In this peculiar life, there are also those who like to add the useless to the pleasant. And for some reason people love the result. Selfie Stick is the greatest example of Japanese art of unusual tools.

O, A or A (frighteningly dangerous). Who does not remember the D-mail, who sold by catalog, in Portugal, bizarre utensils and promised the “most fun and original products”?

Long before the Dmail catalog, the catalog of Kenji Kawakami In the 1980s, he began to show at least hilarious utensils. Editor of a home -made homework shopping catalog in Japan, the Japanese inventor ended up with a few blank pages the magazine catalog Mail Order Life where I was working at the time. He then decided to invent the most bizarre products he could, to fill the void of those pages, unique and simply for the fun of his readers. And so the term will have been born Chinedo – An unusual tool, literally translating.

For who suffers from allergic rhinitis and often backed their nose, Kawakami invented a toilet paper support. And who wants to literally capture everything around it at one point, just put your helmet equipped with disposable cameras, with a handle that fires them all at the same time. The baby snake, fatotic for babies, allowed the floor to be cleaned while the babies cracked. And (pause for sighs) Selfie Stick, to take selfies, was one of the inventions promoted by the Japanese, which also invented a two -pointed toothbrush and a butter stick, such as the tube glue we used at school.

There have been 600 inventions over the course of 10 years, according to journalist David Mcneill, who was in the Japanese creator studio, who was “more disarmed than an art student’s apartment,” in 2005. The Japanese believes that all his creations are useless. “Technically, they are convenient and can be used, but most people do not, ashamed.”

After the first taste, the readers of Kenji magazine wanted more and more. The peculiar art form jumped from magazines for televisions and exhibitions and, in 1995, was born the Chindogu International Society, guided by 10 Commandments that dictated how to put the art into practice:

1. A chindogu piece is not for real use. “It is fundamental to the spirit of Chindogu that the inventions that claim Chindogu status are, from a practical point of view, (almost) completely useless. If inventing something that proves so useful that it constantly uses it, then you couldn’t create a Chindogog.”
2. A chindogu piece has to exist. “It is not allowed to use a chindogogu, but it must be manufactured. It must be able to hold it and think,” I can imagine someone to use it. “To be useless, creation must first exist.”
3. There has to be anarchic spirit. “Chindogu objects are objects created by humanity that have freed themselves from the currents of utility. They represent freedom of thought and action: the freedom to challenge the suffocating historical rule of conservative utility. The freedom to be (almost) useless.”
4. These are tools for everyday life. “Chindogu is a form of nonverbal communication understandable for everyone. Anywhere. Specialized inventions or technical inventions, such as a three strap pliers to unclog sewage pipes, positioned between two cabinet doors under the sink, don’t count.”
5. Chindogu does not sell. “Chindogu are not negotiable commodities. If you accept money for one, they will be renouncing their purity. They should not even be sold. Even if it is a joke.”
6. Humor must be the only reason for creating Chindogu. “Chindogu’s creation is fundamentally a problem solving activity. Humor is simply the byproduct of finding an elaborate or unconventional solution to a problem. The Creator gives his best, almost can. And then he realizes that his problem might not be that urgent.”
7. Chindogu is not advertising. “Chindogu are innocent. They are made to be used, even if they cannot be used. They should not be created as a perverse or ironic comment on the unfortunate state of humanity. Instead, create them with the best intentions.”
8. Chindogogo is never taboo. “Chindogogu’s international society has established certain standards of social decency. Cheap sexual insinuations, common humor and sick or cruel jokes that degrade the holiness of living beings are not allowed. If you are looking for more common humor, we have the feeling that you can find it elsewhere on the internet.”
9. Chindogu cannot be patented. Chindogu are offers for the rest of the world. These are not ideas that can be protected by copyright, patented, collected and possessed. As is said in Spain:
   “Mi Chindogu es tu Chindogu.”
10. Chindogu have no prejudice. “Chindogu should never favor one race or religion over another.
    Young people and the elderly, men and women, rich and poor – everyone must have the free and equal opportunity to enjoy each Chindogu. ”

Kenji stayed to history as a satirical consumer society. As the sixth commandment dictates, humor is part of its interpretation of Japanese art of useless inventions. “If people laugh, that’s fine. We need it. I believe in rejecting society laughing at it.”

In this peculiar life, there are also those who like to add the useless to the pleasant. And for some reason people love the result. Selfie Stick is the greatest example of Japanese art of unusual tools.

O, A or A (frighteningly dangerous). Who does not remember the D-mail, who sold by catalog, in Portugal, bizarre utensils and promised the “most fun and original products”?

Long before the Dmail catalog, the catalog of Kenji Kawakami In the 1980s, he began to show at least hilarious utensils. Editor of a home -made homework shopping catalog in Japan, the Japanese inventor ended up with a few blank pages the magazine catalog Mail Order Life where I was working at the time. He then decided to invent the most bizarre products he could, to fill the void of those pages, unique and simply for the fun of his readers. And so the term will have been born Chinedo – An unusual tool, literally translating.

For who suffers from allergic rhinitis and often backed their nose, Kawakami invented a toilet paper support. And who wants to literally capture everything around it at one point, just put your helmet equipped with disposable cameras, with a handle that fires them all at the same time. The baby snake, fatotic for babies, allowed the floor to be cleaned while the babies cracked. And (pause for sighs) Selfie Stick, to take selfies, was one of the inventions promoted by the Japanese, which also invented a two -pointed toothbrush and a butter stick, such as the tube glue we used at school.

There have been 600 inventions over the course of 10 years, according to journalist David Mcneill, who was in the Japanese creator studio, who was “more disarmed than an art student’s apartment,” in 2005. The Japanese believes that all his creations are useless. “Technically, they are convenient and can be used, but most people do not, ashamed.”

After the first taste, the readers of Kenji magazine wanted more and more. The peculiar art form jumped from magazines for televisions and exhibitions and, in 1995, was born the Chindogu International Society, guided by 10 Commandments that dictated how to put the art into practice:

1. A chindogu piece is not for real use. “It is fundamental to the spirit of Chindogu that the inventions that claim Chindogu status are, from a practical point of view, (almost) completely useless. If inventing something that proves so useful that it constantly uses it, then you couldn’t create a Chindogog.”
2. A chindogu piece has to exist. “It is not allowed to use a chindogogu, but it must be manufactured. It must be able to hold it and think,” I can imagine someone to use it. “To be useless, creation must first exist.”
3. There has to be anarchic spirit. “Chindogu objects are objects created by humanity that have freed themselves from the currents of utility. They represent freedom of thought and action: the freedom to challenge the suffocating historical rule of conservative utility. The freedom to be (almost) useless.”
4. These are tools for everyday life. “Chindogu is a form of nonverbal communication understandable for everyone. Anywhere. Specialized inventions or technical inventions, such as a three strap pliers to unclog sewage pipes, positioned between two cabinet doors under the sink, don’t count.”
5. Chindogu does not sell. “Chindogu are not negotiable commodities. If you accept money for one, they will be renouncing their purity. They should not even be sold. Even if it is a joke.”
6. Humor must be the only reason for creating Chindogu. “Chindogu’s creation is fundamentally a problem solving activity. Humor is simply the byproduct of finding an elaborate or unconventional solution to a problem. The Creator gives his best, almost can. And then he realizes that his problem might not be that urgent.”
7. Chindogu is not advertising. “Chindogu are innocent. They are made to be used, even if they cannot be used. They should not be created as a perverse or ironic comment on the unfortunate state of humanity. Instead, create them with the best intentions.”
8. Chindogogo is never taboo. “Chindogogu’s international society has established certain standards of social decency. Cheap sexual insinuations, common humor and sick or cruel jokes that degrade the holiness of living beings are not allowed. If you are looking for more common humor, we have the feeling that you can find it elsewhere on the internet.”
9. Chindogu cannot be patented. Chindogu are offers for the rest of the world. These are not ideas that can be protected by copyright, patented, collected and possessed. As is said in Spain:
   “Mi Chindogu es tu Chindogu.”
10. Chindogu have no prejudice. “Chindogu should never favor one race or religion over another.
    Young people and the elderly, men and women, rich and poor – everyone must have the free and equal opportunity to enjoy each Chindogu. ”

Kenji stayed to history as a satirical consumer society. As the sixth commandment dictates, humor is part of its interpretation of Japanese art of useless inventions. “If people laugh, that’s fine. We need it. I believe in rejecting society laughing at it.”