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Crazy cool product ideas designed by Japanese Twitter that we wish were real
Scott Wilson Apr 9, 2017- Tweet
Necessity is the mother of inventions… and we need these!
Japan already has plenty of strange household items, but that doesn’t stop them from coming up with even more ideas that blow our minds.
And one such source of new hypothetical products is the Japanese Twitter account GOES idea note. They’ve posted dozens of realistic-looking innovations, ranging from awe-inspiring and awesome to downright bizarre… but still cool enough that we’d love it if they actually existed.
Here’s just a small selection of some of our favorites:
▼ Paper lantern walk/stop signals. These would be awesome in some of
the more traditional cities of Japan, like Kyoto and Nara.
[提灯信号機]お江戸の粋な信号機。赤信号を居酒屋と見間違えるようであれば、それはもう明らかに酔っぱらっています。早めのご帰宅をお勧めします。 pic.twitter.com/9KuuQPFb08
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) December 1, 2016
▼ This gun-shaped battery charger will make you feel real tough
every time you slide in some cells in need of a recharge.
カッコよく充電できる、男心くすぐる充電器です。弾倉には弾丸ではなく単三電池を込めてください。 pic.twitter.com/iqHbVknwm3
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) March 25, 2017
▼ “Sticky” rice memo pads that have the rice topping
change each time – tsukemono pickles, plum, seaweed, and more.
[日本・東京おみやげシリーズ02 ごはんの付箋]
めくるたびおかずが変わるお腹の空く付箋です。ご飯に気を取られてメモする内容を忘れないようご注意を。 pic.twitter.com/LwoU3u9kw2— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) March 18, 2017
▼ Safety-pin-shaped push pins, so you can get that
punk look on your poster just by hanging it up.
[パンクピン] 安全ピンで壁に留めているように見える、不思議な押しピン。決して安全とは言えないpunkな一品です。 pic.twitter.com/IZmWwtELOb
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) March 8, 2017
▼ One of the most brilliant innovations they’ve come up
with yet that would’ve saved me a lot of hurt fingernails.
[開けやすい缶]
深爪の方や、逆に爪の長い方でも簡単にプルタブを開けられるよう、缶の背面を削ってみました。デザイン的にも面白いと思うのですが。 pic.twitter.com/IAgbQxstDr— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) March 11, 2017
▼ Eraser sleeves that we may finally not just
throw out right away because they look so cool.
[日本・東京おみやげシリーズ01 自販機消しゴム]
日本の街角ならいたるところで見かける自販機をモチーフにした消しゴムです。 pic.twitter.com/L6VbepTPG3— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) February 25, 2017
▼ Another favorite – a clock that looks like a Japanese license plate.
[ナンバープレート・クロック]自動車のナンバープレートをモチーフとした置き時計です。独特のフォントがなんとも言えない味わいを醸し出します。 pic.twitter.com/SHWpGPNbfL
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) July 8, 2016
▼ This one is a little less elegant than the others but still gets the job done – if people don’t stop for cones, then they’ll hopefully stop for cats!
[キャットコーン]猫が住んでいます。決してクルマをぶつけたり、酔っぱらって蹴っとばしたりしないでください。と注意を促す、猫のシールが貼られたロードコーンです。慣れすぎて誰も注意を払わなくなってしまったものに、もう一度本来の輝きを。 pic.twitter.com/L2P99xspVB
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) June 19, 2015
▼ What better way to scare away solicitors than by having your doorbell hidden inside your own Mouth of Truth. That’s one way never to have to deal with the NHK guy.
[真実のインターホン]映画「ローマの休日」でおなじみの“真実の口”をモチーフにしたインターホンです。呼び出しボタンは口の中の奥の方。偽りの心を持つセールスマンがインターホンを鳴らそうとすると手を噛み切られる、かも知れません。 pic.twitter.com/ssz4u5UzsM
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) June 5, 2015
▼ And of course, a bacon fan. And if it’s made of actual bacon that we can cook over a flame when we’re done fanning ourselves, all the better.
[ベーコン扇子]暑くジメジメとしたこの季節に扇子はいかがですか。涼しい風とともに、食欲をそそるこんがり焼けたベーコンの香りをご堪能ください。 pic.twitter.com/1fX43kwMO0
— iDEA GOES ON! (@goes54667752) July 17, 2015
If you want to see more of GOES idea note’s innovations, then be sure to check them out on Twitter. We’ve only scratched the surface of their inventive prowess.
And if cool yet mostly useless inventions are your thing, then we’ve got good news for you, because Japan has 23 more crazy products that actually exist.
Source: Twitter/@goes54667752 via Design taxi
Featured image: Twitter/@goes54667752
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