Just the other day we were thinking “You know what we need more of around here? Harmonographs!” And our requests were answered when [Paul] sent in his three pendulum harmonograph. For those unaware, ...

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RD1Studio has created a unique alternative to the classic harmonograph drawing machine using gravity and physics to create hypnotic designs both digitally and using traditional pen and paper. Hugh ...

When my elder brother and I were kids back in the late 1970’s, our hacker Dad showed us this 1960-61 catalog of the Atlas Lighting Co (later Thorn Lighting) with an interesting graphic design on the ...

I have nothing to add, except that I had one of these as a toy when I was a kid. It was great fun, and I produced some incredible images with it. Hmm, one of these days I should go to my parents' ...

If you’re like me, you looked at this picture and the name “Three-Pendulum Rotary Harmonograph” and felt confused and a little bit threatened. But fear not! Turns out it’s one of those fun ...

Callen’s artist practice seeks to serve as an embodiment of an experience in the present moment. The current moment is our only opportunity for experience, poised between memories of the past and ...

While most of his classmates mastered Microsoft office during their computer lecture, 13-year-old Ayush Verma and his two friends, Tarun Agarwal and Mukesh Sundar, from Lokpuram School were busy ...

Dominating a whole room, it looks far too unwieldy to draw a geometric picture with a small ballpoint pen. But this giant Spirograph graphic images that are both huge and unique each time. Swedish ...