Designed smart. Deliberately dumb.

Beautifully designed everyday objects that work better without being smart. No app. No account. No updates. Tell us what to make first.

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One email when we open. Nothing else.

You shouldn't have to choose.

The good-looking thermostat wants your Wi-Fi password. The kettle wants an account. The alarm clock would like to update itself overnight.

The versions that don't are mostly beige plastic.

Dumbwell makes and selects objects with the design you'd expect from the smart ones, minus the smart. Each one does its job immediately, with a control you can touch, and keeps doing it after the company that made it is gone.

Immediate.

Turn the dial. That's the setup.

Yours, completely.

No account, no data, no subscription. It knows nothing about you.

Still works.

Version 1.0, permanently. Nothing about it expires.

In development.

Concept drawings of what we're working on. Vote below and the most-wanted ships first.

Timer 01

First wave

A mechanical kitchen timer. Wind it. It rings.

Does: Counts down 60 minutes.
Does not: Need batteries or a phone.

Gauge 01

First wave

Temperature and humidity on one dial. No power at all.

Does: Reads the room.
Does not: Need power, an app, or a hub.

Scale 01

First wave

A mechanical kitchen scale with a dial you can read from the stove.

Does: Weighs things.
Does not: Sync your recipes.

Clock 01

In development

An analog alarm clock. Silent sweep. One AA battery.

Does: Tells the time. Wakes you.
Does not: Glow, ping, or update.

Thermostat 01

Later

Turn it to the temperature you want. Read it from across the room.

Does: Holds the temperature.
Does not: Learn your schedule.

Dimmer 01

Later

A rotary dimmer that clicks off at the end of its turn.

Does: Brighter. Dimmer. Off.
Does not: Need a hub or a voice assistant.

The Dumb Standard.

Every product we make or sell has to pass it. The rules are public, versioned, and applied the same way every time.

Read the Standard 1.0

MEETS THE DUMB STANDARD
Std. 1.0

Does

Works out of the box.
Uses a control you can touch.
Does one job well.
Keeps working, indefinitely.

Does not

Connect to the internet.
Need an app or an account.
Contain a microphone or camera.
Require a subscription.
Update itself.