Melvin the Machine by HEYHEYHEY

In this movie filmed in a warehouse on the outskirts of Eindhoven, the ringing of an alarm clock triggers a chain of events that opens umbrellas, spins paper windmills, starts a fire and releases a set of parachuting toy animals.

Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY originally constructed the machine, named Melvin, during Dutch Design Week 2010 but reassembled this improved version a year later.

Project credits:

Concept & art direction: HEYHEYHEY

Designteam: HEYHEYHEY, Frank Winnubst, Bas van Hout, Bart Bekker, Jeroen Hezemans, Wouter Corvers, Bas van Raay, Kor Smeenge, The Cre8ion.Lab

Directed & produced by: HEYHEYHEY

Steadicam operator: Joost van Poppel

Editing by: Sander van der Aa

Music: Woody & Paul