Devices

Embedding memories into landscape. Measuring moisture, pressure and wind speed within a bedroom. Drawing power with a potato. These are but a few of the preoccupations described within this book. 'Devices' is a manual celebrating the invention of architectural and spatial machines. Nostalgic, metaphorical, analytical or even the down-right daft, each of the illustrated pieces demonstrates the potential for spatial occupation, leading to new territories in architectural design. A detailed analysis of each device and a 'recipe' for its construction is provided, including working drawings, assembly diagrams, materials and component descriptions. The reader will not only gain an insight into the technical makeup of the devices, but will have all the information at their fingertips to design and construct ground-breaking innovations of their own. With over 40 devices, this book will inspire architects, designers, engineers and artists alike.

Introduction./cj Lim -- A Sound Diary./Jimmy Hung -- An Instrument of Pilgrimage./Nick Westby -- Anticipation./Jon Ashmore, Grace Craddock + Tom Holberton -- Anticipation Navigator./Bernd Felsinger -- Bellow./Lewis. Tsurumaki. Lewis -- Blurred Spaces./Tsuyoshi To -- Climatic Threat./Lucy Evans, Kostas Grigoriadis + Adam Wood -- Daycaster./Charlie Sutherland + Charlie Hussey -- Drawing Fiction./Jerry Tate -- Drawing Instrument./Nat Chard -- Eavesdropping./Lewis. Tsurumaki. Lewis -- Edge Monkey./William Thorne -- Floating Lanterns./Louise Yeung, Anthony Lau + Denis Tsang -- Floodscape./Denis Tsang, Louise Yeung + Anthony Lau -- Haircutting Machine./Shuheng Huang -- Haptic Gloves./James Ward + Juliet Aston -- Hydro-kinetic Hinge Assemblage./Matthew Springett -- I See What You Hear. Mette/Ramsgard Thomsen -- Light Fibre Field./Chris Leung -- Light Rings./Dimitris Argyros -- Light Volumiser./Imogen Long -- Litmus./Jason Bruges Studio -- Mayflies./Alvin Seng Chun Tan -- Mealtimes./Jasmin Sohi -- Microclimate of a Bedroom./Marcus Brett -- Motion of Swarm./Tom Elliott -- Narrative Projector./Andrew Stanforth -- Nocturnal Ventilator./Nick Browne -- Nostalgia./Jonathan Hagos -- Pinhole Camera./Julius Klaffke -- Smoking Stool./Pascal Bronner -- Spud-master-204./Tony Lau -- Star Gazer./Maxwell Mutanda -- Storm Topography./Mark Shaw + Ursula Thompson -- Talking Feathers./Alina White, Rene Nedergaard + Ed Lipton -- The Dry Stone Waller./Rachel Bethan Cruise -- The Shipping Forecast./John Craske -- Thorax Cybernation./Neil Tomlinson -- Through the Looking Lens./Jimmy Kim -- Transient./Geraldine Holland -- Untitled./Edward Liu -- Urban Diviner./John Oliver, Alex Tucker + Lawrence Wong -- Weekend Coat./Joerg Majer -- Wet Bog Camera./Nat Chard -- ...and left to my own devices, I probably would.../Simon Chadwick -- Devices as they appear to a Western Engineer./Matthew Wells -- Suppliers.

C J Lim