Chindogu - The Art of Unuselessness
Chindogu is the Japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. However, Chindogu has a distinctive feature: anyone actually attempting to use one of these inventions, would find that it causes so many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, that effectively it has no utility whatsoever. Thus, Chindogu are sometimes described as 'unuseless' - that is, they cannot be regarded as 'useless' in an absolute sense, since they do actually solve a problem; however, in practical terms, they cannot positively be called 'useful'.
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- Chindogu - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Chindogu is the Japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. However, Chindogu has a distinctive feature: anyone actually attempting to use one of these inventions, would find that it causes so many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, that effectively it has no utility whatsoever. Thus, Chindogu are sometimes described as 'unuseless' - that is, they cannot be regarded as 'useless' in an absolute sense, since they do actually solve a problem; however, in practical terms, they cannot positively be called 'useful'.
- International Chindogu Society
- One upon a time Chindogu were useless Japanese inventions, but they are taking the world by storm and now know no nationality.
- PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about Design and Making Things Chindogu: Form or Function?
- A toilet paper hat for hayfever sufferers - Welcome to the world of chindogu! Headwear equipped with a loaded toilet paper dispenser?! What in the world for? Who came up with this and why? More importantly, who in their right mind would walk around with a bog roll on their head? Welcome to the world of chindogu. The Japanese phrase literally translates as "unusual tools," but what is it all about? Today PingMag catches up with chindogu inventor Kenji Kawakami of the Chindogu Society of Japan to learn all you will ever need to know about chindogu.
- List Of The Day: Chindogu Of The Day
- Chind?gu is Japanese for the practice of turning everyday items into clever new gadgets, but gadgets that cause more problems or inconveniences than they solve. Chind?gu are sometimes described as "unuseless" ?- neither completely useless nor completely useful.
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