Polish designer Kamila Rudnicka has created an artificial insemination tool that doubles up as a sex toy, in the hopes of restoring pleasure to an often clinical process.
Like other self-insemination aids, it allows the intimate process of conception to be carried out in the comfort and privacy of the home.
But in place of a purely functional design, the Way device draws on the same visual language as a minimalist dildo.

It is made of soft pink, medical-grade silicone with a ring at its base containing a removable bubble, which holds the semen.
"To use the device, you first need to deposit the semen into the jar that's included in the kit, and suck it into the bubble using air pressure," Rudnicka told Dezeen.
The process is reminiscent of separating an egg yolk from the white using the suction of an empty plastic bottle. "Then the bubble goes back into the ring and needs to be connected with a tube that's wound around the hilt," the designer continued. "From there, everything works thanks to the pressure that we have in the bubble."

When the Way device is inserted into the vagina, pressing the bubble propels the semen into the uterus via these tubes.
Although they are embedded in the base of the device like veins, they can also be taken off and strapped onto the hand as a harness for insemination during manual stimulation.
"Hands are very important when we are making love, especially in lesbian sex," said Rudnicka. "That's why ...