People Shared The Best Ideas They've Had Or Seen, And You Should Take Notes

*Takes all the notes*

1. Like the smart builder who added a thermometer to this shower valve:

My hotel shower had a water thermometer from mildlyinteresting

2. And this ingenious aunt we all could learn a thing from:

My aunt has this birthday calendar, names on disks using hooks. from mildlyinteresting

3. This clever cook who shared a neat trick:

A clever way to measure honey in a recipe from oddlysatisfying

4. The clever person who designed this store to have different surfaces to "road test" strollers:

This baby store has different surfaces to “road test” the strollers from mildlyinteresting

5. The smarty-pants who designed this ruler to have cascading millimeter marks so it's easier to read:

This ruler has cascading millimeter mark that makes it easier to read. from mildlyinteresting

6. The absolute genius who designed this shirt to have a lens cloth sewn in at the bottom:

This shirt has a piece of lens cloth sewn on the inside for your glasses. from mildlyinteresting

7. This smart seamster who shared a simple but genius hack:

How to sew in a straight line. from lifehacks

8. This handyperson who has a head for good ideas:

I thought this was well known untill my father who has been a mechanic for 30 years had not seen it before.. open your cable tie packets in the middle and you will never spill them all over the floor again. Pull out however many you need from the centre as seen below. from lifehacks

9. The creative (and caring) person who came up with this:

Some roads in Australia are so long and boring that they have trivia signs to keep drivers alert. from interestingasfuck

10. The person who added these lights and, frankly, deserves a pat on the back:

This bathroom in DFW airport that tells you which stalls are available. from mildlyinteresting

11. This person's wife, who changed their life:

I’ve been married to my wife for 11 years and she just taught me that if I use a cheese grater on a cold stick of butter, it’s easier to spread on toast and muffins. from lifehacks

12. Whoever designed these benches to be reversible so you can choose your view:

These public benches are reversible, so you can choose to look at people, or boats. from mildlyinteresting

13. The thinker who added this design to a pasta box:

this packet of pasta has a drawing to gauge the quantity of pasta w/o a scale from mildlyinteresting

14. The kind and clever person who made this:

Putting rails under a bench so you can always be in shade. from DesignPorn

15. The retail store designer who had the wisdom to make this:

Found in a clothing store dressing room from DesignPorn

16. This intelligent paper bag designer who just wants to help:

This paper bag that shows you how to pack it from mildlyinteresting

17. This super-smart grandpa who sorted his extra sauce packets into a case:

My grandpa has a case for his sauces from mildlyinteresting

18. The person who incorporated kick buttons on these elevators:

Elevator Kick Buttons from DesignPorn

19. The genius who designed this shirt with buttons on the inside as well to help prevent annoying boob gap:

This shirt has buttons on the inside that prevent the dreaded boob gap! from DesignPorn

20. This mom who painted an outlet to blend in with its surroundings:

My mom painted this outlet to match the rocks. from mildlyinteresting

21. The person who designed this cheeky (but clever) business card:

This smart business card from DesignPorn

22. The person who designed this umbrella to show the logo only when it rains:

The logo on my umbrella only shows up when wet. from mildlyinteresting

23. The mastermind who created this pan with a thermochromic indicator to show if it is hot:

This pan has a thermochromic indicator to show if it is hot. from mildlyinteresting

24. The person who had the idea to sort this furniture hardware by step rather than type:

This furniture hardware is sorted by step rather than by type. from mildlyinteresting

25. The genius who came up with this:

My toaster has a window to see how toast your bread is. from mildlyinteresting

26. The smarty-pants who designed this spatula with a little stand:

My spatula has a little stand so it doesn’t touch the counter from mildlyinteresting

27. And finally, the helpful person who came up with this idea:

My library loans out themed "Binge Boxes" from mildlyinteresting

H/T: r/mildlyinteresting and r/designporn.