of how design-led innovation is distributed across the globe. The ranking offers a deep dive into the creative power of 114 nations, measured by their success within the A' Design Award. The latest data confirms China's continued dominance in the top spot, followed closely by the United States, Japan, Italy, and Hong Kong.
Design
#edc
Food & drink
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
4 months ago

The Most Anticipated Openings of 2026 - Food & Beverage Magazine

2026 hotel openings and reimagined properties will reshape luxury hospitality and create major food-and-beverage opportunities through design innovation and destination dining concepts.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

It becomes like Zoolander': the podcast making you think differently about clothes

Fashion's hidden histories connect inventions, gendered clothing features, military design and commercial innovation, shaping everyday garments and consumer culture.
Design
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
4 months ago

Top seven U.S. manufacturers leading the way in industrial design innovation - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Human-centred industrial design and technological innovation drive smarter, more usable, sustainable products that bridge concept and production and improve manufacturing efficiency and long-term value.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
4 months ago

10 Iconic Frank Gehry Buildings That Celebrate The Late "Starchitect's" Legacy - Yanko Design

Frank Gehry transformed architecture into emotional, narrative-driven, and sculptural practice, reshaping cities, inspiring generations, and normalizing expressive, disobedient design.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
6 months ago

Top 10 Most Daring Concepts That Will Reshape How We Live: Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners - Yanko Design

Design concepts live in that fascinating space between "what if" and "why not," where the constraints of manufacturing budgets and market research haven't yet trimmed away the boldest ideas. While finished products get the spotlight and the sales figures, concepts represent design thinking at its most uninhibited, tackling problems we didn't even know we had and proposing solutions that make us wonder why nobody thought of this sooner.
Graphic design
Design
fromArchDaily
6 months ago

Architectural Competitions as a Tool to Empower Emerging Voices

Open architectural competitions remain vital testing grounds for innovation, offering transparent selection, exposure, and opportunities that advance architects’ careers and generate high-quality proposals for organizers.
Design
fromDesign Milk
6 months ago

f f e r r o n e Marks 25 Years With Dazzling New Glassware

Felicia Ferrone's Revolution Collection launched global interest in her contemporary glassware and inspired new experimental collections blending tradition with innovation.
Miscellaneous
fromLAmag
7 months ago

Top Digital Agencies in Los Angeles Recognized by the Netty Awards

Los Angeles digital agencies blend creativity, technology, and data-driven strategies to deliver significant traffic growth, conversion increases, and industry-defining digital experiences.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Gentle definition at Fendi in collection inspired by childrenswear

At Fendi, where Silvia Venturini Fendi is leading the house founded by her grandparents through its centenary year, family is as much part of the sales pitch as the Baguette bag. I have been thinking about childrenswear, because I have a big family, and my daughter is pregnant with twins, she said backstage. Two grandsons made a cameo appearance on the catwalk earlier this year while her 18-year-old granddaughter is her fiercest critic, the 64-year-old creative director says.
Fashion & style
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoQ
7 months ago

AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2025

Human-centered design leadership integrates emerging technologies and evolving design practices across global teams to create technology that benefits people.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
7 months ago

Best of Techtember: 10 Game-Changing Designs That Defined September 2025 - Yanko Design

September 2025 will be remembered as the month technology finally caught up with our crazy dreams. Companies across every category seemed to collectively decide that incremental updates were no longer enough. From phones thinner than physics should allow to robots that actually climb stairs, each launch pushed boundaries we didn't even know existed. The timing wasn't coincidental; this felt like a coordinated assault on mediocrity.
Apple
Design
fromArchDaily
7 months ago

20 Practices Shaping the Future of Architecture: Winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards

ArchDaily revealed winners of the 5th Next Practices, honoring 20 emerging, interdisciplinary firms advancing innovation, creativity, and social responsibility in architecture worldwide.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
8 months ago

Realme P3 Ultra Review: Cosmic Design, Everyday Power - Yanko Design

The Realme P series is a relatively new but increasingly important lineup in Realme's smartphone portfolio, first making its debut in India with the launch of the Realme P1 and P1 Pro in 2024. Designed as a mid-range offering, the P series stands out for its commitment to delivering a compelling blend of power, design innovation, and value. Originally exclusive to the Indian market, the success of the P series has prompted Realme to expand its availability globally.
Gadgets
Fashion & style
fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
8 months ago

New Balance 1906L "Black Croc" Brings Luxury to a Running Classic | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

New Balance's 1906L "Black Croc" reimagines a performance model into a luxury loafer-inspired sneaker with a glossy finish.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
8 months ago

55,000 Modular Off-Grid Tiny Home Makes Sustainable Living Actually Livable With Solar Power & Expandable Design - Yanko Design

The new Ecocapsule Box ditches the quirky pod aesthetic for a clean rectangular form that feels refreshingly honest about what it is-a tiny home that wants you to live in it.
Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
8 months ago

Teenage Engineering's semi-transparent computer-2 PC case is absolutely free - Yanko Design

Teenage Engineering has unveiled the computer-2, the world's cheapest computer case, demonstrating that essential design can come at no cost to consumers.
Gadgets
fromDesign Milk
8 months ago

FANZI's Optical Flow Dissolves Boundaries Between Art + Function

In the flow of light, images and objects no longer remain still; they flicker, refract, and generate meaning through the act of perception. As visitors move through the exhibition, the pieces shift in resonance and form, revealing new meanings in every gaze and gesture.
Design
fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
8 months ago

Buick's Electra Orbit Concept Reimagines Space-Age Luxury for the EV Era | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

The Electra Orbit stretches nearly six meters long and more than two meters wide, presenting an elongated, sweeping form that instantly sets it apart from traditional EV silhouettes.
Cars
fromGSMArena.com
8 months ago

Ice Universe reveals Galaxy S26 Edge thickness, changes mind on battery capacity

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge will feature a 4,200mAh or possibly 4,400mAh battery capacity while achieving a thickness of 5.5mm, addressing criticisms of the S25 Edge's design.
Mobile UX
Digital life
fromItsnicethat
8 months ago

New translation publication from Magculture "combines the logics of newspaper and magazine design"

A globalized magazine translates journalism into English, showcasing diverse perspectives beyond the Anglosphere.
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