hort is a design studio that clearly does not take itself too seriously. in fact, that's a part of the mission of this berlin-based collective. consider these cardboard machine projects...

factory 78500002 (above) exists to produce pantone 804 or magenta. the purpose of machine "..." (below) is to reproduce itself, but in smaller scale. and machine 228449 (bottom) seeks to see 15 years into the future of design.

{via all the mountains}