82 Genuinely Brilliant Designs That Are The Best Antidote To These Everyday Problems
There are two types of problems. The ones that you know exist and make your daily life miserable. And those that you aren’t even aware of, though they make your life worse. Luckily, ingenious designers are working hard (and smart!) to solve both—and Bored Panda is here to celebrate their success.
Our team is featuring the most creative, consumer-friendly, and brilliant design ideas that solve everyday problems and make your life better. Check out our favorite designs below. Just keep in mind, there’s no going back: you might start seeing daily nuisances that are begging for solutions everywhere now!
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My Oven Shows The Start Time Incase You Did Not Start A Timer
Beijing Subway Allows Riders To Pay With Plastic Bottles, A Good Way To Re-Cycle Them
This Museum In Berlin Has ‘Touchable’ Versions Of Their Paintings For Blind People
The Guy Who Does The Grass For My Building Left A Rectangle Of Wild Flowers So The Bees Can Use Them
This Sturdy Runner Allows People Using Wheelchairs Or Walkers To Access Our Local Beach
Any Love For Packaging Here? Very Thoughtful Hardware Package Design
This Chair In An Office Cafeteria Has A Notch To Hang Bags
Parking Lines Go Up The Wall So You Can Properly Park Your Car
My New Sheets Have Tags Identifying The Long Side And The Short Side
I Found A Wallet On A Saturday, I Left A Note In A Way So Only The Real Owner Could Contact Me
Free Vegetable Leaves For Pets In My Local Supermarket's Produce Section
The Hospital My Wife Delivered At Gives You A Kit So You Can Have A “Birth Day” Party
They Put Rails Under The Benches In This Park So You Can Always Be In The Shadow
This Apartment Complex Pool With Wheelchair Access!
This Gate That Allows Horses But Not Vehicles
Good ol' boys in a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am say "Hold my beer!"
This Car Won't Let Me Listen To Music Unless I Put My Seatbelt On
The Cafe At My Closest Beach Gives Free Drinks To People Who Collect A Bucket Of Litter From The Beach
Our Refrigerator Has Revolving Levels So You Can Reach Everything Easily
My School's Library Has Noise-Level Guides That Change Colour When It Gets Too Loud
This Keypad Randomizes The Numbers Every Time So Someone Doesn't Figure Out The Password From Your Hand Movements
I tried one of those once on a plane. I immediately forgot my card PIN and couldn’t pay.
A Very Interactive Cpr Training Kiosk At The Airport
The Employees At This Venue Have The Location Of The Restroom On Their Shirts
For Those Times You Reeeealy Want Your Binding To Come Out Even. :)
A Bicycle Escalator In Norway
This will get reposted and attributed to the USA in 400 articles about how Americans are lazy or fat or something.
At The Uffizi Gallery In Florence, They Have Versions Of Paintings So That Blind Visitors Can Still Enjoy The Art
If you can make it through the throngs of people to the front where the 3d painting is
Their There They're
In Tallinn Airport, One Of The Mens Bathrooms Has Step By Step Instructions On Tying A Tie
This Parking Garages Floor Names To Help You Remember Where You Parked
These Public Swing Powered Chargers For Your Phone In A Train Station
"Dad, I'm tired and bored." "Keep swinging. We're only up to 50% and it's a long trip."
Giraffe Crane Standing Tall Above The Rest
This Park Has A Swing For Kids In A Wheelchair
Thoughtful but I can see that "Only" rule being broken really, really fast and often.
Refillable Detergent In Prague, Czech
Migros, Turkey's biggest food retailer, has similar stations in its larger-format stores.
Whale Tissue Dispenser
Brilliant Idea If You Do/Don’t Want To Be Bothered While Shopping
My Daughter's First Grade Classroom Has Desks With Pedals So Kids Can Move While Learning
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
The Beaches Here In The Netherlands Have Free Sunscreen Dispensers
These Public Benches Are Reversible, So You Can Choose To Look At People, Or Boats
Lightswitches That Show What They Are For
An Old TV Repurposed Into A Cat Bed For My Cat’s Birthday
This Bikers Jacket Has Signal And Brake Lights
In Japan, Baggage Scales Are Flat On The Ground, So You Don't Have To Lift Your Heavy Suitcases
Doctors Paint The Mri Machine In The Children's Clinic To Look Like A Submarine
This Tie Is Made With A Microfiber Lining So You Can Clean Your Phone Screen
What Took So Long? Breville Has A Hole In The Plug On Their Appliance Cords Making Them Easier To Pull Out
Construction Company Covering Neighboring Cars To Keep Them Dust Free
Medicine Section At My Local Rite Aid Has A Magnifying Glass To Help Visually Impaired People Read The Labels
I don't consider myself 'visually impaired', I don't even wear glasses, but in recent years have found myself often having to reach for my phone to magnify the writing on the shelf label in supermarkets, so I think this is a great idea. (Yes, I do have a couple of pairs of reading glasses, round about +1.5, for close-up work at home, but don't carry them around with me).
This Store Has A Winter Simulator For Testing Out Winter Clothing
I've been in one of these, they are common (maybe standard, IDK) at Mark's (formerly Mark's Work Warehouse, before they diversified beyond strictly outdoor workwear) locations, like the one pictured. We Canadians know how to do winter.
Train Seats In Japan Facing Outwards So You Can See The Scenery
This Airplane Eye Patch Tells Flight Attendant Whether Passengers Will Eat Or Not
Sidewalks Lighting
This Elevator Has Buttons You Can Press With Your Feet If Your Hands Are Full
The Construction Guy Near My House As A Solar Powered Fan Helmet To Stay Cool
If You’re An Elderly Or Disabled, You Will Receive A Card That Enables You To Cross The Road With A Longer Countdown Time (Singapore)
This Baby Store Has Different Surfaces To “Road Test” The Strollers
Useful Packaging
The Bathroom I Went To At A Restaurant Had Free Feminine Hygiene Products
This Clothes Dryer Has A Plug Holder For The Powrr Cord So It Doesnt' Flail Around While Trying To Move It
This Soap Bottle Lists A Purpose For Each Ingredient
Huh, way less boring when stuck on the toilet without a phone
This Staircase Has A Crevice To Roll Your Bike Up The Stairs
My New Inhalers Have A Countdown (200 Uses Total) On Them So I Don't Have To Keep Track Of When They Need To Be Replaced (UK)
My Shower Has A Flip Down Footrest For Leg Shaving
This Beginner Chess Set Lists The Possible Moves On Each Piece
This House Put A Free Feed Dispenser On The Fence So People Walking By Can Give Their Alpacas A Treat
A Black Towel In My Hotel Room For Make-Up So The White Ones Don’t Get Stained
This Highlighter Has A Clear Part To Show You What You're Highlighting
My University Sent Me A Wallet-Sized Diploma
I don't know about a diploma, but in nursing and medicine, you often have to show your reagistration number.....
Not Only Does It Keep Your Page; It Keeps Your Line
It's cute, but very much solving a problem that doesn't exist. It takes a couple of seconds to familiarise myself with where I was when I open to a bookmark. If it's been long enough since I last read it that I can't do that quickly, knowing the exact line won't help and I'll likely have to turn back a few pages to reread anyway.
Beach Has Baskets For People To Help Clean Up
My Son's Homework Has A Barcode That When Scanned Takes Him To An Instructional Youtube Video Posted By His Teacher Related To The Lesson
Every resource helps the ones who are both able to take advantage and are willing to put in the extra effort. Like every educational resource, it might serve some well, but not others. No single resource is good for everybody (learning style, level of content, previous understanding, etc.). This is good as one tool in the educational toolbox for teachers to offer.
My Spatula Has A Little Stand So It Doesn’t Touch The Counter
This Toilet Paper Has A Smaller Roll Inside That You Can Take On The Go
My Movie Theater Has A Sign For End Credits
Atlanta Airport Bathroom Has Lights To Tell You Which Stalls Are Occupied
An Inclined Driveway That Has Stairs
This Cup Holder At My Workplace For When You're Carrying Too Much
Table Designed To Leave Hearts On Your Carpet
Coffee Mug That Prevents The Coffee From Dripping All The Way Down
Game Of Thrones Doorstop
In Seoul, The Gas Pumps Hang From The Roof
Piano Door Bell Music At Your Doorstep
The Way These Earphones Are Packaged Conveys Their Intended Purpose
These are fun, but they’ve all been posted dozens of times. Surely there are some new posts?
Guess you're the only one under your personal rock then.
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Guess you're the only one under your personal rock then.
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