노아 차니와 공동 제작한 손그림 책으로, 일상생활의 일부가 되지 못한 발명품들을 다룹니다. 어떤 것은 세상이 받아들일 준비가 되기 전에 등장했고, 또 어떤 것은 성공하는 데 필요한 맥락이나 지원, 자금이 단순히 부족했을 뿐입니다.
이 책은 이러한 아이디어를 실패로 보기보다 인간의 독창성이 완전히 실현된 또 다른 경로로 재조명합니다. 독창적인 일러스트와 세심하게 조사된 이야기를 통해 잊힌 개념들을 다시 주목하게 하고, 각각의 뒤에 숨은 창의성과 야망, 비전을 보여줍니다.
Bought this as a gift for a friend who thinks they've seen everything, and now I'm the one borrowing it every night. The hand-illustrated pages on inventions like the ones that "arrived before the world was ready" make you wonder what we're missing right now. It's the kind of book you can't put down
The hand-illustrated pages are the real draw here—every invention feels like a tiny piece of forgotten history you can't stop flipping through. I've been gifting it to curious friends and they all end up reading it aloud to each other.
I was skeptical a book about failed inventions could be this engaging, but the hand-illustrated pages and stories behind each idea pulled me in immediately. The gift box presentation feels sturdy and classy, perfect for the curious friend who thinks they've seen everything.