The first thing Jeremy Cook thought when he saw a video of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest walking across the beach was how incredible the machine looked. His second thought was that there was no way he’d ...

We’re beginning to think the “S” in [Jeremy S Cook] stands for strandbeest. He’ll be the talk of the 4th of July picnic once he brings out his latest build—a weaponized, remote-controlled strandbeest ...

Jansen wrangles a strandbeest, Animaris Apodiacula, on the beach in 2013. Courtesy of Theo Jansen/photo by Uros Kirn There’s a moment that gets Dutch artist Theo Jansen excited—the moment when you ...

Massive mechanical creatures meander down sandy beaches seemingly of their own accord, their bodies made of nothing but complex arrangements of PVC pipes. These beasts don’t display any robotic parts, ...

Interview: Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has spent the last 24 years developing a series of wind-powered machines called Strandbeests that he describes as "a new species on Earth". Dezeen caught up with ...

For the past 25 years, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has dedicated his life’s work to building an entirely new species. Specimens can often be seen on the beaches near Delft in the Netherlands where, ...

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, ...