35 Clever Design Ideas That Exist In Real Life

I’m always impressed when people take a “wouldn’t it be cool if…” idea and actually make it happen. The best part is how these cool designs make you think, “Wait, why didn’t we already have this?”

Clever designs like these manage to be both useful and fun at the same time.

1. “Local Mattress Store Gives You A Mini Mattress For Your Doggie When Buying A Regular One”

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2. “This Table Has Been Designed So It Leaves Heart-Shaped Imprints On Your Carpet”

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3. “My Hospital Has A Fake LED Window On Its Ceiling”

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4. “Desk Lamp Shaped Like A Book”

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5. “My Tires Have Percentages Cast Into The Rubber That Slowly Appear The More Miles You Drive So You Know How Much Tread Depth Is Remaining”

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6. “This Dental Office Trims Their Shrubs To Look Like Molars”

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7. “These Teacups Look Like They Have Little Holes In Them”

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8. “The Local Brewery Doesn’t Have Gender-Specific Bathrooms, Only Stalls With A Specific Type Of Toilet”

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9. “Anti-Pollution Sign By A Lake In Evergreen, Colorado”

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10. “A Mexican Restaurant Near Me Moved Into An Old KFC. Instead Of Removing The Colonel, They Just Added A Sombrero, A Mustache, And A Poncho”

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11. “This Kohl’s Mannequin Has A Prosthetic Leg”

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12. “A Globe That Shows Elevation”

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13. “Balcony In The Shape Of A Wine Glass, Italy”

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14. “The Core Of This Dog Poo Bag Roll Says ‘Use Bare Hands Now'”

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15. “Watering Can And Spray Bottle”

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16. “My 1st Grader Lost A Tooth During Class And The School Sent It Home In This Tiny, Tooth-Shaped Container”

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17. “This Box-Shaped Building Near Me”

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18. “That’s Some Damned Good Design”

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19. “These Dog Shampoos Were Tested On Humans”

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20. “This Donut Shop Looks Like A Donut Box”

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21. “Guilty As Charged”

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22. “Helen Keller, Maya Angelou, And Eleanor Roosevelt Barbies. There’s Braille On The Helen Keller Box”

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23. “Probably The Most Clever DVD Design I’ve Ever Seen”

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24. “My Residential Neighborhood Has Signs For Your Dog”

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25. “This Eyewear Shop’s Bag”

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26. “This Mailbox That Is A Scale Model Of The House”

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27. “My Daughter’s Toy Has Vitiligo”

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28. “This Adorable Dog Upholstery On A Couch In My Veterinarian’s Office”

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29. “The Ceiling Lights In This Medical Test Lab Are In The Form Of Electrocardiogram”

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30. “This Jeep Has Light Jeeps”

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31. “This Is Carpet”

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32. “The Zip On My New Lunch Bag Is A Tiny Spoon”

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33. “The Dog Fountain You Didn’t Know You Needed In Your Life”

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34. “Ear Anatomy Model With Miniature Construction Crew At The ENT Office”

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35. These Doughnuts Are Designed To Look Like The Classic Ones Out Of The Simpsons

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