DELFT, Netherlands — The famous wind-powered beach beasts have scuttled along the Dutch North Sea coast, into a swanky Miami art show and even onto “The Simpsons.” They now have a final resting place ...

The concept was inspired by the automatons of ancient Greece and the mechanical creatures known as Strandbeests of Dutch artist Theo Jansen. The Best Kids’ Design Of 2014 From tiny 3-D printed ...

Photograph of Theo Jansen with one of his kinetic Strandbeest sculptures, by Lena Herzog. An exhibition of Jansen’s sculptures and Herzog’s photography is currently on view at the Peabody Essex Museum ...

In 1990, artist Theo Jansen created his first strandbeest, a complex structure made of pipes that looks similar to an animal skeleton. Two decades later, Jansen is still perfecting his strandbeests, ...