Chindogu - or the art of inventing wonderful but "unuseless" gadgets for everyday life - is a Japanese phenomenon that has been popularized in the rest of the world. The art of using costumes and ...

basically it's bloody weird. But in a way that is ... I found that the variants and vagaries of the art on show reminded me of its country of origin: Japan, with its mixture of rigid structure ...

are the fashion-obsessed Japanese teenagers who use clothing as postmodern art, making strange and discomforting statements out of colour and texture and referential accessories. They were so ...

A recently published book by Kenji Kawakami entitled 101 Useless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu provides ... a realistic-looking (except for a strange pallor) hand, attached to your ...

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the idea of the weird, science and art on show in an exhibition at Liverpool's Fact and the new Japanese animated film Your Name. Show more Weird fiction presents ...

The Weird, Science and Art at Fact, Japanese Film Your NameThe Weird, Science and Art at Fact, Japanese Film Your Name ...