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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - 43: Accidental music of imperfect escalators

How Imperfections In Products Make Them Lovable

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - 43: Accidental music of imperfect escalators launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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99% Invisible - The Gruen Effect▲66
The mysterious design of retail spaces
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Slow to Fast - 01: On Diamonds and Happiness▲57
Design sprints and how to kill the blame game
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
3
99% Invisible - Structural Integrity▲81
A story of architectural engineering gone wrong in NYC
2015 · its alternatives →
4
The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166
(and how to build them)
2016 · its alternatives →
5
Origami▲109
A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer
2013 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →
6
Hidden Layer▲119
Interviews with musicians about their creative processes
2017 · hiddenlayer.co · its alternatives →
7
Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects▲60
Conceptual products & alternate narratives of gadget culture
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Layout FM — 28: One Hour Long Trailer▲64
Thoughts on Design Disruptors and designing with a vision
2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →
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Höme Improvisåtion▲68
An IKEA assembly simulator
2015 · thestorkburntdown.itch.io · its alternatives →
10
Layout – Cropping is Hard▲68
Figma, and the future of design tools
2015 · layout.fm · its alternatives →
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Hustle - Death To Time Tracking▲60
Funsize product designers examine time tracking alternatives
2016 · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - 15: Sounds of the artificial world▲5
Designing organic sounds for iInorganic things
2015 · its alternatives →
13
CSS Triggers▲80
A game of layout, paint and composite
2014 · csstriggers.com · its alternatives →
14
Reasonably Sound - 1: The Ear▲55
A discussion on sound and how we hear things
2015 · americanpublicmedia.org · its alternatives →
15
KRFT 1.5.0▲110
A modular instrument for music production
2017 · studioamplify.com · its alternatives →
16
Street Etiquette - 11: Audio Visual▲69
Visuals and audio through style
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
17
The Specularity - The Future of Work▲56
UX, automation, the death of the career track, and much more
2015 · specularity.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Wake Annotations▲110
A more powerful way to give design feedback
2017 · its alternatives →
19
Concentric▲68
A game of concentric concentration
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Lighthouse London #15: Just Enough Design: Tips For Creating Effective Prototypes▲52
Maximising prototypes for learning, not aesthetics
2016 · wearelighthouse.com · its alternatives →
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Lighthouse London #13: How To Use Prototyping To Get Meaningful Feedback From Your Customers▲61
Using prototypes as a powerful feedback tool
2016 · wearelighthouse.com · its alternatives →
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Ordering Disorder▲64
Grid Principles for Web Design
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Happy Shrimp▲92
Alibaba's AI music generator for turning ideas into songs
Aug 2026 · happyshrimp.ai · its alternatives →
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Singular▲64
Mapping the World's Sounds
2014 · its alternatives →

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