all hail pointless ingenuity!

Or, 'style over substance' ...

I don't often read design magazines (or even look at the pictures) but the other night at the spa -- while waiting for ladymoonray to process her hair -- I picked up a copy of Wallpaper and found it full of inspiration and cool stuff. And a feature on Tom Foulsham, who has made an art of pointless ingenuity -- devices that Do Art in a Heath Robinson kind of way, and appeal to me very much indeed.

The Wallpaper article that lured me in.
the Man Machine (watch the video!)

Candle Balance video, including built-in obsolescence