Unlike Goldberg’s inventions, Robinson’s depend entirely on actual machinery (no flies or seals involved). They teeter and sprawl, always looking to be the brink of falling apart. During World ...

William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is best known for his crazy inventions configured in immensely elaborate and comic illustrations. Perhaps less well known is his output of advertising work ...

The creators of the “Wallace and Gromit” films have acknowledged that many of Wallace’s inventions owe a great debt to those of Heath Robinson. “Pets’ Playground” and “Communal ...

What would he have made of computers? W. Heath Robinson Inventions is published in hardback by Duckworth at £12.95. (ISBN 0 7156 0724 3) Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images ...

Heath Robinson was best-known for the complicated and outlandish inventions he portrayed. Richard Bromell, of Charterhouse auctioneers, said: "It is a typically mad, mad drawing by William Heath ...

Heath Robinson created a comical series of "How to..." books, the first looking at life in a tower block He would also create illustrations of over-elaborate gadgets and inventions in order to ...

Part of the comedy in a Heath Robinson drawing lies in the gap between ... the public are invited to design their own inventions and stick them on a display board. My favourite was a pencil ...

Heath Robinson's drawings of complicated inventions saw his name enter the lexicon in 1912 as a synonym for absurdly ingenious devices. Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park and Olympic Cauldron ...

More than 50 original humorous pieces by Heath Robinson, who drew to raise morale during the war, are on display at Mottisfont. The exhibition, which is on until April 14, also includes audio ...

Heath Robinson, born in Finsbury Park in north ... He would also create illustrations of over-elaborate gadgets and inventions in order to send up the absurdity of human nature and its fondness ...