"The Page Turner", Brooklyn, 2012, featured in the New York Times - Joseph Herscher takes a sip of his coffee, pulling string thereby tipping paintings. Balls roll down paintings, lighting burner to boil water causing books to tip. Vase and computer get knocked off the table, releasing tape which opens front page of newspaper.

Venice Biennale, 2011 - La macchina botanica was a 12-metre-long Rube Goldberg built during the opening week of the Venice Biennale, over the course of six days. The construction was overseen by Herscher, according to his design, with the help of forty local kids and two assistants / translators. On the final day the machine was perfomed to a live audience.

La macchina botanica was the first work commissioned for MICROCLIMA, a series of site-specific projects in the Greenhouse of Venice's Biennale Garden that use contemporary art as a means for exploring the connections among human beings and the natural world.

Workshops in New York/Boston, 2011 - An intense two day workshop overseen by Herscher, involving 300 kids and five assistants, building a 14-metre-long Rube Goldberg machine. This was part of the Beampcamp Inventgenuity weekend, held in New York and Boston. The machine was successfully presented to an audience of several hundred people at the end of the workshop. Inventgenuity is an annual free taster for the summer camp Beam Camp, offering kids a chance to work hands-on with experts in their fields.

"Creme That Egg", New Zealand, 2008 - A Rube Goldberg machine that is used to squish a chocolate egg. Featured in The New Yorker and in a video interview on a New Zealand national current affairs show.

"The Falling Water", New Zealand, 2008 - Joseph Herscher places glass on wooden spoon, triggering machine to slice cucumber, release ice, pour lemonade and 42BELOW feijoa vodka into glass. Joseph Herscher can now drink his cocktail "The Falling Water".

Christmas Countdown Device, London, 2008 - Commisioned by DDB (London) and Terry's Chocolate Orange to design a clock that counts down to christmas, appearing to be powered by the movement of cascading chocolate balls through various mechanisms.