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The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu - Kawakami, Kenji, and Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh (Editor), and Papia, Dan (Translated by)
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In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely impractical. Created in the spirit of anarchy, unuseless inventions are not allowed to be patented or sold. Fans of the unuseless will love this completely absorbing collection of 200 Chindogu, including: the Drymobile (your laundry dries as you drive) the Solar-Powered ...

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The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu 2005, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393326765

Trade paperback