Robot Sculptures by Hervé Stadelmann

Robot Sculptures by Hervé Stadelmann

The MB&F M.A.D.Gallery (M.A.D = Mechanical Art Devices) “for kinetic art where Horological Machines and Mechanical Art Devices reign supreme.” introduces Robotyp; High-End, handmade robot sculptures by tinsmith and artist Hervé Stadelmann. MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends) is an artistic concept laboratory based around a simple idea: to assemble collectives of independent watchmaking professionals to develop radical horological masterpieces.

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Chanel’s Garden: Spring Couture 2015

Chanel’s Garden: Spring Couture 2015

A custom made fake garden in white! How wonderful is this Chanel runway venue at the Grand Palais in Paris? Simply astonishing, so much that we won’t elaborate on the clothes, check them out here for yourself.
“It took six months to make the 300 flowers that decorated the Chanel set today. Each of them had its own engine, and when at the show’s start (model) Baptiste Giabiconi applied a theatrical splash from a CC-branded watering can and they simultaneously burst into mechanical bloom,” (read more at style.com) WOW! (images via chanel/ purepeople / theguardian / zimbio / voguemx)pasarelas_iconicas_chanel_4013_1300x868

Helping Hand

The Helping Hand is made from plastic and it’s nails are polished in pink, it has a flat surface and a wind up “motor.” It will move forward if you put something heavy, like a glass, on it! Helping Hand isn’t a toy, on the box it said:  Just wind it up. Ready to go automatically when drink is put on. Stops automatically at any edge – can’t fall off!  Helping Hand is a beverage carrier, coaster, disguised in a mechanical womans hand! Produced by Yone toy manufacturers in Japan.Helping Hand artrotterdam-04433
Thank you P.tronella for sharing your helping hand with us! xoxo mimi