Chindongu - The Art Of (Un)Useless Inventions

Meera Dolasia
Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:04:00 -0700

Kenji Kawakami has been inventing unusual things since he was a teenager. In high school, he built a cart-like device from salvaged scooter parts. While In college, he built a glider bicycle that didn't fly. However, his creative juices really got flowing in 1980, when he came up with the art of inventing un(usless) things.