We’re hosting a Portland Design Month event next week and you’re invited! Love silly ideas? Curious about AI? Join us for a studio social brainstorm to explore and create through the playful art of Chindogu. Attendees can partake in inventing their own strange and unique ideas, through sketching and paper modeling, then realize them with AI generative tools! Join us for a fun evening of design experimentation and happy hour hangs. Drinks and refreshments will be provided. This event is a drop-in style—no need to show up on time or stay the whole time.

Coined by Kenji Kawakami, the Japanese term Chindogu translates to unusual tool and refers to the practice of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem to be ideal solutions to particular problems, but which may cause more problems than they solve...

Accessibility: Venue is wheelchair accessible.