Rather Than Design Fails, People Are Now Sharing Examples Of Brilliant Design (37 Pics)

Brilliant designs are hard to come by, but when I see them, they make me smile. In my mind, a brilliant design is something that when I see it I think, “I can’t believe it took this long to come up with.”

Some things are designed by a-holes but not everything. These designs are helpful for many reasons.

1. “Save the turtles”

2. “The font size on my contact packaging increased with my prescription”

3. “Design that prevents a-holes from creating new accounts.”

4. “Lego Explains”

5. “Tesla Does It Again”

6. “This toilet paper roll contains a mini paper roll to carry with you, instead of an hollow cardboard roll!”

7. “An easy way to ask the company to repair wheels”

8. “A hot stamp instead of a sticker”

9. “My bike seat is also a bike pump”

10. “This note says everyone that handled my food did not have a fever and has their full names”

11. “I can’t stress enough how much of a gray basket person I am. Wish they had this everywhere!”

12. “Scary-sad, but comforting to know you can be safe.”

13. “Don’t know if this fits here”

14. “A stand for bikers to hold on to while waiting for the traffic lights in Sweden.”

15. “This furniture hardware is sorted by step rather than by type.”

16. “Let’s all think back to middle school (or any other time) and think about how great it would’ve been to have this instead of needing to muster the courage to ask someone”

17. “local bar saving you from having to touch the dirty door handle”

18. “Appropriate soap for before or after you eat.”

19. “Found in the ladies restroom”

20. “Books-A-Million puts a slip of paper under the stickers on their books to prevent sticker residue being left on the covers.”

21. “These seats on the jubilee line”

22. “This box pretending to contain boring flour so that it doesn’t get stolen.”

23. “Public Bench With Pillow”

24. “This milk bottle shows you how much milk is still inside”

25. “Big unsubscribe button”

26. “Local pizza place uses a garlic knot to prevent the cheese from touching the box.”

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28. “A ‘NEW’ sign indicating that the speed limit has changed.”

29. “In Norway you get a small amount of money for recycling bottles/cans. They’re often collected by poor people, homeless etc. A lot of our trash cans has these holders around them so people don’t have to search through the trash to collect them”

30. “When Volvo invented the three-point seat belt in the 1950s, they made the patent free for all competitors to use in order to save lives”

31. “Anti-Creep”

32. “My fitted sheet has little tags to tell you which side you’re holding when making the bed”

33. “These birdhouses that work as roof shingles.”

34. “This body wash tells you what each ingredient is and where it’s derived from (native)”

35. “This elevator has giant buttons you can push with your feet.”

36. “This video haves warning about Alexa mentions and recommends to mute your Amazon Echo before you’ll watch the video (if you have one)”

37. “The strings on this fan show which string does what”