Not all useless things are design failures. In fact, chindogu is an entire line of Japanese inventions with the sole purpose of having no purpose. To be chindogu - which means "weird tool" - a product cannot be patented, must be anarchic in spirit, must exist, and, strangely enough, must not be for sale. Want to know what you’re missing? The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions features almost 200 of these hilarious products and their illogical extremes. The Baby Mops romper turns your 9-month-old into a crawling maid service. The Hay Fever Hat keeps tissues at the ready. And the Stroll ’n’ Style dries your hair as you walk to work. More proof that necessity is not the only mother of invention.
- Suzanne Wu
The Butterstick
Baby Mops
Rotating Spaghetti Fork
Daddy Nurser
Back Scratcherés T-shirt
Hay Fever Hat
Stroll-né Style
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