An curved arrow pointing right. What you want to know: The scoop: Theo Jansen's Strandbeest project is like nothing else in the world. They're sculptures that move with the wind — or with human ...

Discover how to build a walking wooden dog inspired by Strandbeest and Theo Jansen's ingenious linkage design. This step-by-step tutorial guides you through the entire process, from crafting the ...

The Strandbeest’s joints squeaked as it walked near The Bean at Millennium Park, its sails fluttering gently as the wind pushed it forward. Onlookers described it as “a cross between a dinosaur and an ...

Dutch artist Theo Jansen showed off his Strandbeest mechanical creatures on the sand in front of the W Hotel Friday for an event with Audemars Piguet and the Peabody Essex Museum. Jansen, who began ...

Theo Jansen gathered with a small group of people last week to bring Animaris Suspendisse back from the dead. All 43 feet of it was standing in the exhibition hall of Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, ...

Strandbeests – or “beach creatures” – are “moving,” “breathing” and “walking” sculptures created by Dutch artist Theo Jansen. “Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen,” organized by the Peabody ...

Theo Jansen's "Strandbeest" sculptures are more like a species of artificial animals than a work of art. Their movements are incredibly life-like. Meaning "beach animals" in Dutch, Jansen's creations ...

For once, not everyone gathered around Cloud Gate this morning was there to take a selfie. Instead, a small group of onlookers was there to watch Dutch artist Theo Jansen walk his Strandbeest kinetic ...

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Like a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci, the Dutch artist engineered his lumbering Strandbeests out of PVC-pipe and zip-ties. For the past 25 years, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has dedicated his life’s work ...