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Juan Carlos is the Editorial Director for Yanko Design. Holding degrees in both Philosophy and Computer Science, he has been covering tech and digital lifestyle since 2012. As an open source contributor since 2006, he has worked with the Kubuntu and KDE projects as a technical writer and a software developer, helping to make computers more accessible and usable to people. Having honed his skills over the years, he has developed insights into the design trends in tech and UX. He is a digital artist in his spare time and a self-professed otaku.

CIVIVI Elementum II EDC Knife Opens With One Hand for Holiday Wrapping Madness

Holidays mean wrapping presents, slicing tape, and trimming ribbons, and your fingers pay the price. The CIVIVI Button Lock Elementum II makes these tasks effortless…

Accessories, Deals, EveryDayCarry, Product Design

192 Sliding Blocks Let Anyone Sculpt This Pavilion Into New Shapes

Most architecture, even the wildest parametric forms, is fixed the day it opens and stays that way until it is renovated or demolished. Michael Jantzen…

Architecture, Product Design

Xteink X4 is a wallet-sized eReader That Snaps Onto Your Phone

You buy a Kindle or Kobo, load it with books, then leave it on a nightstand while your phone follows you everywhere. Reading apps on…

Accessories, Gadgets, Phones, Product Design

This Tiny Retro PC Is Your Alarm Clock, Speaker, and Pixel Canvas

Cozy desk setups have become a competitive sport. Tiny CRTs, retro keyboards, and beige plastic everywhere, usually looking very cute but doing very little beyond…

Audio, Gadgets, Music, Product Design

This Pocket Hydrator Adjusts Mist Strength Based on Face Distance

Skin loses the hydration war quietly in today’s modern world. Office air conditioning runs all day, planes recycle cabin air for hours, and cars blast…

Accessories, Deals, Gadgets, Lifestyle, Product Design

Badgeware Turns Conference Badges into Wearable Tiny Computers

Conference badges are usually flimsy cardboard, a lanyard, maybe a QR code, and they end up in a drawer once the event wraps up. In…

Accessories, Product Design, Wearables

Jolla Phone Returns with a Physical Switch to Cut Off Mics and Tracking

The mobile OS graveyard is crowded. Symbian, MeeGo, Firefox OS, Windows Phone, all killed by iOS and Android’s duopoly. Most people quietly accepted that those…

Phones, Product Design

SKEGIC MagCable Snaps Into a Coil, Never Tangles in Your Bag Again

Charging cables snake across desks, tangle in bags, and turn car consoles into nests of rubber that wrap around shifters and cupholders. We buy nicer…

Accessories, Product Design

Titaner Titanium EDC Ratchet Swings at 4° for Impossibly Tight Spaces

There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes with a stubborn screw buried deep inside a chassis or tucked behind a piece of furniture. You…

Accessories, Deals, EveryDayCarry, Product Design

HubKey Gen2 Kills Dongle Mess, Adds Dual 4K and Physical Controls

The modern desk is a patchwork of small compromises. Your laptop has two USB-C ports, but you need displays, a wired network, external storage, and…

Accessories, Deals, Featured, Gadgets, Product Design

PUM Imagines a Soft Exoskeleton Posture Wearable for Young Farmers

Most posture gadgets target office workers hunched over laptops, buzzing when your shoulders curl forward, or your neck drifts too far from neutral. Meanwhile, people…

Medical, Product Design, Wearables

MaClock Shrinks the 1984 Macintosh Into a $30 Rechargeable Clock

Nostalgia tech falls into two camps. Lazy references slap a retro logo on a modern object and call it vintage, while obsessive recreations feel like…

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