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StationeryAug 5, 2026
The Pushpin That Leaves No Hole: Rethinking 'Piercing' as 'Holding'
The small hole a pushpin always leaves behind. A look at how mechanisms that hold paper without a needle rewrite that long-accepted assumption.
YADOM Editorial Team
LifestyleAug 5, 2026
Still, Yet Spinning: How One Axle Change Gave the Yo-Yo Its Depth
The shift from a fixed axle to a ball-bearing axle turned the yo-yo from a simple up-and-down toy into one capable of the 'sleep' — appearing still while still spinning. A look at the tricks that grew from it.
YADOM Editorial Team
ToyAug 2, 2026
Questioning the Shape of the Cup: What Meteor, the Distorted Kendama, Teaches
A kendama with an asymmetric, distorted cup. What breaking the standard form reveals about the essence of kendama as play.
YADOM Editorial Team
GadgetAug 2, 2026
Become a DJ with One Finger: The iPad App PlayGround
No instrumental experience required — just trace the pads. How PlayGround's design widens the entry point to making music.
YADOM Editorial Team
LifestyleAug 2, 2026
Press It, It Glows: The Simplicity of a Duck Night Lamp
No switch, no cord — just press the silicone duck and it lights up. Why the simplest possible interface can become a product's whole personality.
YADOM Editorial Team
LifestyleJul 30, 2026
Celebrating Without a Sound: The Twist-Open Confetti Cracker
No gunpowder, no bang. Just twist it open and watch the confetti fly, a party favor built for the photo-first era.
YADOM Editorial Team
LifestyleJul 30, 2026
The Glasses Straw: A Tool That Exists Purely to Make You Laugh
Almost no practical value, yet it never fails to get a laugh. A look at the glasses-shaped drinking straw.
YADOM Editorial Team
LifestyleJul 30, 2026
Only the Person Holding the Pillow May Speak
A look at Breaking Bad's family meeting scene and the Indigenous talking-stick tradition, and the simple invention of routing the right to speak through one object.
YADOM Editorial Team
ToyJul 30, 2026
The Second Skateboard That Lives on a Desk: Fingerboarding
A look at fingerboarding, the finger-sized skateboard that shares the exact structure of the real thing.
YADOM Editorial Team
LifestyleJul 27, 2026
A Ceramic Wind Chime from Kyoto, Shaped Like a Spinning Record
A craft object layering a record's shape over a wind chime's sound. How Kyoto's ceramic and glass workshops build 'spinning sound.'
YADOM Editorial Team
OtherJul 27, 2026
The Mystery of the Corrugated Tube That Sings When You Swing It
No battery, no reed — yet swinging speed changes the pitch. How a corrugated whirly tube turns swirling air into sound.
YADOM Editorial Team
InteriorJul 27, 2026
A Sculpture Moved by Gravity Alone: The Spiraling Kinetic Toy
No power, no mechanism — just gravity and a curved surface. Introducing GRAVIMORPH's kinetic toys where a ball spirals in slow motion.
YADOM Editorial Team