Laikingland
Mechancial Art
Laikingland is a creative label, based in both the UK and The Netherlands, who design and manufacture beautifully crafted kinetic objects that engage, and evoke a sense of play and nostalgia.
Highly crafted kinetic pieces
Laikingland was founded in 2008 and is built upon a life long friendship between artist, Martin Smith and engineer, Nick Regan.
Since its inception Laikingland has specialised in producing highly crafted limited editions, working closely with invited artists and designers to realise their kinetic ideas.
Alongside their products, Laikingland also regularly carry out projects to create one-off, special edition and exclusive kinetic objects and displays.
Laikingland
Martin Smith is the Art Director of Laikingland. He has over 20 years experience as a practicing Artist, with work ranging from small kinetic devices to large-scale gallery commissions and architectural interventions.
In his role as Art Director, Martin has overall responsibility for the design selection process, he curates the product range and collaborates at the concept stage with each artist and designer.
Nick Regan is the Engineering Director of Laikingland. He has over 20 years product development and engineering management experience in the global automotive industry.
Gallery
Collection
Martin Smith was one of the first designers to contribute to the M.A.D.Gallery, working under the name of Laikingland, the creative collaboration he founded with lifelong friend and engineer Nick Regan.
Laikingland brought a playful mechanical spirit to the gallery with kinetic sculptures that played with themes of humour, nonsense and futility. Together, they created works including The Applause Machine and Fingers, the latter designed by Nik Ramage.
Fingers MK III
Fingers MK III
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