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Yanko DesignThe iPhone Air 2 might come with a Pixel-shaped camera bump and dual lenses Apple’s thinnest iPhone is currently a foldable. The iPhone Duo measures 0.20 inches (5.2mm) when unfolded, taking the title from the 5.6mm iPhone Air after just one year.
Yanko DesignThis award-winning yarn packaging looks good enough to lick (please don’t) Yarn packaging has one job, and it usually quits the moment you get home. The paper band gets torn off, the plastic bag goes in the trash, and the yarn ends up in a ceramic yarn bowl that knitters…
Yanko DesignTrent Reznor’s custom synth has an Atari 2600 built into it Trent Reznor has a reputation for smashing keyboards on stage. This one, he’ll probably keep. Swedish woodworker Love Hultén built the Nine Inch Nails frontman a one-off sound station that combines…
Yanko Design5 Home Office Upgrades That Rethink How You Sit, Store, and Charge Spending most of the day at a desk makes you surprisingly familiar with its little annoyances. There’s the chair that never quite fits, the papers occupying your mouse’s territory, and the charging…
Yanko DesignNUO Pairs a Rocking Knife With a Board That Actually Guides It A pile of fresh herbs has a way of becoming a much larger project once the chopping starts. Leaves spread across the board, little pieces escape the blade, and suddenly you’re gathering everything…
Yanko DesignJojo’s Headphone Concept Adjusts Like a Yo-Yo, Without Sliders A headphone cable usually gets treated as the part you tolerate. It hangs off the ear cup, catches on things, and rarely contributes much to the design beyond getting sound where it needs to go.
Yanko DesignA Refugee City Plan Refuses to Treat Shelter as Enough Six family plots sharing a courtyard is a modest starting point for an ambitious city plan. But I like that BIG’s Refugee Cities begins at that scale.
Yanko DesignHighLow Chair Flips Its Backrest Into a Leaning Support for Standing Meetings Height-adjustable tables let a meeting move from sitting to standing, but the chairs usually get left behind. That’s a rather awkward limitation for furniture meant to support the people around it.
Yanko DesignHAY’s Posto Table Lamp Joins Three Aluminum Parts With Two Hidden Screws Table lamps often hide their wiring inside a polished body, leaving the cable to spoil the illusion somewhere near the base.
Yanko DesignThe 5 Best LEGO Sets of October 2026 October’s LEGO selection makes a good case for looking beyond the size of the box. A convincing model needs a reason for its proportions, a mechanism worth turning, or a composition that rewards…
Yanko DesignAULA’s Neos 75 keyboard has a tiny hi-fi deck bolted to the side A company named after a tarantula just launched a keyboard with finishes named after gods, and I’m still processing it.
Yanko DesignA rare Sony Walkman now powers this gorgeous wooden cassette tape wall Cassettes are selling again, which means more people own tapes and have nowhere sensible to put them.
Yanko DesignThis Printer-shaped Chair Has Receipts… Literally! Somewhere along the way, the internet decided that “receipts” means proof. Screenshots of your ex’s texts are receipts. That old tweet a celebrity forgot to delete is a receipt.
Yanko DesignPorsche made an espresso machine with La Marzocco, and this one has the Carrera’s ducktail Back in 1972, Porsche needed a way to keep the 911’s rear end planted at high speeds, and the answer was a little upturned spoiler that everyone promptly nicknamed the ducktail.
Yanko DesignEVOLIA’s Sculptural Bracelet Tracks Wellness Without a Screen A health tracker shouldn’t have to look like a tiny phone strapped to your arm. I like the idea of learning more about my body without adding another glowing rectangle to the day, and EVOLIA’s…
Yanko DesignThis Ontario Cottage Puts a Covered Outdoor Room Between Its Two Halves The middle of DogTrot Magnetawan is outdoors. A covered breezeway cuts through this lakeside cottage in Ontario, creating a place for summer meals, a wooden kayak, and the passage between its two…
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