PROPOSAL
“Simple Made-Up Machines”
“Simple Made-Up Machines”
2018
In 2018, Bad Little Brother collaborated with fashion designer Peggy Noland to propose a fantastical machine for construction on an open lot in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake neighborhood. Our proposal received an honorable mention from the commissioning organization, Materials and Applications.
Simple Made-Up Machines is an inefficient system for building, operated by outsized and outrageous workers. It is leisurely, roundabout, luxurious, and entertaining. Like a Rube Goldberg machine, it sets chains of events in motion. But it is non-linear: distractible and spontaneous, sometimes repetitive and additive. It is built and lived in at the same time—construction and habitation inspire each other through festive improvisations.
Simple Made-Up Machines is an inefficient system for building, operated by outsized and outrageous workers. It is leisurely, roundabout, luxurious, and entertaining. Like a Rube Goldberg machine, it sets chains of events in motion. But it is non-linear: distractible and spontaneous, sometimes repetitive and additive. It is built and lived in at the same time—construction and habitation inspire each other through festive improvisations.
