A Day in the Life of … Steve Jobs?

A Day in the Life of … Steve Jobs?:

After reading the book, we all know what Job’s day was like … no power points, long walks to trash out problems, ritual lunch with Jony Ive, inspiring sessions with A-level executives, zero tolerance for bozos and shit products, rounded off with a vegan meal. But that was Steve … what about you? YD is curious to know what is your typical day like? Better still show it to us! Send us a video of a day in your life. Grab your iPhone or music player or digicam; just any recorder and capture how you deal with creative blocks, inspirational moments, eating lunch or hanging out with your friends; any theme will do.

General Guidelines

• Record a video of what your typical day is like
• The video has to be no more than 3 minutes long
• Just have fun and basically give us an idea of how you like to spend your day
• The good, the bad, the ugly… any approach will do as long as it is authentic

Suggested Themes

• Dealing with creative blocks
• Inspirations
• Rituals that you follow
• Stuff that ticks you off
• Fun Day
• A day with you!

The Booty

• The best submissions will be featured on YD as an exclusive showcase. This is your moment to shine and show to the world how fun and creative you can be.

Submission Procedure

• You can upload your video on Youtube or Vimeo and send the link to videos@yankodesign.com
• Alternatively you can email us the file at videos@yankodesign.com

Last date for submission: 8th February 2012, midnight PST

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Independent Wheelchair Assistant

Independent Wheelchair Assistant:

Inspired by his grandfather who has been in a wheelchair since the age of 20, designer Oscar Fernandez created the electric Independent Wheelchair Assistant to help users independently access their local communities in a safe and easy way. The design utilizes the user’s own wheelchair, acting as a true assistant and eliminating the need to constantly transfer between other devices like scooters or power chairs. Hit the jump to check out its unique functionality.

The user attaches to the device from the rear via a small bracket that must be attached to the wheelchair. The bracket slides into the back of the IWA, lifting the two front castor wheels of the wheelchair off the ground. The bracket locks into place, securing the chair and transferring the weight evenly across the four large wheels of both the IWA and the users’ wheelchair. Equally simple controls allow the connection to be made or released with the press of a single button. There’s even a headlight for night riding!

Designer: Oscar Fernandez

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The Smoothest iPod Dock

The Smoothest iPod Dock:

The slim and stylish Glide is a minimal yet elegant take on the iPod docking station that will look great in contemporary and classic settings alike. Speakers located on the tips of its solid wood wings create an aesthetic of lightness and balance in contrast with its powerful and crisp sound quality.

Designer: Matthew Hicks

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Light Metamorphosis

Light Metamorphosis:

Using a polyjet printer allowed designers at Voxel Studio to use a variety of materials with unique properties and textures to create the Cocoon lamp. The lamp’s organic form is truly a representation of its unique construction- similar to the way caterpillars use fast hardening liquid from their spinnerets to build their cocoon shells, the polyjet applies liquid photopolymer through nozzles which then hardens in UV light.

Designer: Voxel Studio

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Power Pump at Sea

Power Pump at Sea:

Marco Paolucci’s S2S project aims to bring sustainable living to sea in the form of sea stations that tap into BioStream installations on the seabed. The BioStream devices exploit the perpetual motion of tidal currents converting their renewable energy into usable electricity. Ships can dock to a station and “fill up” on power as well as suplement their desalinated water supply.

Designer: Marco Paolucci

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