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The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions (PB)

The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions (PB)

2005

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The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions (PB)

By Kenji Kawakami

In Japan Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Meant to solve problems of modern life, these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos are actually entirely impractical. Addicts of the unuseless will love this collection of 200 Chindogu, including the Drymobile (your laundry dries as you drive), the Solar-Powered Torch (never runs low on batteries), and Duster Slippers for Cats. These hilarious inventions have taken Japan by storm. Every one of the 200 items in The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions has actually been manufactured to the highest standards, fully tested by pioneering members of the Japanese public, and documented in their unuselessness with photographs.

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Type Popular Culture
Size 6.75 x 5"
Published 2005
ISBN 0393326764
Pages 303