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Framework Has a Better, More Take-Apart-Able Laptop

Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, 'the MacBook Pro for Linux users'

Framework Laptop 13 Pro offers significant upgrades, including a new design, improved battery life, and features aimed at Linux users.

fromArs Technica

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Framework Laptop 13 Pro is the first major revision to the original Framework Laptop

Framework's first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC

Framework introduces the OCuLink Dev Kit for external GPU support, targeting power users with advanced connectivity options.

Framework is building an eGPU kit for its Laptop 16

Framework is launching the Laptop 13 Pro, Laptop 16 upgrades, a wireless keyboard, a carrying case, and a 10GB Ethernet expansion card.

Framework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech one

Framework is developing a new wireless keyboard to improve upon the widely disliked Logitech K400.

Framework Has a Better, More Take-Apart-Able Laptop

Framework announced the 13-inch Laptop 13 Pro, featuring improved battery life, a touchscreen, and modular design for easy upgrades.

Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, 'the MacBook Pro for Linux users'

Framework Laptop 13 Pro offers significant upgrades, including a new design, improved battery life, and features aimed at Linux users.

fromArs Technica

Framework Laptop 13 Pro is the first major revision to the original Framework Laptop

Framework introduces the Laptop 13 Pro with Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, a touchscreen, and a larger battery, marking a significant redesign from the original Laptop 13.

Framework's first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC

Framework introduces the OCuLink Dev Kit for external GPU support, targeting power users with advanced connectivity options.

Framework is building an eGPU kit for its Laptop 16

Framework is launching the Laptop 13 Pro, Laptop 16 upgrades, a wireless keyboard, a carrying case, and a 10GB Ethernet expansion card.

Framework's CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a "MacBook Pro for Linux users"

Framework has more Linux users than Windows users among its customers.

8 hours ago

Yamaha Just Made a Pen That Writes With a Beat - Yanko Design

Yamaha's Swing Scribe pen innovatively combines traditional writing with rhythmic design, enhancing the writing experience through intentional movement.

Graphic design

The art of subtraction in a world of infinite features

Subtraction in visual arts enhances clarity and focus by intentionally removing elements that distract from the main subject.

fromFast Company

Inside Ikea's dream factory: Its prototyping lab (exclusive)

"It would be really hard without this space to make good products, if not impossible," Axelsson says.

Design

fromTheregister

'Invisible mouse' made a mess of PC rebuild

After endlessly pulling the plug out, and plugging it in again, many reboots and lots of swearing, we finally discovered the problem. The new one was hidden under the PC's side casing.

Games

Nothing's modular CMF Headphone Pro are down to their lowest price to date

CMF's Headphone Pro offers adaptive noise cancellation, tactile controls, and 100 hours of battery life at an affordable price.

Music production

fromSpeckyboy Design Magazine

AKAI MPC for Nintendo Switch? This concept turns a gaming console into a live production rig - Yanko Design

The Akai MPC Switch concept transforms the Nintendo Switch into a music production tool, merging gaming and music creation capabilities.

Web design

How AI Could Change Collaboration for Web Designers & Developers - Speckyboy

Connecting with web professionals enhances learning and productivity, while AI is transforming workflows and relationships in the industry.

Artificial intelligence

3 days ago

They Built the 'Cursor for Hardware.' Now, Anthropic Wants In

Creativity in hardware development is being unlocked by new tools and APIs, enabling more makers and developers to innovate.

Remodel

fromAbduzeedo

3 days ago

3D Print Home Office Essentials Inspired by Dieter Rams

Five free 3D print home office models embodying Dieter Rams' principles include cable management, riser, shelf bracket, and two planters.

Mobile UX

4 days ago

Bigme HiBreak Dual Has E Ink Up Front and a Round LCD in Back - Yanko Design

E Ink displays in smartphones reduce eye strain and enhance usability, exemplified by Bigme's HiBreak Dual with dual screens and stylus support.

fromArs Technica

Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype

Framework Laptop 16 updates include a new CPU option and cosmetic improvements, enhancing functionality and aesthetics.

Productivity

Forget Taking Notes - These 5 Genuis Tools Do It Better Than Your Brain Ever Could - Yanko Design

Note-taking tools can enhance productivity by aligning with how the brain works under pressure and during creative moments.

The 3D-Printed Chair That Moves With You, Not Against You - Yanko Design

The Flow Chair's design emphasizes simplicity and movement, challenging traditional ergonomic furniture with its innovative, weight-responsive structure.

Meta Glasses Are Comfortable, Functional, and Make My Spouse Recoil in Fear

Meta's AI-enabled glasses are popular and stylish, but concerns about privacy and social acceptance persist.

Graphic design

Dwarf Factory's Hyper-real 4/20 Resin Keycaps Are Handcrafted Miniature Gardens You Can Type On - Yanko Design

Dwarf Factory creates detailed miniature keycaps, including the Rasta Jardin collection, featuring hand-painted plants encased in resin for keyboard aesthetics.

Everyday cooking

fromFast Company

The simple cutting board gets a long-overdue modular redesign

The cutting board design has evolved with the launch of Prepwell's modular Chef Station, enhancing food preparation efficiency.

Mobile UX

6 days ago

Meet the CMF Flip: The Budget Foldable Phone We're Desperately Waiting For - Yanko Design

Foldable phones face a pricing gap, with a need for affordable options like the conceptual CMF Flip priced between $450-$499.

What we behold, the trust-latency gap, designing haptics

AI is rapidly transforming technology and design, creating both opportunities and challenges for designers.

#mechanical-keyboards

Web design

Keychron Just Released Free Factory Blueprints for 83 of Its Keyboards - Yanko Design

Keychron released free CAD files for its keyboards and mice, enhancing customization and precision for enthusiasts and designers.

Someone Finally Made Metal Keycaps for Low-Profile Keyboards - Yanko Design

Awekeys Air low-profile metal keycaps made from recycled cupronickel address the aesthetic and durability limitations of plastic keycaps in mechanical keyboards.

Web design

Keychron Just Released Free Factory Blueprints for 83 of Its Keyboards - Yanko Design

Keychron released free CAD files for its keyboards and mice, enhancing customization and precision for enthusiasts and designers.

more#mechanical-keyboards

Someone Finally Made Metal Keycaps for Low-Profile Keyboards - Yanko Design

Awekeys Air low-profile metal keycaps made from recycled cupronickel address the aesthetic and durability limitations of plastic keycaps in mechanical keyboards.

Graphic design

Nano Banana in Figma

Figma introduced an AI image generator and editor to streamline image creation and modification within the design platform.

This air-powered desk clock with stopwatch function is a work of genius - Yanko Design

Novelty clocks like the Air Powered Segment Clock use pneumatic principles to display time in a unique and innovative way.

VitaLink Just Put a 13-Inch Screen and Keyboard Into One Foldable Slab - Yanko Design

VitaLink combines a full-size keyboard and a large touch display into a foldable device, enhancing mobile productivity without extra accessories.

#modular-laptops

fromZDNET

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I saw Framework's new 'MacBook Pro for Linux' and it's the hardware enthusiasts deserve

The Lenovo Modular AI PC concept is a remixed dual-screen laptop with hot swappable ports

Lenovo's Modular AI PC concept features a detachable keyboard and secondary display with hot-swappable components, enabling flexible configuration for different workloads and environments.

fromZDNET

I saw Framework's new 'MacBook Pro for Linux' and it's the hardware enthusiasts deserve

Framework's Laptop 13 Pro features a modular design, improved battery life, and premium elements, starting at $1,199 for the DIY version.

The Lenovo Modular AI PC concept is a remixed dual-screen laptop with hot swappable ports

Lenovo's Modular AI PC concept features a detachable keyboard and secondary display with hot-swappable components, enabling flexible configuration for different workloads and environments.

How this laptop sleeve is changing the way people work from anywhere

The Ergo Sleeve is a 4-in-1 ergonomic accessory that improves laptop posture and reduces discomfort for users.

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Morphable Shows How a Game Controller Could Adjust to Your Hands - Yanko Design

fromUSA TODAY

How this laptop sleeve is changing the way people work from anywhere

The Ergo Sleeve is a 4-in-1 ergonomic accessory that improves laptop posture and reduces discomfort for users.

Gadgets

Morphable Shows How a Game Controller Could Adjust to Your Hands - Yanko Design

Marathon battery life makes Keychron's Ultra 8K keyboards its best yet

Keychron's Ultra keyboards offer advanced features and customization for both casual users and keyboard enthusiasts.

E-Commerce

Keychron's mechanical keyboards are up to 60 percent off

Keychron keyboards are discounted at Amazon, Walmart, and Woot, with prices reduced through March 31st and April 4th.

Marathon battery life makes Keychron's Ultra 8K keyboards its best yet

Keychron's Ultra keyboards offer advanced features and customization for both casual users and keyboard enthusiasts.

E-Commerce

Keychron's mechanical keyboards are up to 60 percent off

Keychron keyboards are discounted at Amazon, Walmart, and Woot, with prices reduced through March 31st and April 4th.

Haptics: how to build a consistent cross-platform solution and align code with Figma

Implementing consistent haptics across iOS, Android, and mobile web enhances user experience through tactile feedback.

Nothing-Inspired A X1 keyboard concept is a creative control hub that maintains its minimalist appeal - Yanko Design

The A X1 keyboard combines Nothing's design language with functional features for enhanced workflow efficiency and a minimalist aesthetic.

#modular-design

15 hours ago

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Edge clamp-on power strip brings desk-level charging exactly where you need it - Yanko Design

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Lenovo Built a Laptop Whose Keyboard, Screen, and Ports Come Apart - Yanko Design

15 hours ago

Edge clamp-on power strip brings desk-level charging exactly where you need it - Yanko Design

Edge is a modular power solution that enhances accessibility and flexibility by bringing power to the desk's edge.

Lenovo Built a Laptop Whose Keyboard, Screen, and Ports Come Apart - Yanko Design

Lenovo's ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept addresses laptop inflexibility by introducing detachable keyboards, swappable secondary displays, and interchangeable IO port modules that adapt to different work scenarios.

Oh, but there's one more thing

Designers must address real project challenges while navigating the evolving role of AI in the creative process.

Desire Paths, Plywood, and a Stool That Gets It - Yanko Design

The Shortcut Stool is designed to accommodate real-life usage rather than prescriptive furniture norms.

AI, UX, and the factory model

The digital design landscape is shifting towards a factory model, redefining roles and metrics of success in software development.

14 hours ago

Most Chargers Hide What They're Doing, But Satechi's $99 One Doesn't - Yanko Design

Satechi's ChargeView 140W Desktop Charger features a digital display for real-time wattage monitoring across multiple devices.

6 days ago

The Future of UI Design is Agentic Design

AI tools are now integral to product design, enabling collaborative UI creation and refinement in tools like Figma.

Two Makers Just Built the Pocket Linux PC Big Tech Refused To Make - Yanko Design

The CyberFold is a foldable clamshell cyberdeck that bears a striking resemblance to an oversized Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP. Inside is a surprisingly capable Linux computer, complete with a touchscreen, a full QWERTY keyboard, stereo speakers, and a proper port selection.

Gadgets

3 days ago

Cheap stuff that doesn't suck, take 3

Inexpensive gadgets under $50 can enhance daily life without breaking the bank.

The nine best ways to protect, customize, and accessorize your MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo, priced at $599, offers high build quality and performance, making it a top contender in the laptop market for 2026.

#ergonomic-keyboards

2 weeks ago

Razer Just Proved Ergonomic Keyboards Don't Have to Be Miserable - Yanko Design

Razer's Pro Type Ergo is a user-friendly wireless split ergonomic keyboard designed to reduce discomfort without requiring a complete typing overhaul.

4 weeks ago

This 75 percent keyboard splits in two and opens up your entire workspace - Yanko Design

The Jiffy75 is a split keyboard designed for ergonomic comfort without the steep learning curve of specialized layouts.

Gadgets

Tired of Typing? These Are the Best Ergonomic Keyboards I've Found

2 weeks ago

Razer Just Proved Ergonomic Keyboards Don't Have to Be Miserable - Yanko Design

Razer's Pro Type Ergo is a user-friendly wireless split ergonomic keyboard designed to reduce discomfort without requiring a complete typing overhaul.

4 weeks ago

This 75 percent keyboard splits in two and opens up your entire workspace - Yanko Design

The Jiffy75 is a split keyboard designed for ergonomic comfort without the steep learning curve of specialized layouts.

Gadgets

Tired of Typing? These Are the Best Ergonomic Keyboards I've Found

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Keychron Cut a Keyboard in Half and Accidentally Made the Perfect Gaming Peripheral for $60 - Yanko Design

Keychron C0 HE 8K is a one-handed gaming keypad designed for PC gamers, featuring customizable actuation depth and high polling rates.

This Laptop Stays Cool by Asking You to Move Your Own Keyboard - Yanko Design

Inventec's VeilBook concept improves thermal performance in ultra-thin laptops by using a detachable, repositionable keyboard that unobstructs airflow rather than redesigning materials.

6 years ago

The Best Game Controller for Every Kind of Player

A good controller significantly enhances gaming experience, with various options available for different platforms and features.

4 weeks ago

Your Light Switch Is the Worst-Designed Thing in Your House. Inkslab Offers An Alternative - Yanko Design

Inkslab panel series transforms wall switches into a visually striking interface using irregular polygonal designs inspired by classical Suzhou gardens.

Renovation

fromArchitectural Digest

Architects Say Touchscreens Ruined the Smart Home. Now They're Going Back to Buttons

High-end residential design increasingly favors analog controls and hidden technology over visible smart home interfaces, driven by user frustration, reliability concerns, and aesthetic preferences.

Razer's first split ergonomic keyboard puts extra keys in reach of your thumbs

Razer's Pro Type Ergo keyboard features a split, curved ergonomic design aimed at enhancing productivity and comfort for users.

#portable-keyboard

This $65 Ergonomic Split Keyboard Folds to Fit Your Jacket Pocket - Yanko Design

The Keychron B11 Pro folds to paperback size while maintaining ergonomic Alice layout design, offering portable typing comfort without compromise.

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Stop Carrying Three Devices: This Keyboard Has a 4K Screen Built In - Yanko Design

This $65 Ergonomic Split Keyboard Folds to Fit Your Jacket Pocket - Yanko Design

The Keychron B11 Pro folds to paperback size while maintaining ergonomic Alice layout design, offering portable typing comfort without compromise.

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Stop Carrying Three Devices: This Keyboard Has a 4K Screen Built In - Yanko Design

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Epomaker TH80 V2 & V2 Pro: Wireless Keyboards That Last 200 Hours - Yanko Design

The TH80 V2 and TH80 V2 Pro wireless keyboards feature exceptional battery life (200+ hours), compact 75% layout, and multiple connectivity options to eliminate mid-use power failures.

Logitech Finally Made a Keyboard to Pair With Its Top Mouse

Logitech's Alto Keys K98M is a competent wireless mechanical keyboard that finally matches the quality standard of Logitech's MX Master mouse line.

Keychron's Q16 Keyboard Sacrifices Typing Feel for a Ceramic Construction

Advanced TMR switches, smooth action, and strong customization are paired with underwhelming ceramic construction, poor acoustics, wired-only connectivity, and a disruptive heavy spacebar.

This Modular Console Changes Layout With Magnetic Snap-In Controls - Yanko Design

A single modular magnetic control surface reconfigures with snap-in modules and app-driven layouts to replace multiple fixed controllers across streaming, editing, and design workflows.

3 months ago

Corsair's wired Hall effect gaming keyboard is cheaper than ever

Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 provides customizable Hall-effect switches with per-key adjustable actuation, aluminum build, LCD, rotary dial, macro keys, magnetic wrist rest, now $159.99.

Lenovo and AngryMiao Built a Keyboard With a Studio-Grade Knob - Yanko Design

Lenovo's Yoga Creative Keyboard with AngryMiao features a mechanical design and oversized knob for precise timeline scrubbing in creative workflows like video editing and podcast production.

fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine

old typewriter comes back as functional 'gaming' computer that slides to the side

An old mechanical typewriter is converted into a functional gaming computer that physically slides to the side with each keystroke while preserving vintage mechanisms.

This DIY kit turned my favorite mechanical keyboard into my favorite electrocapacitive keyboard

Bauer Lite paired with a DynaCap kit offers the best affordable, fully remappable electrocapacitive keyboard experience compatible with MX keycaps.

This Owl-Shaped Controller Splits Into Two Pieces for Relaxed Gaming - Yanko Design

HELIX is a biomorphic controller concept that borrows its overall stance from an owl, symmetrical, balanced, and ready to move. It's designed to come apart and fit back together easily, working as a single controller or as two separate pieces. The flexible shape is meant to follow how players actually sit and shift during long sessions instead of forcing one rigid grip that starts to ache after the third hour.

Gadgets

This $400 Wooden Keyboard Goes Through Over 15 Hand-Finishing Steps Before You Can Type On It - Yanko Design

Tech moves fast, breaks things, ships updates, iterates. The entire industry is built on the assumption that this year's product will be obsolete by next year, and that's fine because next year's version will be better anyway. Then you see someone in Fukui Prefecture spending twenty minutes hand-sanding a single wooden keyboard key, checking it by touch, and the whole paradigm feels suddenly optional.

Gadgets

fromTheregister

Lenovo shows laptop with removable screen, keyboard, ports

Lenovo's ThinkBook Modular AI PC concept enables users to remove and reconfigure screens, keyboards, and port blocks, transforming a traditionally closed laptop into a customizable system similar to desktop computers.

Razer's Huntsman V3 Pro 8KHz Is a Track-Focused Keyboard for Competitive Gaming

A keyboard is more than the sum of its parts. To have a truly great typing experience, a lot has to come together-each aspect of a keyboard needs to be designed (or selected) with the rest of it in mind. But not every keyboard needs to strive for a great typing experience. Sometimes, they just need to get the job done. Take, for example, the Razer Huntsman V3 Pro.

Gadgets

Asus ProArt Mouse MD301 Takes Aim at Logitech's Productivity Throne with Swappable Switches - Yanko Design

Asus ProArt Mouse MD301 challenges Logitech MX Master with swappable switches, lighter 99.7g body, SmartShift wheel, six programmable buttons, and an 8,000 DPI sensor.