Collections of Strange Gadgets

The world is increasingly populated by lathouses… The lathouse has absolutely no reason to limit its multiplications. What is important is to know what happens when one really enters into relationship with the lathouse as such.

— Seminar XVII: The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, Jacques Lacan (1969-1970)

A lathouse is a neologism coined by French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to refer to apparatuses (namely techno-gadgets of some kind) that siphon off enjoyment and desire to form the alethosphere — a sort of symbolic network composed of one's individualized mode of enjoyment. If a lathouse is the smartphone or the personal computer, the alethosphere is composed of the numerous algorithms and data centers that record our enjoyment and serve us a digital world that continues to feed that enjoyment.

The designs and objects on this site are inspired by the implications of both the lathouse and the alethosphere as concepts; as such, this website serves as a collection of strange gadgets.

Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.