The Unnecessary Inventions archive
Solving problems that don’t exist.
Real inventions. Entirely unnecessary. An ongoing collection of overly engineered ideas by Matty Benedetto.
Meet the inventor
A jacket inspired by the grid lines I come across every day designing my products.
The jacket designed for those always thinking in straight lines and grids.
The colorful modular coffee table that can wirelessly control almost anything.
A new pizza box for people whose roommates are always stealing their leftovers.
A tour of the Unnecessary Inventions studio, from 3D printers to finished creations.
I got myself a candy 3D printer.
A scrolling TikTok feed at the honk of a horn.
The premium hardcover sticker book for documenting every unfortunate suitcase moment.
I made an enormous pair of digital calipers.
The Window Winder so I never have to manually spin the manual window crank.
An iconic plastic chair reimagined as a miniature charging dock for AirPods or Apple Watch.
The Cuisine Curtain I designed on my MacBook that turned a side project into a career.
I just wanna do a shot on New Years Eve with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.
A Marriott Bonvoy room key becomes a Keysake Box that lights up, unlocks and prints a mystery question.
An alarm clock that makes you beat a reaction game before it stops ringing.
I built a dual monitor setup to help compartmentalize my work/life balance.