The Unnecessary Inventions archive
Solving problems that don’t exist.
Real inventions. Entirely unnecessary. An ongoing collection of overly engineered ideas by Matty Benedetto.
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A cease-and-desist letter turned into an exhibit in the Unnecessary Studio.
A person-shaped body pillow with a phone holster for watching shows in bed.
A metal wall bracket that holds a phone beside the toilet for bathroom scrolling.
The 3D printed, full size replica of myself that greets people at the Unnecessary Studio.
A backpack that unfolds blackout curtains around someone wearing a VR headset.
An ice cube tray with a spring-loaded cover for carrying water from sink to freezer.
The pegboard that goes wherever you go, fully integrated into an ergonomic metal chair.
The collection of oversized Jibbetz for the most oversized Crocs.
A portable dispenser for several sauces, created in partnership with WeightWatchers.
The wearable belt with a fold out covering to cover the public bathroom stall gap.
A holder that keeps a vacuum cord in place at the wall outlet.
A quadcopter carrying a hose attachment to water plants from above.
A trash bin mounted beneath the modular Jigsaw Puzzle Table.
A Mark Zuckerberg face bathmat that turns an online-privacy joke into bathroom decor.
A phone-level alignment tool for arranging invention photos on the studio wall.
A two-sided cup with a gyroscope-triggered cover that alternates between water and another drink.