was an American cartoonist who drew satirical cartoons during the 40s and 50s, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. He gained popularity for drawing crazy machines that performed simple tasks, like this one for sharpening a pencil (by releasing a woodpecker). Contraptions like this are known as Rube Goldberg machines.
Peter Fischli & David Weiss
are a pair of Swiss artists who produced a famous Rube Goldberg machine in 1987 called “Der Lauf Der Dinge (The Way Things Go)”. It lasts about half an hour and shows a 100ft sequence of objects colliding, rolling, burning and flying. The objects they used include tyres, soap, , tin cans, fireworks, plastic bottles and petrol. It displays a great amount of ingenuity, for example setting a kettle on fire so pressure builds up inside and shoots it down a runner
Cog
is a famous 2003 commercial for a Honda Accord. Taking some inspiration from The Way Things Go, it shows various parts of the car as they form a Rube Goldberg machine. The film won lots of short film awards including a Cannes Golden Lion, which is rare for an advertisement. The film uses the car’s parts very inventively, for example spraying water onto the windshield so the wipers start walking automatically.
OK Go
are a Pop Band famous for their viral, one-take music videos. The video for their song "This Too Shall Pass" shows a massive Rube Goldberg machine. The end result is the band being covered in paint, and the machine involves a rally car, and a falling piano. Although this machine is on an epic scale, it includes some mechanics that I can replicate, especially near the beginning where the size is still relatively small.
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