Novelty Automation

10/04/2021

Tim Hunkin wishes to announce: Novelty Automation is re-opening next Saturday April 17th from 11am to 6pm!

Tim Hunkin wishes to announce: Novelty Automation is re-opening next Saturday April 17th from 11am to 6pm!

05/03/2021

CHAIN - The Secret Life of Components, A series of guides for designers and makers. Episode 1

CHAIN - The Secret Life of Components, A series of guides for designers and makers. Episode 1

00:00 Start02:17 Chain History04:44 Transmission08:21 Chain sizes10:57 Unusual chains14:09 Splitting and joining chain 20:22 Tensioning chain22:43 At...

05/03/2021

CHAIN - The Secret Life of Components, A series of guides for designers and makers. Episode 1

The first Episode of Tim Hunkin videos (about CHAIN) is now live.

00:00 Start02:17 Chain History04:44 Transmission08:21 Chain sizes10:57 Unusual chains14:09 Splitting and joining chain 20:22 Tensioning chain22:43 At...

05/03/2021

The first Episode of Tim Hunkin videos is now live. https://youtu.be/FZN0PBBzEHw

The first Episode of Tim Hunkin videos is now live. https://youtu.be/FZN0PBBzEHw

26/02/2021

The Secret Life of components. A series of eight guides for designers and makers by Tim Hunkin

The Secret Life of components. A series of eight guides for designers and makers by Tim Hunkin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JAgXz6xO0s&feature=youtu.be

To be premiered next week on Thursday March 4th!

08/01/2021

Novelty Automation is currently closed.

Novelty Automation is currently closed.

13/12/2020

Remember, you can book Novelty Automation for your Social Bubble, your family or your household! https://www.novelty-automation.com/14_parties.htm

09/12/2020

NOBBY 1997. "A commission to make a portrait of a local lifeboat man as a collection box for Jersey’s maritime museum. He rattles the money in his tin as you approach, and nods and puffs his pipe when you give him a coin."

06/12/2020

JACK FROST 1987

05/12/2020

Thanks to all our visitors today. Novelty Automation will be opening again on Thursday.

04/10/2020

Tim Hunkin wishes to announce:

03/10/2020

05/09/2020

Tim Hunkin and The Small Hadron Collider Prize winners -
@NovAutomation
https://timhunkin.com/a212_hadron-writing.htm… Open today from 11am to 6pm!

05/09/2020

the chiropodist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=kNC8XoFlcp8&feature=emb_logo

arcade machine by Tim Hunkin in 'Novelty Automation', Holborn, London

04/09/2020

THE CHIROPODIST - Feel strange things happening to your foot
@NovAutomation https://www.novelty-automation.com - Open this Saturday from 11am to 6pm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=kNC8XoFlcp8&feature=emb_logo

21/08/2020

Novelty Automation

21/08/2020

DIVORCE - THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE MACHINE https://www.timhunkin.com/a205_divorce-writing.htm

20/08/2020

Get divorced any time at Novelty Automaion https://www.novelty-automation.com/ Open Every Saturday from 11am to 6pm!

08/08/2020

Tim Hunkin @Novelty Automation - I plan to hang on as long as I can! https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/02/06/tim-hunkin-cartoonist-engineer/ Open today from 11am to 6pm. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186338-d8527239-Reviews-Novelty_Automation-London_England.html

24/07/2020

Novelty Automation

Tim Hunkin’s Social Distancing Machine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/04/tim-hunkins-social-distancing-machine/

24/07/2020

At Tim Hunkin’s Workshop | Spitalfields Life

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/20/at-tim-hunkins-workshop-x/

Engineer & Cartoonist Tim Hunkin’s workshop sits in a remote spot beside the estuary of the river Blythe in Suffolk. A bumpy ride in Tim’s van along the pot-holed track only served to heighten my expectation as we arrived at the water’s edge, where a vast expanse of mud stretched to the horizo...

24/07/2020

Remember, you can book Novelty Automation for your Social Bubble, your family or your household! https://www.novelty-automation.com/14_parties.htm

17/07/2020

We are now ready to welcome you back at Novelty Automation. Open this Saturday from 11am to 6pm. Please come and say hello!

15/07/2020

Novelty Automation's covid window display on test in the workshop

Novelty Automation's covid window display on test in the workshop

Novelty Automation is an arcade of satirical arcade machines in central London, temporarily closed by covid but hopefully re-opening soon.

15/07/2020

Novelty Automation's covid window display on test in the workshop

Novelty Automation's covid window display on test in the workshop

Novelty Automation is an arcade of satirical arcade machines in central London, temporarily closed by covid but hopefully re-opening soon.

15/07/2020

Tim Hunkin’s Social Distancing Machine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/04/tim-hunkins-social-distancing-machine/

15/07/2020

Tim Hunkin’s Social Distancing Machine | Spitalfields Life

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/07/04/tim-hunkins-social-distancing-machine/

You all are familiar with this game – ducking and diving along a narrow pavement, struggling to maintain two metres social distance from oncoming pedestrians while also avoiding stepping into the gutter and getting run over by passing traffic.

25/04/2020

Trust Wildlife? The seagulls' view of the human race.

Here is a film made by Tim!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX4j7mnsTkk&feature=youtu.be

A nature reserve style birdhide on Southwold Pier. Inside The Under The Pier Show arcade, the experience is an animatronic performance made by Tim Hunkin fro...

17/02/2020

Watch the video of our pyrotechnic 5th anniversary
http://novelty-automation.com/36_5th%20anniversary%20video.htm

17/02/2020

PET OR MEAT - Freelunchtime Machine @NovAutomation
Open today from 11am to 6pm!

17/02/2020

Great Big Story

Great Big Story

Every arcade's got Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, but if you've got a hankering for something a lil bit quirkier —say, a "Pet or Meat" or a "Crankenstein"—pop into Novelty Automation, London's wackiest arcade. https://greatbig.is/374Sjjv

17/02/2020

Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives

Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives

Detail of the Amazon fulfilment centre diorama at the Museum of Neoliberalism which is open for the foreseeable future every Thursday through Sunday, book free tickets at museumofneoliberalism.com

Massive thanks to Tim Hunkin of Novelty Automation for generously building us this miniature conveyor belt, its the most reliable piece of technology in the museum.

17/02/2020

HALF TERM OPENING - We will be open every day
from Tuesday Feb 11th to Saturday Feb 22nd http://novelty-automation.com/21_calender.htm

28/01/2020

Novelty Automation - Free Lunchtime Machine! Open today From 11am to 6pm.