Charles Buchwald & Friends» Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests : Charles Buchwald & Friends http://buchwald.ca design solutions and creative systems strategy Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:56:45 +0000 en hourly 1 Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests http://buchwald.ca/design/theo-jansens-strandbeests/ http://buchwald.ca/design/theo-jansens-strandbeests/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:40:31 +0000 Charles http://buchwald.ca/?p=76 Theo Jansen Strandbeest Mere words cannot describe the magic beauty of these kinetic sculptures. Dutch artist and inventor Theo Jansen has brought sticks and string and pipes to life as these creatures that walk along the sand of the beach, powered by the wind. The simple leg mechanism is fascinating, not just for it’s uncanny motion, but as a potential “reinvention” of the wheel.

Please watch the video on YouTube and be amazed!

See Theo Jansen’s website or the Wikipedia entry on him for more.

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