Harmonogram - The Cybernetic Art of Ivan Moscovich Fidget An easy-to-learn musical instrument

An easy-to-learn musical instrument

though the unit does need to be plugged into an outlet

It's one of the most wonder-inducing writing implements we've ever come across

Special features include a vintage-inspired tuck box

you can actually watch the transformation travel down the length of the pen

Harmonogram - The Cybernetic Art of Ivan Moscovich Fidget An easy-to-learn musical instrumentCreated by Ivan Moscovich in his home studio using an elaborate double pendulum drawing mechanism of his own design. Artist, inventor, author and Holocaust survivor, Moscovich patented his Harmonograph in 1967 and slowly honed the precise techniques required to master his innovative "cybernetic" approach to drawing. The machine produces two dimensional oscillations which mathematicians refer to as Lissajous figures. Through variations of color, shape