I think I can speak for most of us when I say that good designs are always super pleasing to look at. Sometimes, I find myself staring, then I look away, only to stare at that design again.
And let me tell you, the ones in this list are absolutely amazing . Props to the people who thought them up!
“This carpet.”
This has to be one of the most genius carpet designs I’ve ever seen, and I seriously wish I had one of my own. No joke, I think I need to know where to get one.
“This Johnny 5 mailbox.”
This little robot mailbox may resemble a certain character from the Short Circuit film series, but it’s also just a really fun mailbox design. A true double whammy. No disassemble!
“Fence has holes cut out allowing dogs on walks to greet resident dogs and birdhouse with dog treats inside.”
What a cute idea! You know how when you’re walking your dog, you always end up having to stop near a yard where there are dogs barking, but your dog can’t see them? Well, this fixes that.
“This water bottle has its ingredients printed on the inside to appear larger and easier to read.”
As weird as it is that any water bottle has ingredients (I know, there are minerals and stuff in drinking water), I really like the idea behind this.
“Windows warns you if you delete the shortcut of a program you only delete that shortcut but do not uninstall the program completely.”
I feel like there are some people out there that don’t realize that you can’t just uninstall a program by deleting the shortcut. Nice of Windows to start warning people.
“These Puzzles have no edges and 5 extra pieces.”
This is the most terrifying puzzle concept I’ve ever heard of. And yet, I can’t help but feel like it was made by geniuses. For geniuses, I guess.
“This word search on the back of my restroom door.”
Hey, you could be in there for a while. And what better way to distract yourself when you’re stuck on the toilet than with a word puzzle? Genius idea, genius placement.
“This spatula with a bunch of useful conversions on it.”
The worst part about cooking or baking is the fact that different recipes will use different measurements that you’ll have to convert yourself. If only we all had helpful conversion charts like this one…
“Exit signs near the floor in case of fire!”
How… how have I never seen this before? When it comes to fire, smoke is usually more dangerous and it rises, so you’d think someone would’ve thought to put exit signs near the ground earlier.
“Net designed to keep the Strom [sic] water drain clean from plastic and other waste.”
Considering the fact that people can’t seem to stop littering, this is pretty smart. Now I just hope someone remembers to empty them every now and then.
“The bathroom sinks in this brewery.”
I swear, you see urinals made of beer kegs in brewery bathrooms all the time. But never the sinks. This is so cool! Especially the tap that’s literally a tap.
“Microwave options at a local school.”
This is such a good idea! Some people have food allergies or preferences, and making it so that you can only microwave certain things in each unit will keep from cross-contaminating lunches. Nice.
“This restaurant has its menus on wheels, and they wheel them around. No paper menus.”
This is honestly so fun. I can just imagine a server walking up with this thing, and then explaining all the specials. Plus, no menus crowding up your table.
“Repurposed tire trash bin, produced roughly 20 years ago.”
This may not be a smart or clever idea, but it’s still great! The fact that this garbage bin used to be a tire is kind of amazing. It actually looks pretty.
“This bag designed for pizza.”
Something about this is hilarious to me, and yet I still can’t help but feel like we’ve been carrying pizzas wrong for, like, years. This bag is where it’s at.
“Saw this at my bank, last ditch effort to make sure none of their customers are scammed.”
Scams work because the victims don’t know they’re being scammed. I think this is a good first step in making sure people know that scams are out there.
“Decathlon attach their clothes labels to a little strip of extra fabric, so you can easily cut it off without leaving a scratchy little nub.”
If only all clothing brands did stuff like this. The world would seriously be a better place. Mostly because people wouldn’t be so cranky from having to deal with itchy clothing tags all day.
“Simple and well executed.”
Cute and clever. I’m not much of a walnut person, but this design is so good, I’d probably end up taking a bag home if I ever saw it in a store.
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“This cart return is in a median.”
See, this is something I can get behind. Sure, it may not make jerks who don’t put their carts away change their act, but it’s still a pretty awesome way to integrate function into something that’s already there. Who says the corral has to take up a whole parking space?
“This is something that we could all use.”
If you look really closely at the picture on the left, you can sort of make the words out. So yeah, this is the same shirt. That’s pretty cool!
