All Blog Posts Tagged 'Lego' (14)

Minimalism goes a long way. In this new series of Lego ads by German advertising agency Jung von Matt, we see simplistic representations of some of the most well-known cartoon characters. The Hamburg-based company's ad campaign titled Imagine features tiny towers of colored Lego blocks in each print. It seems abstract, but undeniably accurate in its color-blocking and size ratio in…

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Heng Swee Lim (aka I Love Doodle) just released a new illustration that's just too cute and clever not to share. Called "I'll Never Lego," it shows two LEGO bricks joined together with one saying, "LEGO!" and the other saying, "No." The print is now available at Etsy.…

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Just in time for Halloween, artist Mike Doyle has created these beautifully detailed Victorian mansions out of nothing but Legos. He uses no outside materials when creating these houses, and one house can take up to 600 hours to make and uses 130,000 pieces to build.



Doyle says about his work that they "speak to the inherent unpredictability of those things which we call our foundation." He also mentions that "the piece offers no answers or necessarily… Continue

Simple yet so clever! A team of young creatives at the Escola Cuca Advertising School in Sao Paolo, Brazil have put together this awesome Lego Star Wars series under the tagline, "Make Your Own Story." Great idea and wonderful execution.











Advertising School: Escola Cuca, São Paulo, Brazil

Art Directors: Diego Mourão,… Continue

Chris McVeigh (aka Powerpig), the man behind some of the most clever lego photography around, amazes us once again with this cool creation. Look at this project from the side for the full effect.



As he says, "This project has been in the making for months. It took some time to sort out the platform design and secure the rarer minifigs, but I'm very pleased… Continue

Here is a great Lego recreation of the 2010 World Cup match between USA vs. England. Thanks for the tip, Duc!



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This epic lightsaber battle is one of the coolest stop motion videos I've seen in awhile. Jordan Johnson of Fancy Pants Productions created this as his entry to the animation challenge on Bricks in Motion, a website specializing in stop motion animation using Lego bricks.



The special effects, such as the lightsabers and blaster effects, were done in Photoshop. The rest was done one frame at a time, moving Lego men around, and capturing every single… Continue

The Lego Matrix took around 440 hours to make and comes to us on 10th anniversary of the original movie… Continue

How better to celebrate the 40th anniversary of space exploration to the moon than with LEGO bricks and a little bit of imagination? The first three photos in this set are inspired by real-life images taken on the moon on that historic trip. Here's to three brave astronauts, their tireless crew, and a seemingly impossible accomplishment.…

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The Guggenheim Museum

Are you trying to brainwash your kid to be the next big architect? If so, this LEGO set is a must-have for you!



The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in conjunction with LEGO recently released the Frank Lloyd Wright Lego Architecture Collection at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The collection consists of six buildings, including… Continue

Lanvin print campaign inspired by Pacman and Lego, photographed by Hartland Villa.

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LEGOLAND California has a new scene on display from now until Memorial Day -- the 56th Presidential Inauguration featuring Barack Obama and a thousand other plastic figurines that only slightly resemble who they're supposed to!



"More than one-thousand mini-figures have been created out of thousands of LEGO bricks to be a part of the festivities. Mini-figures include President-elect Obama and his family, Vice President-elect Joseph… Continue

How awesome is this picture set by Udronotto?! He does a fantastic job replicating some of the best classical art pieces in history with those simple blocks we all played with as a child. The Legos just make everything seem so much more fun and comical. Great work!

Leonardo da Vinci - The Last Supper (top), Edward Hopper -… Continue

Thanks to Lego master builders Erik Therkelsen, Per Knudsen, and friends, Toronto, Canada is now the proud home to the highest tower created from Lego bricks. The previous record was held at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad, which had a 94.3-foot tower. The Lego tower construction began at the beginning of July and took nearly a month to complete.. Official Lego builders… Continue