The Playa Crawler Construction

This video shows the design and build process of The Playa Crawler as well as a few set backs and redesigns that were needed to get it to a working state. The Playa Crawler is what's considered a "mutant vehicle" or "art car" and is a piece of kinetic art. I made it to be used as my own personal vehicle to get around at Burning Man and i wanted something interesting and unique so I created a chair that walks with the legs. the leg linkage was invented by Theo Jansen, a Dutch artist who creates this massive walking sculptures called Strandbeest that walk along the beach being pushed by the wind. I designed the Playa Crawler with the Dieselpunk aesthetic in mind which is why the body has lightening holes much like you'd see on the interior of an airplane wing. To be clear this isn't any form of wheelchair alternative as wheels are, in fact, pretty hard to beat in terms of efficiency and flexibility on differing terrain. Make sure to turn on captions to read descriptions of the clips and photos you're seeing. www.playacrawler.com www.instagram.com/hivemindnode