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The wonderful world of… Chindōgu. |
Chindōgu is an unusual art of inventing, that, for some reason, I have followed since I was a child. My father had a book that documented a collection of some of the products, I could never put it down. To put it straight, the products that result from Chindōgu just make me laugh. They are products that seem to solve a common day problem, yet in reality create numerous problems instead of eliminating them. Chindōgu is a form of art that originates from Japan, the name simply means ‘unusual’, which in my opinion, is certainly a great way to describe the products…
Anyways, I therefore thought I would dedicate some time to this ‘innovative’ way of thinking and post a couple of images up of some designs that have resulted thanks to Chindōgu.
360 Degree panoramic Camera
Umbrella Headband
Rain Saver
Portable Office Tie
Sleeping Helmet
Hay Fever Hat
Insect Swatter
Noodles Cooler
Baby Duster
Cat Duster
Umbrella Tie
Male Baby Milking
Butter Stick
Shoe Protectors
For a larger collection, yet poor/small image display, check out:
http://website.lineone.net/~sobriety/
September 7th, 2009 at 09:34
Some pure genius ideas, imagine being asked for a credit card and casually flipping your tie round.
I’m sure there used to be a children’s BBC programme that was full of things like this.
September 7th, 2009 at 19:43
Indeed there was!
I do believe the name was ‘How 2′.
They always talked about this kind of art and its thanks to it that I know how to pronounce the word.
September 12th, 2009 at 17:27
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