Friends, please join me to celebrate horological innovation @cooperhewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in May! I’ll be delivering the Morse Historic Design Lecture. With ingenuity and design came reflection on our place in the universe, the tilt of the earth’s axis, precision and predictability, and the limits of our cognitive capacities. We engineered mechanisms to navigate our oceans and map the cosmos, explore metaphysical realms by animating the dead and rendering forms from the golden mean. We generated machines of wonder that could play music, make magic and conjure bird song. We made devices for detonating the first manifestation of manmade existential risk, destroying living organisms by the millions. Through examining the connections between a diverse set of objects, we will trace the story of craft and the science of horology, demonstrating its pivotal role in design through the ages. ✨Link in bio ✨
#memoriatechnica #horology #technology #science #craft
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#watchmaking #clockmaking #cooperhewitt #morsehistoricdesignlecture #nyc #smithsonian
Buford the polar bear is blowing bubbles again! He and his companion Beatrice the cellist are ready to return to home. It was quite fun working on these two. I think the makers were onto something, creating things that bring so much joy to the viewer. To me, the real value of these objects lies in the simple pleasure they produce. They bring people together in a way other objects can’t. All made with mechanisms based on clockwork from brass, steel, paper, string, fabric, and fur.
#memoriatechnica #automaton #craft #conservation .
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#horologist #polarbear #bubbles #cello #antique #conservator #bear
