![Martin Smith](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/BTS_IMG_2616.jpg?v=1703256590&width=2880)
For Martin Smith, You Are the Automaton
Inside the studio of Martin Smith, one of the world's best artist of figure-less kinetic automatons.
!['The Dent Wants To Happen': Noah Deledda’s Can Sculptures](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/noah-deledda-crushed-can_d3d2ff0c-3bff-4286-921a-2e800991b49e.jpg?v=1685137378&width=1290)
'The Dent Wants To Happen': Noah Deledda’s Can Sculptures
The can is a ubiquitous piece of garbage — most of us have held one more times than we can count. In the backseat of a Tampa-Orlando road trip in 2004, artist Noah Deledda finished a Red Bull and s...
![Strung Together: The Art of Ben Koracevic](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/detail_string_shot.png?v=1682462150&width=1200)
Strung Together: The Art of Ben Koracevic
Wrapping string around 58,000 nails to create images that look like they've been hand-sketched with pencil requires is tedious, yes, but there are lessons to be had.
![The Small Worlds of Michael Davydov](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/michael-davydov.jpg?v=1675379015&width=1290)
The Small Worlds of Michael Davydov
The miniature artist captures moments of whimsy by encasing houses in nature in small jars.
![Chess Sets for Designerds](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/cnc-chess-set-felix-ure.jpg?v=1675383093&width=1290)
Artists and architects have experiment with the form and structure of chess sets for decades, giving modern chess-lovers some exciting, iconic, and uniquely designed works of art.
![The Alien Lego Cubes of Zachary Steinman](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/lego_banner.png?v=1672517829&width=1290)
The Alien Lego Cubes of Zachary Steinman
The Lego sculptures, these intricate cubic studies of shapes and patterns, are made on a nightly basis ... and are disassembled shortly after.
![Paula Scher Designs Playing Cards](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/just-type-playing-cards.png?v=1668793230&width=2400)
Paula Scher Designs Playing Cards
Just Type is a modern reinterpretation of classic playing card design and a tribute to the different ways in which the spirit of type can be modified.
![The Absurd Genius of Joseph's Machines](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/wework_perry.png?v=1668377017&width=1000)
The Absurd Genius of Joseph's Machines
Instagram artist Joseph Herscher builds absurd Rube-Goldberg machines for life’s most mundane tasks.
![Eames "Hang-It-All" Playing Cards](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/eames-hangi-it-all-playing-cards-box-horizontal.png?v=1663344780&width=1560)
Eames "Hang-It-All" Playing Cards
Designed by Art of Play in close collaboration with the Eames Office. A tribute to the timeless sensibilities of Charles & Ray Eames.
![Tension Carved Into Wood, a Q&A with Gibus](http://www.artofplay.com/cdn/shop/articles/The_Choice_and_the_Determination.png?v=1661377863&width=1500)
Tension Carved Into Wood, a Q&A with Gibus
French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Boutin carves guttural truth from wood, freezing tense moments in a forever state.