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

462 Inventions / Sorted: Most Recent / Updated 06.27.26
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CargoMAX - Unnecessary Inventions
CargoMAX™️
Everyone knows that you can NEVER have enough cargo pockets on your pants.
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RealityCheck5000 - Unnecessary Inventions
RealityCheck5000™️
While you are on the grind to up your IG follower count, the world population that is not…
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ComeAgain - Unnecessary Inventions
ComeAgain™️
What did you say to me? Never miss a single conversation with this sleek way to amplify…
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Straw2Go - Unnecessary Inventions
Straw2Go™️
Let’s get rid of plastic straws and save the world!
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Straw2Go - Unnecessary Inventions
iDangle™️
Stop dropping your phone on that precious face of yours in bed!
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OneCan TrashCan - Unnecessary Inventions
OneCan TrashCan™️
Every rogue soda can, fallen solider beer, and all those LaCroix cans laying around the…
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FlopFlips - Unnecessary Inventions
The FlopFlips™️
Reverse your steps to ditch that stalker on the beach.
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The ReadyNapper - Unnecessary Inventions
The ReadyNapper™️
There really is never a bad time to take a nap.
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Slice Slicer - Unnecessary Inventions
Slice Slicer™️
Everyone gets their own perfect pizza slice! Divide your favorite pizza pie into…
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StubStoppers - Unnecessary Inventions
StubStoppers™️
It can be like a construction zone trying to get around your apartment barefoot without…
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TP Pleaser - Unnecessary Inventions
TP Pleaser™️
Are you tired of the toilet paper roll never being the RIGHT way?!
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Smellmet - Unnecessary Inventions
The Smellmet™️
Did Karen bring fish for lunch again or maybe Chad has too much cologne on?
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Taco Fraiche - Unnecessary Inventions
Taco Fraiche™️
Exfoliate with the zest of Cinco de Mayo year round with with exhilarating spray mist.
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WhichWay - Unnecessary Inventions
WhichWay™️
Say goodbye to the directional dance when meeting someone in your path.
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FingerTracks - Unnecessary Inventions
FingerTrack™️
These days your fingers need to make it through a full day texting on your smartphone so…
"I think this is what I was made to do."
— Seven Days

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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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