Kayla Areglado

Communication Design Student, 2022

The Art of Chindogu: Useful but Useless

What is Chindogu? From the words chin meaning “curious” or “strange” and dogu which means “tool” or “device”, a Chindogu is something that was made to be neither useful nor useless. It usually addresses a very specific everyday problem, but does so in a very unconventional way. They are obviously useless, yet they evidently still serve a purpose.   Why…

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IS2 Bridge 1: Chindogu Brainstorming

IDEA 1: WATER ALARM CLOCK The first Chindogu idea that came into my mind after meeting my partner was one that addresses the fact that she forgets to drink water very frequently. With this in mind, I thought of creating an alarm clock of sorts that reminds its user to drink water, an idea that…

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