One's Love for LEGO Can Only Be So Large
 

I picked up a women's magazine at the laundromat today that recommended playing with leggos when you need to distract yourself from pesky food cravings.

I'd recommend fidgeting with LEGO (or LEGOs, which is a hotly-contested debate about how you properly refer to LEGO bricks, plural) for just about anything.

It helps, it heals, and it hurts to not have enough time in the day for more LEGO innovations.


Here's a bit of history:
Lego (trademarked in capitals as LEGO) is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The toys were originally designed in the 1940s in Europe and have achieved an international appeal, with an extensive subculture that supports Lego movies, games, video games, competitions, and four Lego themed amusement parks.

The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark, who began making wooden toys in 1932. In 1934 his company came to be called Lego. The company name Lego was coined by Christiansen from the Danish phrase leg godt, which means "play well". The name could also be interpreted as "I put together" and "I assemble" in Latin, though this would be a somewhat forced application of the general sense "I collect; I gather; I learn"; the word is most used in the derived sense "I read".

The Lego Group's motto is "kun det bedste er godt nok", which means 'only the best is good enough'. This motto was created by Ole Kirk to encourage his employees never to skimp on quality, a value he believed in strongly. The motto is still used within the company today.

The modern Lego brick was patented on January 28, 1958; bricks from that year are still compatible with current bricks.

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and a visual inspiration for thee: A LEGO Sea.
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by EgnaroorangE

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Oh, man, BadNick... did you really have to post so many? Now I have to find and attribute sources to all of those.


This one, though, is easy... if only because he is a flickr buddy:
Mini Pok by powerpig

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additions by re-track-tions:

Sushi. Hashi. Oishii. by "Big Daddy" Nelson
translated: [Sushi (the food). Bridge (bricks). Delicious.]

[posterous.]


"Can I eat a hamburger?", by Sachiko Akinaga (2004)

[lets-brick.]


"LeGummies": Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies, an edible treat; instructions by SFHandyman

[wonderhowto.]


"McDonald's Value set", by Sachiko Akinaga (2002)

[designboom.]

I love LEGOs. Wish I had more time/space for them. One dream of mine is to have a LEGO room.

My son has a Darth Vader tie fighter LEGO kit. It is bloody cool. There are a few knock off brands around now, but none (imo) are the quality of the original LEGO.

If you are going to buy a kid some building blocks, do them a favour and pony up for some real LEGO.

Even now, LEGO isn't what it used to be. Too many specialized parts.

Jetee! I love you. I have debated the use of Legos vs. Lego on TFP before and was shouted down by the Legos crowd. The plural of LEGO is LEGO!

Sweetness...

I agree with this sentiment. I find that most of the best, and really creative, large-scale productions of LEGO are best done with either 2x2 peg bricks, or the standard 2x4 peg bricks.

Still, I did like the UFO and Medieval-themed-lego sets that I once had years ago, but the best way to create something entirely original usually starts with LEGO that actually resemble a brick, not a clear semi-arc or anything.

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Giant Lego made out of regular-size Lego - (sorry, couldn't find the creator of it)

Yes! When I was a kid, my uncle had a HUGE box of LEGOs...he built an entire city (that I wasn't allowed to touch), and I built my own (way smaller) city later on. Now, whenever I wander down the toy aisle, they only sell box kits. "This one makes a starfighter!" "This one is a pirate's cove!" I just want a box of random snappable bricks so I can use my imagination, damn it.

Amazon.com: LEGO Bricks

My son has a few packs of these, along with a bunch of the LEGO Powerminer sets. He enjoys both of them, but gets more use out of the basic LEGO blocks. Also, if you go to a LEGO store, they have bins in the back where you can fill a container with whatever parts you want.

Heh. That was taken at SXSW this year... I have one like it in my many many photos of that 2 week span

Oh...OH. That is totally awesome. Now I'm chanting in my head, "need to save money to move. need to save money to move. need to save money to move."

That's a good eye, there... I was going to include that info into the caption, but then people might have asked my why, exactly, was this photo was taken at South x Southwest, and I wouldn't have an answer for them. It's just a spontaneous moment of needing to create architecture, I guess.

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Mike Stimpson (aka Balakov) recreates classic moments using LEGOs.

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Original photograph: Lunch Atop a Skyscraper by Charles C. Ebbets

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Original photograph: V.J. Day, Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Original photograph: Behind the Gare Saint Lazare by Henri Cartier-Bresson

all parodied photo creations (c) and belonging to Mike Stimpson.


[ninjavspenguin.]

Here, let me tempt you even further.

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For LEGO nerds on a budget, LEGO offers a nifty little building program called LEGO Digital Designer.

It's a CAD-style software that allows you to build an endless array of things... I usually do spaceships and castles that I recall from my childhood.

Not trying to inhibit any creative personal expression here, but if it even need be said, I'd like to keep this topic safe to view at work, and make it designated as 'PG-rated', if possible.

That's kind of an eerie coincidence you mentioned by name the two LEGO concepts I actually dug the most when I was younger.

Also, that's a cool innovative tech app that allows one to play with LEGO digitally, without actually having to clean up afterward (and after my last move, my thousands of LEGO bricks vanished somewhere in another country, so this is just the something I could use, up until the point I go to the local Target and pick me up a few sets).


a tiny bit more history, in the form of an infographic:

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How Lego has built it’s way to success | GDS Publishing

i'm going out to buy some right now :thumbsup:

at the beginning of each week, the most important decision that faces us all is... exactly that: which face do I put on?

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by TheMagikMaster / Nate W.

the full on LEGO stores like at LEGO land in Mall Of America sell bulk bricks by the pound.

I've seen a few examples of these over the years, but this one is evermore unique (and tiny, too)...

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Chessboard Sculpture by buriedbybricks

This isn't LEGO Star Wars
 

or is it?

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I just saw my lego collection at my parents place and thought: I should really bring it over before they sell it! millions of birthdays and rainy days in that box.

We were just talking about my son's huge collection of lego currently stored in my Mom's basement. It was seeded with small suitcase full of lego that was mine. We are hoping he will pass his lego onto his children.

But not before I skim a little off the top for my daughter.

before it becomes too late and I once again forget to post this until next week, I present:

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MYTHBUSTERS by Shmails

author's comments: The paper arrow episode.

From the creator:

Crawler town roams the barren wastes of a post steam-punk world after cataclysmic climate change do to excessive coal use. Several such cities exist but Crawler town is the most popular due to the Aero 500 hydrogen fuel cell Air races that are held. Many people travel the wastes to Crawler town for vacation and to enjoy rare luxuries like Pizza, fresh vegetables and Beer. Travelling the wastes in search of minerals and aquifers ( vital for survival) the mobility of the city keeps it away from the vicious sand storms of the wastes.

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Details about the MOC - I really enjoyed building this one! Its started out as going to be a steam-punk land dreadnought/battleship but evolved into a roaming city where self sustainability and Eco efficiency became the theme. I ended up calling it “Eco-punk” due to its Steamy inspired roots. Several playable features include functional powered treads for movement , full suspension and front and rear steering. Working crane, hanger slides for planes and lift from upper and lowers levels.

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[flickr.] + [theautoinsiderblog.]

Lego, Motorola Droid Combine to Solve the Rubik’s Cube | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

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1935 Duesenberg Phaeton, by Lego Monster

This thread is way too much fun.
Reminds me of the morning after my sister's wedding. I woke up to the sound of Legos. Lots, and lots of legos. My sis and her hubby were merging their lego sets and building their dream home.

Really? That's the noise you heard when you awoke to a newly-wed couple? (I wasn't trying to go lewd there, I just don't readily imagine people merging their belongings together as you portrayed it... and then someone else will say "that's not what they were merging last night! Woo!").
That's really cool. (not my scenario above. your anecdote, I mean.)

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by maclinz1

lego rules; check this out

"Brick by brick, Lego has been building its way out of the near bankruptcy it suffered around the turn of the century. It has done this by a seemingly simple strategy — making awesome product after awesome product. Now it is releasing the almost ridiculously fitting Architecture series, beginning with the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, six planned sets including the Guggenheim in New York and Fallingwater, the iconic cantilevered waterfall-house outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

This, we don’t need to tell you, is inspired. Real bricks turned into Lego bricks. The sets are as yet unpriced, but are unlikely to be cheap. The Lego Taj Mahal, for instance, is $300. What’s better is that this is just the beginning of Lego’s Architecture series, as we can see from the teaser on the product page. We’ll put in a vote for Le Corbusier right now (as a bonus, his buildings should be pretty easy to construct in Lego).

Available now, if you can make it to the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition at the Guggenheim.

UPDATE. The sets are priced at $45, plus shipping from $10 to $25 depending on how far way from the US you live. I have added a link to the online store below."

[wired.] + [thecoolist.]

[buyzombie.] + [inadawords.]

I knew I was forgetting something...

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CubeDude MythBusters by MacLane

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Cap’n Lego by ~nat-lyn on deviantART

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Mondrian & LEGO by martongazso

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LEGO cupcakes, by Hello Naomi

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Flamingos, seen in LEGOLAND, California.

Legoland California, located in Carlsbad, which is 1 hour drive south of Anaheim/Disneyland and half an hour drive from north of San Diego, built on a 128-acre landscape with Lego blocks in the year 1999, is the only LEGO theme park in the United States. The theme park which is the only one outside Europe, with the original in Denmark (the original place for toy building blocks), and the others in Windsor (England) and Germany, is the third of the LegoLand parks to open.

Currently, there are plans and contracts to build another LEGOLAND in Central Florida, and the newest park should be upon completion sometime in 2011.

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[planetoddity.]

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Classic Space Borg Cube, by T.Oechsner

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Bio Shock: Big Daddy with Little Sister.


[brickshelf.]

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Iron-Man Mark 3 by miniBIGS

author's comments:
We made this lineup of Iron-Men with art provided by Myron McMillin of Seattle.
We were inspired by the poll on our site and Iron-man had a huge response, so here you go.
There will be a few available on eBay and on our webstore. For info check out :
miniBIGS - Your LEGO Minifigure Superstore

+ bonus

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Crimson Dynamo, War Machine, & Iron Man by miniBIGS

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8-bit Basement by Profound Whatever

author's comments:
It began as a graffiti-style project illustrating my first name (there is still a vague A-L-E-X pattern to it), and turned into a smorgasbord of 80s references.

The end result is so-so, but I was pleased at the method I figured out to turn two half-barrels into one whole barrel. I call patent dibs.

The house might not be in existence (anymore), but the legacy still lives on
 

The "Building" part:
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Top Gear presenter, James May, built a new house in Surrey made entirely out of
Lego bricks. This two-story Lego palace, which resides in the middle of a vineyard,
has a working bathroom, and is covered inside and out with over 816 million Legos.


(Hm. So is it just over 3 million bricks, or does it actually near the astronomical figure
of near a billion LEGO bricks, in order to construct a house made solely of the stuff?)

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[zuzafun.] + [DailyMail.] + [News.BBC.]

(^^ if you click but only one of my [bracketed] source/article/website links today, make it the 'DailyMail' one. Fine read, it is.)

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The new, 1,205-piece Lego Space Shuttle set combines to form a 17.5-inches-tall
spacecraft, complete with retractable landing gear, detachable fuel tank, and
booster rockets. Included in the set are three minifigs (male and female astronauts
and a service crew member), a ground maintenance vehicle, and a launch pad for takeoffs.

The set will cost $100, and is expected to be released in June.


[gizmodo.]

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a Juno 2 with the alpha dialwith patch cords, a Roland SH1000, a Mac SE and a Revox B77

Beem is Electronic Music Producer Skweee from Stockholm, Sweden. Beem has created these
absolutely amazing Lego creations inspired by vintage synthesizers, drum machines and recording equipment.

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a Roland SH1000, a Linn 9000 Drum Machine and a uniquely semimodular Prophet 5

All of these images are part of the cover art for their downloadable CD release, "The Future".




[synthgear.] + [make.] + [flickr.]

LEGO DNA Model
 

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"See my shadow changing. Stretching up and over me. Soften this old armor.
Hoping I can clear the way By stepping through my shadow. Coming out the other side.
Step into the shadow. Forty six and two are just ahead of me."


[make.]

Saw a life-size Lego Woody the other day in Copenhagen, and I just had to pose with him.
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Then there was the Lego Mars Rover at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Then there's the sniper rifle that Jinn found:
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It's too bad you couldn't find a gallon hat to pose with in that first photo, GG, as I was lost for a second there as to what you were trying to convey (Salsa?) ; I did find myself chuckling, though, as I did realize a moment later you were mimicking Woody.

"It's a Block Party!"

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This could have also gone into the Cosplay theme, but I figure that topic is big enough as it is.

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Welcome to the World of Tomorrow! by Pepa Quin


...as a part of an onging series of constructions, as you can see HERE...

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*context

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LEGO Store opens in Rockefeller Center NYC (click link to read article and see the entire gallery)

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Beatles For Sale by Digger Digger Dogstar

as part of "The Bootlego Beatles" photo series, which you can see in its entirety HERE.

+ bonus

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(click the image itself to see all relevant details to any one particular LEGO album piece)

[article]
 

Variety is currently reporting that writers Dan and Kevin Hageman are crafting
a family-oriented LEGO movie that will combine animation with live action in
“an action adventure set in a LEGO world.” Dan Lin, who is currently producing
Sherlock Holmes and Robert Rodriguez’s new family film Shorts will produce the film under Lin Pictures.

...

With a built-in audience derived from family-friendly film seekers and a seemingly
ubiquitous presence of LEGO products in every child’s toy chest, Warner Bros.
is sure to have at least a modest success on their hands.

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[atomicpopcorn.]

When Hollywood inevitably ends up making the Lego Movie, let's just hope it is as badass as this. Violence!


[buzzfeed.]

Found this
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when looking for pics from 2001: A Space Odyssey for another thread.

Inspired me to find more.
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created by brickshelf user, misterzumbi. (Gallery of mentioned work)

[article] How LEGO supports their growing network of fans

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LEGO Alice in Wonderland — “Do you play croquet?” by Legohaulic

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Forrest Trooper by *dkj1974 on deviantART

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CubeDudes™ All (a set on flickr)

All of the CubeDude™ sculptures (over 300 of them!).

Models by Angus MacLane
Photos by Scott Clark (sclarky on Flickr)

CubeDude is a trademark of Angus MacLane


previously: Adam & Jamie

“she sucked 37 dicks?”
 

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Photo by: Peter Lewandowski -- LEGO parody of: Clerks (Kevin Smith ; 1994)


“I'm not even supposed to be here today!'”

On my other "home" (the Pentax forums), a user had "a LEGO a day" challenge - where he would post a new LEGO picture every day for a full year.

Then he started up again this August a LEGO a day

Very cool link, freeload :thumbsup:

An interesting find I'd like to share: Can you name the Movie Characters by Lego? - sporcle [game]

I believe I got 19/24 of them right, even some of the way lesser-knowns (I took this little quiz about two weeks ago).

(Nope)

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Get Ready To Rumble! by Jase Wells

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Lego Soap @ Geeky Clean

personal commentary:
while I probably would have less trouble having my bar of soap slipping/sliding around when wet with the above, I think using a washcloth/loofah is the exclusive method I'd employ if I were to use the above.

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring trailer, in Lego.

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Frog Dissection by Dave Kaleta

author's comments:
Built for the MOC Olympics category Lego Anatomy on www.mocpages.com

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By Lino M

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Model: Adora ; Photography by Tony Mancini.


-- note: (website proper displays evident nudity & erotic photography. It's NOT solely about LEGO. Just barely.)

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The Littlest Lego NES by Arkov.

author's mantra:
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
- Albert Einstein

+ bonus

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--(who's the true author here?)

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crafted by Dave Sterling (built for the semi-finals of the MOColympics).

This full scale Lego NES reproduction is exactly like the original 80s console,
complete with video and audio connectors, gamepads with flexible cables
made out of solid pieces, pushable buttons, and a working front-loading
mechanism to insert the included Tetris cartridge.

[gizmodo.]

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previously:

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Optimus Introduces Blocktimus Prime by Jason Cross

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frederic chopin, by mijasper

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The Lego Piano (complete & playable)

The entire process and configuration to this life-sized LEGO model
is detailed by the author himself, on his site, (below) and goes on
to provide great technical knowledge and kudos to those who
helped him along the way. It's a long, but great, read.


[henrylim.]

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Graffiti ; as seen in Tel Aviv (Israel)

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The Lego Master Chief Helmet You Can Actually Wear | Gizmodo


{crafted by Ben Caulkins}

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Gears of War (character: Marcus Fenix) construction, crafted by Legohaulic.

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'House Sitting'

author's comments: (Andrea)
We spent a week house sitting for my mom a few weeks ago… while there,
I discovered my old Lego collection. Of course… I had to build a moon base. :)

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conceptualized and built by Nathan Sawaya

author's comments:
“I was commissioned to create this sculpture,” says Sawaya, “but I can’t tell you why. Or who it is.”

Is there anything better than lego??

The Mythbusters test out the viral video of a giant lego ball being tumbled down a street

haha I absolutely love the one of all the head in the box with chopsticks - the expressions on their faces are classic!

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A better mousetrap? -- crafted by Nannan Zhang

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A better in-plain-sight keychain holder and hub for the home? You decide.

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LEGO Carl Fredricksen

quick synopsis:
Angus MacLane has created an incredibly accurate LEGO version of one of the main characters from Pixar’s latest feature film, “Up”.


[brothers-brick.]

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conceptualized by Jason Freeny

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'safari' themed pentax optio NB1000

japanese imaging company pentax's optio NB1000 point and shoot camera has a front panel
which is covered in a lego-like piece compatible with nanoblocks (a construction block system
similar to lego) from japan's diablock. different sizes of these blocks can be attached to the face of
the camera so that you can personalize it with patterns, mini sculptures. the blocks also have more
than just an aesthetic appeal. they can be used to help capture your images - arrangement around
the lens can form frames for your pictures.


[designboom.]

[miniaturize yourself]

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Three Story Victorian with Tree, custom-built by Mike Doyle

5' x 3' x 2'
50k - 60k pieces
Black, white, dark and bluish gray, clear trans and black trans colors used.
No foreign materials (wood, glue, paint or otherwise) were used – this is pure Lego.
Photo retouching used only for adding contrast and color correction & background.
Approx 450 hours to build

author's comments: (click-through any source link to view more details, angles, and commendations)
Abandoned houses offer unique opportunities from a visual point of view. The deterioration transforms materials. Texture on top of texture. New patterns overtaking old ones. Nature repossessing. This textural aspect to deterioration and the patterns that it creates can be rich and fascinating to look at.

I also find that the experience of seeing a deteriorated house (or any familiar object) interesting. When looking at the image we see a dual image of the house – one as it is, and one as it was. You see a huge hole in the side of the house not just as a hole, but also as an interruption of the known. And so the mind seeks to recreate the known. We fill in the holes. We project. Our eyes follow the angle of the broken awning to a point, now destroyed, and we can feel the mass that was of the front 3rd floor. The same with the porch covering. This visual duality – the mind flipping between destruction and pre-destruction – is magic. It's entertaining and engaging.