Full name: 99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu

Author: Kenji Kawakami Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Humor, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393317435 0393317439

Back by popular demand! Following the massive success of 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions, 99 more specimens of the art of Chindogu to amaze, confuse, and entertain.Chindogu is the Japanese word coined for the art of the unuseless idea -- weirdly logical designs for living that have taken an unsuspecting world by storm. Meant to solve the niggling problems of modern life, these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos have a tendency to fail completely -- but also heroically, magnificently, and hilariously. Addicts of the unuseless will love this collection of brand-new Chindogu, including the Eat 'n' Exercise (no one cares about calories when you exercise as you eat), the Drymobile (your laundry dries as you drive), the Solar-Powered Torch, and many, many more.... "Chindogu is the Chaos Theory put to everyday use. Funny but subversive. Ordinary but surreal. Brilliant but boneheaded.... Once word gets around, stand back". -- John Barry, Knight-Ridder Similar books: 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami The World of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington The Return of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile Bizarre World by Bill Bryson Dave Barry's Money Secrets by Dave Barry How Hard Can It Be? by Jeremy Clarkson Afterliff by John Lloyd The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander Dave Barry Turns 50 by Dave Barry No Shirt, No Shoes... No Problem! by Jeff Foxworthy Homes and Other Black Holes by Dave Barry Whiter Shades of Pale by Christian Lander Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary by Jeff Foxworthy Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides by Dave Barry Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand How Not to Die by Michael Greger A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls