Crazy Stuff

by Nicolas Marcais, Philippe Marchand

Strange and unusual new products that might be great to have -- and how to get your hands on them. Our lives are just a bit too crazy these days. It's multitasking all around. We try to find ways to escape and ease the stress -- if only for a little while. Enter Crazy Stuff -- 400-plus pages of wonderfully offbeat things perfectly suited to hectic schedules and wandering minds. Some of the stuff is plainly practical and bargain-priced, while some is outrageous and extravagant. The items range from low-tech goofiness (the "that's ridiculous" and "that's hilarious" thingamajigs) to high-tech contraptions that make life easier (the "why didn't I think of that?" and "I want one of those" treasures). All of them leave us admiring the quirky and sometimes questionable minds that dreamed them up in the first place. Crazy Stuff is a great tongue-in-cheek-serious, buy-for-myself treat. It's also a fun gift item. And it's sure to be a popular impulse buy for the holidays. All the items in the book are real. Each is presented with a color photograph and complete description. Suggested list prices and manufacturer's websites or other purchase information are all For pure fun and pure fantasy, Crazy Stuff delivers.

Genres: Nonfiction

416 pages, Hardcover

First published September 12, 2008

Reviews

[Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chock full of wacky and wonderful stuff, silly inventions and useless landfill-destined monstrosities. I had this in my bathroom, you betcha!

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice book of weird & crazy stuff!