Ridiculous Design

What it does

A website dedicated to celebrating the absurd, exploring the impractical, and asking "what if?". Each Ridiculous design is actually backed by research on user behavior, design trends, and yes, even a healthy dose of humor.

Collection of ideas that may sound absurd to people & businesses

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  Absurd Design2019 · absurd.design · ▲629

  Free surrealist illustrations 💡

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  Absurd Design Chapter 42022 · absurd.design · ▲226

  Hand-drawn absurd illustrations

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  Absurd Design Chapter 52023 · absurd.design · ▲102

  Non-AI created illustrations, crafted by human imagination

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  I build one absurd web project every month2025 · absurd.website · ▲293

  I’ve been building absurd, mostly useless web projects for fun — and I publish one every month at absurd.website. These are deliberately non-functional, weird, sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical — and usually totally unnecessary. Some examples: Sexy Math — solve math problems to reveal erotic images. Trip to Mars — a real-time simulation that takes 7 months to finish. Add Luck to Your e-Store — add a waving cat widget to boost your conversion via superstition. Microtasks for Meatbags — the future: AI gives prompts, humans execute. Invisible Lingerie — it’s sexy. And invisible. Artist…

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  Updated Absurd.design for HN Community2022 · absurd.design · ▲6

  Absurd.Design offers hand-drawn, expressive illustrations — created for brands and creators who value authenticity, imagination, and human craft.

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  Random Design Stuff2021 · ▲116

  Handpicked websites for designers, half useful & half insane

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  Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi▲319

  Endless lofi beats composed live in your browser, over pixel-art nights in Paris, Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, San Francisco and more. Free, no sign-up.

  Work · 24d ago · loficities.com

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  Smooth Recorder▲257

  Mac screen recordings that look edited when you hit stop

  Work · 18d ago · smoothrecorder.com

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  Figma Specs▲222

  A container for your context that lives on the Figma canvas

  Work · 3d ago · figma.com

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  The rarest tech books and docs you've probably never read▲190

  Work · 12d ago · readrare.com

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  Dub.co▲1,475

  Short links with superpowers

  Dev tools · 2024 · dub.co

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  3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"▲1,274

  🌐 The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable. - HeyPuter/puter

  Dev tools · 2024 · github.com

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  Microlaunch▲1,115

  Launch and get feedback on both the idea and product

  Dev tools · 2024 · microlaunch.net

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  Milestone▲1,113

  Interactive, gamified product tours for SaaS

  Growth · 2024 · milestoneflow.io

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  Hunted Space▲1,004

  Insights on Product Hunt launches

  Growth · 2024 · hunted.space

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  Creatie▲850

  The one-stop product design tool amplified by AI

  AI · 2024 · creatie.ai