--- title: Vaask: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 description: Find out why Vaask is one of the best inventions of 2021 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115517/vaask/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-11-10T11:15:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:56:27.687Z og:title: Vaask: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:description: Find out why Vaask made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115517/vaask/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt064a2fcd7f327983/698a1ea8929fad5578bf7e24/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Vaask-Mounted-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Vaask: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vaask: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Vaask made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt064a2fcd7f327983/698a1ea8929fad5578bf7e24/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Vaask-Mounted-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # Stylish Sanitizing Vaask by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  _SPECIAL MENTION:_ Ugly hand sanitizer goo pumps have become standard décor in office lobbies and corridors. But Austin-based [Vaask](https://www.vaask.com/) thinks they deserve the kind of design attention that the rest of a modern workplace gets. Vaask’s futuristically curvy gel dispensers, which can be wall-installed or freestanding, use laser sensors to know when a hand reaches in for a squirt. _—Don Steinberg_ **Buy Now:** [Vaask](https://www.vaask.com/product/wall-insert/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115517/vaask/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115517/vaask/"},"headline":"Stylish Sanitizing","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:15:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:56:27.687Z","description":"Find out why Vaask received a special mention on TIME's 2021 Best Inventions list.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115517/vaask/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt064a2fcd7f327983/698a1ea8929fad5578bf7e24/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Vaask-Mounted-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt064a2fcd7f327983/698a1ea8929fad5578bf7e24/best-inventions-2021-Special-Mentions-Vaask-Mounted-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6115517/vaask/","name":"Stylish Sanitizing"}}]}] ```