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

The Not Today Mirror™️

The only electronic mirror that lets you turn off panels you don’t want to look at.

So it is going to be some sort of green screen but I ran into one

Building a green screen setup, with one small issue I had to fix.

The Bathroom Buckle™️

A belt buckle with a smart speaker to play the perfect audio when you get pee shy.

Unnecessary Inventions — November 8, 2024

A look around the Unnecessary Studio and what I’m working on.

The Snack Slider™️

The electronic delivery system for sending snacks to the front of your car.

This is what happens when you have extra money to spend on a cruise

Splurge on a cruise with Virgin Voyages when you have extra money to spend.

The Jigsaw Puzzle Side Table™️

The perfect companion for your puzzle table, filled with any modular accessory.

The Suitcase Saver™️

Lift your overweight suitcase just enough to drop below the airline’s weight limit.

The Passive Aggressive Punching Bag™️

Automatically type an opening email line when you’re utterly annoyed.

Unnecessary Inventions — December 10, 2024

A look back at the inventions on display around the Unnecessary Studio.

The Treat or Trash Bin™️

The first Halloween Bucket that analyzes your candy to approve or deny it.

What other inventions of mine are a must to have on display

What other inventions of mine are a must to have on display in the studio?

I turned a $12 toy camera into a digital camera iPhone case

I turned a $12 toy camera into a digital camera iPhone case.

The only button a microwave needs is “+30” seconds

The only button a microwave needs is +30 seconds.

Time to uncrate this new invention just got dropped off from getting built

Time to uncrate a new invention that just got dropped off from getting built.

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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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