The Strandbeest is a walking machine, a creation of the celebrated artist Theo Jansen. They can look intimidating in their complexity, but it’s quite possible to build your own. In fact, if you’ve got ...

Theo Jansen has been working on his Strandbeest since 1990. The Strandbeest is an artificial lifeform made of plastic tubes that acts like a skeleton and moves like a living creature, propelled by ...

A breathtaking image by Lena Herzog opens Ian Frazier’s story this week on Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests—kinetic sculptures, resembling giant animal skeletons, that can walk on the beach, powered only by ...

Dutch artist Theo Jansen is famous for his massive walking Strandbeest sculptures. Now, he’s releasing miniature (and much cuter!) 3-D printed versions. For more than 20 years, Dutch artist Theo ...

When a Strandbeest walks, as two did last weekend on the beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, it walks on its own time; or, rather, on the wind’s time, rambling slowly with a breeze, or scurrying along in ...

Strandbeest is a kinetic sculpture created from plastic tubing and powered by sails. "I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don't have to eat," said Theo Jansen, the Dutch artist ...