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More Hilarious Inventions from Steven M. Johnson

Last time we covered the brilliant cartoonist/inventor Steven M. Johnson, he’d just released a book of his transportation designs. Now he’s got a new book out and it spans every design field under the sun.

Johnson has graciously allowed us to show you some of the images from “Patent Depending: Armbrella, Sofa Shower, Unzipped Fly Alarm and Other Essential Products.” Here are just a fraction of the literally hundreds of concepts he’s got in the book. (Note that we added the headings; he’s got a different chapter titling convention in the book.)

Architecture

Fashion Design

Flatware Design

Footwear Design

Furniture Design

Interface Design

Landscape Design

Multi-Tool Design

Office Furniture Design

Product Design

Sporting Goods Design

Transportation Design

Then there’s the random stuff that just cracks us up:

You can order the book here. What we’ve shown you here is just a fraction of the hundreds of concepts it contains. Having seen an advance copy, I can say that you won’t be disappointed!

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