The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions
Kenji Kawakami • W W NORTON & • ISBN 9780393326765
The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions
Kenji Kawakami • W W NORTON & • ISBN-13 9780393326765
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2005
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ISBN 9780393326765 • Completeness 48
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In Japan, Kenji Kawakami is famous for his tireless promotion of Chindogu: the art of the unuseless idea. Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely impractical.
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