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These and dozens of other problem solvers are inventions that Kawakami calls chindogu, which means “unusual tools”.
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I love Tom Geisler's art illustrations, which combine the life-improving spirit of chindogu with the obsessive precision of antique technical drawings (he's also a technical illustrator).
Boing Boing 2009
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Spectacular images, smooth video, greetings from Seville chindogu 9 months ago
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May 7th, 2006 at 12: 05 am those are actually pictures taken from a book called “chindogu” which is a complation of FAKE inventions.
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Known as chindogu, it is the art of the weird, strange and unuseless idea.
The Useful Japanese Invention - Yakitori Grill, Marukai Gardena e d b m 2006
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Known as chindogu, it is the art of the weird, strange and unuseless idea.
Archive 2006-07-01 e d b m 2006
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Ignore their claim that chindogu literally means “distorted tools”.
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In contrast, chindogu, as our previous report here notes, are tools with a purpose, but not meant to be used.
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Another Kawakami term for chindogu is “unuseless inventions”, and I think several circuits in my brain have shut down permanently just by reading it.
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“Basically, chindogu is the same as the Industrial Revolution in Britain,” – Kenji Kawakami
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