Whether it's a suitcase, a lamp, or a pair of flip flops, the best designers can seamlessly blend form and function to make their products truly unique.
These folks balance creative, conceptual, freeform thinking with the practical, industrial constraints of actually getting things made, and when they succeed, people notice it as much as when they fail. Especially the members of this particular subreddit.
Sharing pictures of the best concepts they can find, this online community has shown time and time again that while money can't buy you happiness, it can get you a lot of cool stuff.
#1 Simple And Well Executed
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#2 Motivational Gym Shirt
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#3 Partially Submerged Hippo Table
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#4 Suitcase That Displays Its Own Weight
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#5 This Corner Light Makes It Looks Like Your Wall Is Peeling Away And Revealing Something Behind It
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#6 Grandfather Clock
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#7 Incredibly Accurate Death Star Firepit
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#8 Minimal Playing Cards
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#9 The Omoshiro Block: A Memo Pad That Reveals Objects As It Gets Used
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#10 This Carpet
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#11 L'orange Perfume Bottle Set. Parfums De Marcy, 1925
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#12 A Built-In Watering Hole For Your Pets
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#13 Cracked Log Lamp
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#14 Typewriter For Music
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#15 Pretty Sure All Horror Novels Should Come With Covers Like This
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#16 This Guy Lurking In The Living Room
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#17 This Business Card
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#18 Thor's Hammer Toolbox
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#19 A Highlighter Which Doesn't Block Your Vision
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#20 Soy Sauce Dishes That “Reveal” A Painting Once You Fill Them Up
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#21 An Air Less Tire
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#22 Lamp From IKEA
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#23 Norwegian Shoe Drying Machine. For Those Who Live In Wet Or Snowy Environments, Must Be A Trouble Saver
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#24 This Banana Peel Safety Cone
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#25 To The User With The Dancing Cat, I Raise To You My Own Dancing Cat!
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#26 A Lounge Chair Built Into The Dock
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#27 Dog Cards
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#28 Inverse Of An Hourglass
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#29 Groot Pot
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#30 This Light Up Stick Figure Costume
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#31 Pixelated Playing Cards
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#32 This Hanging Lounger Swing
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#33 Card-Sized Pocket Tetris!
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#34 This Customizable Table Lamp
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#35 Someone Made Trump Tweet Flipflops
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#36 This Crab Multi Tool
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#37 This Doggy Bunk Bed
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#38 How To Fix Damn Near Everything Flask Book
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#39 Come On Little Buddy
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#40 Shot Glass In Jameson Whiskey Bottle
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#41 These Measuring Cups Are Designed To Visually Represent Fractions For Intuitive Use!
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#42 Fold-Out BBQ For Space Saving
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#43 This Plug That Doesn’t Bother Other Plugs
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#44 Stained Glass Rainbow Piano Box
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#45 Beautifully Stacked Bowls
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#46 This Notebook Has Hexagonal Paper For Taking Notes In Organic Chemistry Class
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#47 Color Changing Mat Which Turns Red When Wet
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#48 Chess Board In A Ring
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#49 This Viking Longboat Conference Table
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#50 This Mini Boat. Because Why Not?
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#51 Refrigerator With A Removable Pitcher Built In To The Door
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#52 This Ceramic Coffee Mug That Looks Like It's Made Of Cardboard
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#53 This Jar Is Shaped To Look Like A Ziplock Bag
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#54 This Floating Wine Glass
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#55 Engagement Box
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#56 A Bottle Of Rum In A Bottle Of Vodka
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#57 This Table's Length Can Be Doubled
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#58 This LED Clock
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#59 This Astronomical Watch
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#60 If I Could Have One Thing In Life, It'd Be This Bed
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#61 The Best Maternity Shirt Ever
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#62 T-Rex Toilet Paper Holder
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#63 Pop Out Outlet
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#64 This USB Fan/Clock
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#65 Be Great For Kids
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#66 A Resin Orb I Made
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#67 This Bike's Gear Shifting Visual Aid
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#68 Bulbasaur Pot
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#69 Nintendo Game Boy Refrigerator Magnets
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#70 Minimalistic Steel Pen
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#71 Bottled Water Shaped Like A Dumbbell
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#72 Death Star Ice Cube
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#73 Innovative Japan
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#74 Smart Cloud Interactive Lamp & Bluetooth Speaker System
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#75 Magnetic Cookie Dunker
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#76 Mobile LED Lights
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#77 Game Of Thrones Dragon Lamp
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#78 It's A Mug That Stops Coffee From Running All Of The Way Down
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#79 This Crushed Paper Waste Basket
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#80 This Mechanical Lock
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#81 Thermochromic Star Trek Mugs
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#82 This Brain Cactus For Halloween
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#83 My Toothpaste Will Never Be Squozen The Same
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#84 Door Handle That Functions When Pulled In Any Direction
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#85 In Beer Veritas
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#86 This Japanese Gum Have Little Pieces Of Paper Inside For You To Spit Your Gum In To When You’re Finished With It
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#87 Absolute Unit Of A Couch
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#88 Ms Paint
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#89 The New Etch-A-Sketch ‘Revolution’ Can Draw Circles
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#90 This Handheld Printer
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#91 Alarm Clock By Ihome Shows The Time On The Front And Sides So You Can Check The Time In Bed Without Having To Move. The Sides Are Also Less Bright So As Not To Bother You While Sleeping
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#92 This Wooden Word Clock
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#93 This Japanese Candy
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#94 This Pressurized Cap Infuses The Water With Tea
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#95 Squirtle Pet Costume
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#96 LEGO Slippers Designed By LEGO To Step On LEGO
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#97 Toilet Timer
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#98 Have No Idea Who Made This But It’s Damn Cool
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#99 This Aluminium Lamp
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#100 Automatic Card Dealer
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