Shy Mirror

Chindōgu (珍道具) was created by Japanese artist Kenji Kawakami in the 1990s, who describes these inventions as “un-useless.” He coined the term chindogu using a combination of the Japanese words chin, meaning “strange” or “odd,” and dougu, which means “device” or “tool.” The Shy Mirror is designed to be a playful object that turns away when you look at it until you’ve built a relationship by calling its name, then it will start to continuously look at you.