Monowheel, 1933. Walter Nilsson inside the wheel
(via jorgevaliente)
“Cavity Mechanism #5” from Machine Vitrine by Dan Grayber…
“…an ingenious collection of spring-loaded devices that play on ideas of architecture, tension, mechanics, and space … They are more like booby traps; their only spatial purpose to support themselves in states of high tension…”
(via BLDGBLOG)
Ingenious design and engineering prowess…
“…r2b2 is a pedal powered kitchen tool by German designer Christoph Thetard. designed for his final year project at Bauhaus Weimar, the project aimed to examine the amount of electricity used for common household tools. ather than design a band-aid solution Thetard chose to completely redevelop these tools using green power. Users pedal a fly-wheel which creates mechanical energy that can then power common kitchen tools like a coffee grinder, hand blender and food processor…”
(via designboom)
Turn-of-the-century vintage “fitness” equipment. Intrigued by the interesting (if odd) mechanics that went into their design.
(more wacky photos here)
