Unnecessary Inventions — products that solve problems that don't exist, by designer Matt Benedetto.

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469 Inventions / Sorted: Most Recent / Updated 09.20.26

I 💙 my design studio

I love my design studio.

I designed a better version of those oversized IKEA tote bags

A better version of those oversized IKEA tote bags, now at thatwasmadebymatty.

How I brought the Music Video Time Machine to life

How I brought the Music Video Time Machine to life with the help of ChatGPT.

Hey computer, play me a dance song from 1997

Hey computer, play me a dance song from 1997.

I designed Unown AirTag Holders

Unown AirTag holders, because the Pokémon’s giant eye always looked like an AirTag.

I built a new coat rack for my design studio

A coat rack inspired by the dock of app icons at the bottom of my MacBook.

I 3D Printed my own suitcase

I 3D Printed my own suitcase.

The Fridge Bouncer™️

Your late night snacking watch dog with an evening cut off time.

The Citicar has seats

The Citicar has seats, made from that roll of gridstop nylon fabric I came across.

Some inventions are about reinventing the wheel, others fix tiny things

Some inventions fix the tiny things that bother you more than they should.

Custom lighting for the Citicar

Time for custom lighting — the exterior lights on the Citicar screamed 1975.

7 years of inventing on social

Just celebrated 7 years of inventing on social media and I’m ready for 100 more.

The Self Aware Lamp™️

The only lamp that knows its one and only job is to be a lamp.

I built a camera that will only take a photo if there is a dog in the frame

I built a camera that will only take a photo if there is a dog in the frame.

The Citicar is BACK

The Citicar is BACK — time to kick off new projects to bring this car back to life.

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Designed in Vermont, regretted nowhere.

Unnecessary Inventions is the ongoing creative practice of designer Matt Benedetto. Working out of The Ui Studio in Burlington, VT, he builds physical and digital products that solve problems no one is asking him to solve.

The inventions have appeared in every major news outlet, on stages across three continents, and inside several Spirit Halloween stores he wasn't paid for.

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