Comments on: Giant Walking Beach Creatures http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/giant-walking-beach-creatures/ A design blog with a particular emphasis on green design, design for society, and environmental technologies, Vestal Design Blog also discusses web design, product design, graphic design, and architecture. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Anamatronik http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/giant-walking-beach-creatures/#comment-135906 Anamatronik Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:25:19 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/13/giant-walking-beach-creatures.html#comment-135906 Theo Jansen, at first I thought was nuts for thinking that these creatures would colonize on the beach.... but this man is beyond genius! If they can truly live off of stored wind in old bottles and navigate through obstacles without any computer or fuel, think how these inventions could benefit our way of travel or even the machinery used in industrial settings.... This man is indeed the new da Vinci. Theo Jansen, at first I thought was nuts for thinking that these creatures would colonize on the beach…. but this man is beyond genius! If they can truly live off of stored wind in old bottles and navigate through obstacles without any computer or fuel, think how these inventions could benefit our way of travel or even the machinery used in industrial settings….

This man is indeed the new da Vinci.

]]> By: Jessica Pfund http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/giant-walking-beach-creatures/#comment-75892 Jessica Pfund Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:46:50 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/13/giant-walking-beach-creatures.html#comment-75892 Better, streamed video of Theo Jansen's Strandbeests: http://www.glumbert.com/media/kineticsculpture Better, streamed video of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests: http://www.glumbert.com/media/kineticsculpture

]]> By: mike lin http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/giant-walking-beach-creatures/#comment-113 mike lin Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/13/giant-walking-beach-creatures.html#comment-113 Neal's been working on some crazy walking "mecha" type desings. Neal, could you share? Neal’s been working on some crazy walking “mecha” type desings. Neal, could you share?

]]> By: Jessica Pfund http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/giant-walking-beach-creatures/#comment-112 Jessica Pfund Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/13/giant-walking-beach-creatures.html#comment-112 i don't even know what to make of this. it's so sweet and super scary. (something between a giant bug and a charlie chaplin movie.) i don’t even know what to make of this.

it’s so sweet and super scary.
(something between a giant bug and a charlie chaplin movie.)

]]> By: Jeffrey Warren http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/giant-walking-beach-creatures/#comment-111 Jeffrey Warren Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/04/13/giant-walking-beach-creatures.html#comment-111 my favorite picture is <a HREF="http://www.strandbeest.com/img/loekvdklis/lvdk040915-12.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</A> my favorite picture is this

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