Unventions: Every Invention has an Equal and Opposite Unvention

Cleon Daniel

Hardcover | 21.6 x 1.5 x 21.6 cm | 108 pp

Carpet Bombing Culture | 2011 | 9781908211032

So what is an unvention? Some say unventions are simply everyday objects that are familiar to all. They are correct. But they are also wrong. Unventions tell new stories about the things around you releasing them from the mundane trudge of daily routine to take on epic new roles. When you begin to see them you are set free, and soon you will discover your own. Unventions claims that it will change your world forever largely in utterly useless ways.

Lunatic, irreverent, zany, hilarious and "I just don't get it' are just some of the things that have been said about Unventions. Cleon Daniel has created a serious of illustrations challenging the way we look at banal everyday objects and has also invented a collection of bonkers alternative uses for them.
The book, through lampoon, spoof and satire makes us question simple everyday items and see how crazily different things might have turned out had perhaps The Goons applied their collective genius to invention and not the radio sketchshow.
This brilliant little book should be kept on with you at all times, to cheer you up at a moment's notice or even as a catalyst so that you too can create your own Unventions. Collecting together a rib-tickling `best of' by one of the UK's unsung creative geniuses these gloriously drawn lo-fi illustrations push absurdity to a whole new level.