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The Strangest Product Designs Spotted in 2022
Every year there's a rash of bizarre or unusual product designs, inventions and DIY projects that cross our desk. Often these would be easy to dismiss, but some of them wind up becoming gigantic commercial successes. There is, as they say, no accounting for taste. Here are the strangest designs or stories we've seen in 2022:
Geometric Scissors with Template Functionality
Former Automotive Designer Creates Combination Bicycle-Paddleboard
The Shadey: A Sun-Blocking Fan for Your Smartphone
Many Don't Wear Seatbelts Correctly, Leading to Design of New Crotch-Based Airbag
Teenage Engineering Designs…a Beer
Dragon Seats: Heated Player Benches for the NFL
A Voice-Amplifying, Air Purifying Face Mask for Gamers
Industrial Designer Creates Handheld Block of Granite "Without a Predetermined Function"
Audio Cassette Tape Pool Floats
Modified Bicycles Used for Street "Spinning"
Image credit: Thorsten Deckler
The Viral TikTok Channel That Reviews Public Bathroom Sinks
This Army Head-Measuring Device from 1973
Ikea Unveils New Bluetooth Speaker with a Surprising Form
Strange Object: The Vas Wood Diffuser
Can-Crushing Sculptor Designs Shapeshifting Pen
Listen to This Circle Guitar, Which has Mechanically Activated Strings
Bizarre Renaissance-Era Armor Accessory: The Lantern Shield
Holy Cow: Prison Labor Can Include CAD Work
Shockingly Convincing Plastic Lawn Alternatives
A Designey Toilet with a Sliding Lid
A Comforter Modeled After…Udon Noodles
Concept Design for a Nuclear-Powered Flying Cruise Ship
Brilliant Costume Idea: Going as a Low-Poly Version of Someone
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An Engineer's DIY Computers with Alternative Form Factors
The Tricuro Go: A Smartphone-Attached Device that Measures Back Problems
The Nasal Ranger: A Tool for Measuring Odors with Precision
Tactile Toy: A Touchable Tamagotchi
14-Year-Old Nails "I Voted" Sticker Design Contest
We keep thinking next year will be the year that things go back to normal…but we know better.
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