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PLACES for PLAY: The Exhibition. V.O.W N°26 // Melvin the Machine. Photo © HEYHEYHEY V.O.W N°26 (27 June - 3 July 2011) We think of innovation and invention as highly engineered, complex systems that are built by some mad scientist in a remote space.

V.O.W N°26 // Melvin the Machine

The process results in long and layered equations, drawings and an endless source of references illustrated in a step by step process to further explain the construction of the device or machine. We have familiarized ourselves with this elaborate system through Einstein, Sherlock Holmes, even the coyote as he tries to invent ways to capture the road runner. For this week's VOW, we have brought you one of those diagrams to life. Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine is best described as a Rube Goldberg machine with a twist. Created by studio HEYHEYHEY for the 2010 Dutch Design Week, Melvin was featured for 10 days at the MU artspace where 14,000 people came to see it perform.

Sources: The Hourglass. Paper Mache Dragon Trophy. The Fantastical Worlds of Tim Burton at the LA County Museum of Art. Informationa and image sources: 1 2 3 4.

The Fantastical Worlds of Tim Burton at the LA County Museum of Art

I seek images that don't exist. I seek images that don't exist Map works by Matthew Cusick Title: Adam Zagajewski Lines from "The Room I Work In," translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh: I seek images that don't exist, and if they do they're crumpled and concealed like summer clothes in the winter, when frost stings the mouth. via Web Urbanist via BibliOdyssey Will 50 Watts.

I seek images that don't exist

Some favourites : Tara Hardy Illustrations. Tara@tarahardyillustration.com © 2014 Tara Hardy 514.813.9855 Built with Indexhibit.

Some favourites : Tara Hardy Illustrations

What children’s skulls look like as they prepare to lose their baby teeth. What Do You Do With Old Bumper Cars? - Yes, you read that right; these little beasties are street legal. Yes, you read that right; these little beasties are street legal.

What Do You Do With Old Bumper Cars? - Yes, you read that right; these little beasties are street legal.

They run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in too long. There are seven of these little monsters floating around California , and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap. They were originally powered by two cylinder Harley Davidson Motorcycle engines but they rattled like heck because of the two cylinder vibration and Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or Kawasaki 750's and a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.

By the way, they are almost indestructible in accidents! Badger.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Miniature situations // imention.

Cats

Canadian shield. Stuffed Animals with Mental Disorders. German toymaker Paraplush has released a line of cute stuffed animals that suffer from different mental illnesses.

Stuffed Animals with Mental Disorders

Depressed Turtle Being an animal accustomed to a more relaxed pace, life in the fast lane has caught up with Dub, sending him into a severe depression. Sheep with Multiple Personality Disorder Dolly seems to suffer from the delusion that she is a wolf despite the fact that she is without a doubt a sheep. Hallucinating Snake Sly’s inner conflict must be interpreted as a sign of an ambivalent relationships towards its own body. Hippo with OCD Lilo has been trying to solve the same wooden jigsaw puzzle for the past few months without success. Paranoid Crocodile Kroko’s hypersensitive perception is a symptom of a paranoid psychosis. Also check out: Old Teddy Bears and Giant Rubber Duck. 6-Year-Old Expresses His Existential Despair. Uh-oh.

6-Year-Old Expresses His Existential Despair

Did someone just discover the inherent paradox of human consciousness within the context of limited lifespan and the physical laws of the universe? Is someone going to be our next Sartre? This 6-year-old existential poet is Julian, the son of a redditor, and soon to be among the ranks of Camus, Pessoa, et al. May Thought Catalog be the first to welcome him into the literary canon. Recently Cataloged 19 Text Messages You Get While Dating And What They Really Mean 1. The 15 College Seniors You’ll Meet A Month Before Graduation 3.