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45 Gifts to Give Outdoor Enthusiasts This Spring
By Alayna Pehrson | March 7, 2019 | Best Company
https://bestcompany.com/guns-ammo/blog/45-gifts-to-give-outdoor-enthusiasts-this-spring
Ideal for camping, hiking and off-grid travel adventures, HELIO by Y Studios is the most efficient, innovative, and beautifully designed solar-powered battery pack that doubles as a brilliant outdoor light source: it’s an all-in-one solar lantern, flashlight, and power bank that can produce up to 700 hours of light — and power any smart device — from a one hour solar charge. It’s uniquely designed with a ground-breaking solar panel that captures energy from absolutely any angle (you can even hang it from twigs so you can BBQ in the dark). HELIO by Y Studios donates all 100% profits to bring solar power and light to underserved communities in need around the world.
Price: $89.95
Company: Y Studios
Available on the Helio website
*Designed by Y Studios
Y Studios and Makers4Good launch HELIO to brighten communities around the world
By Egotist | August 1, 2018 | SF Egotist
SF-based design firm Y Studios teamed-up with Bay Area non-profit Makers4Good to help brighten underserved communities with HELIO—a solar-powered battery pack that doubles as a brilliant outdoor light source. Y Studios and Makers4Good are donating all profits from each HELIO purchase to provide light and power to those in need.
How to go green with technology on Earth Day
By Teena Maddox | April 20, 2018 | TechRepublic
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-go-green-with-technology-on-earth-day
HELIO by Y Studios is a solar-powered battery pack that doubles as an outdoor light source: it's an all-in-one solar lantern, flashlight and power bank. And it looks pretty unique, too.
Tech Trends: Earth Day
By Donna Bozzo | April 21, 2018 | NBC Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/tech-trends-earth-day-480452081.html
In light of Earth Day Sunday, Chicago NBC 5's Art Norman speaks to lifestyle expert Donna Bozzo on various ways to reuse and reduce.
This is the big daddy of all travel gift guides
By Lois Alter Mark | June 4, 2018 | USA Today 10 Best
https://www.10best.com/interests/travel-gear/this-is-the-big-daddy-of-all-travel-gift-guides
Camping is transformed into glamping with HELIO by Y Studios, an all-in-one solar lantern, flashlight and power bank providing many of the comforts of home.
HELIO can produce up to 700 hours of light and also power any smart device from just a one-hour solar charge. Best of all, 100% of profits go to bringing solar power and light to underserved communities around the world. Designed by Y Studios, it truly meets the company’s criteria of being useful, beautiful and meaningful.
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The world is experiencing unprecedented urban growth, where cities are home to more than half of the world’s population today. About 3 billion people currently live in urban areas, 6 out of 10 people will live in a city by 2030. Experts predict the world’s urban population will double by 2050.
American men are becoming more discerning in how they want to furnish their homes. They are willing to pay for high quality, well-designed goods and services that provide convenience to their lifestyle.
Generation Z is a global and diverse generation who come from a wider mix of cultural backgrounds. Their world is one fluid digital space where new media, virtual friends, and the power that comes with technology influence them as consumers.
Objects are getting smarter around the home, playing an integral role in managing our lifestyle needs. Companies are responding to this burgeoning growth of activity tracking. Familiar household items have been rejuvenating with technological upgrades, while Home Automation systems have further advanced to enable intelligent devices and apps to work in synch to make home life easier to manage.
The luggage is a receptacle of movement and change, an essential component of human passage through time and geographical distances. As simple keepers of our everyday essentials, the luggage is a mobile container for our lives on the go, and it addresses new parameters of lifestyle necessity with each modern incarnation.
A confluence of socio-economic and cultural factors has driven a collective desire to celebrate America’s cultural heritage. There is a growing movement among independent furniture designers to form small companies or collectives, with a common goal of bringing the romance of craft back into furniture making.
More and more people are gravitating towards city centers and smart growth efforts in urban planning are in full swing all across America. This new lifestyle demand has huge implications and presents opportunities for architects, designers, home developers and manufacturers to create products and experiences that satisfy changing lifestyle needs.
Smart growth core technologies and new city infrastructures will inevitably influence and change the way we live at home. New parameters of lifestyle needs will be defined from the outside-in, where consumers will continually seek out more flexibility in open space layouts and energy efficient features in their homes.
In our hyper-connected world, we are able to access information and services, anytime, anywhere and any way we choose, on demand. As consumers, we are faced with more and more complex decisions everyday. Our experiences have become more central but fragmented at the same time, as we continue to draw from multiple points of reference. Liberated from the need to be in one place, using one device and doing one thing, we are in better control over how and when we want to consume. Overall experience will reign supreme.
This visual mapping explores the cultural landscape of Asian American settlement and communities across the United States. It focuses on migration patterns since the late 1990s, and how these Asian communities have propagated new influences in mainstream American culture.
MTV’s Collection of Cool Asia is a collection of insights on what is cool in the youth market across Asia. It is designed as a “think piece” to kick-start further understanding of the behavior of young people in Asia today, and how they will behave tomorrow.
How do we find meaning as designers, to make our world last a little bit longer and our lives a little better? Our founders were featured in this article published back in 2008. Ten years later, are designers getting any closer to finding a better way to be more environmentally conscious in the way we design?
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 01: Art. Architecture. Design. It explores the design collaborations that define a new branded travel experience for travelers who seek out places and experiences that center on art, architecture and design.
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 02: Food. It explores culinary adventures around the world.
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 03: Well-Being. It explores medical tourism and spa escapades that soothe the senses.
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 04: Budget Idealist. It explores budget travel opportunities and voluntourism with philanthropic connections with local communities.
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 05: Adventure. Sports. It explores some extreme journeys favored by adrenaline junkies.
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 06: Eco Chic. It explores eco-conscious choices that celebrate nature and preserve sustainable environments for eco-tourism.
SOJOURN is a series of mini zines by Y Studios. We explore a diversity of travel motivations and discover new movements that are changing the landscape of travel and hospitality. This is Issue 07: Uber Luxe. It explores some over-the-top luxurious expeditions that are out of this world.