Our friends over at Dwell partnered with Pacific Standard Time to search for the best architectural LEGO masterpiece for Dwell on Design, and they’ve just announced their five finalists in the
For over a decade, artist Sean Kenney has been recreating his hometown, New York City, using tens of thousands of LEGOs. From a detailed West Village street scene, complete with tiny food carts and taxi
We’ve seen LEGO wizards create some pretty amazing projects lately by combining the iconic blocks with technology. One fourteen year old LEGO genius, Leon Overweel, has used his skills to construct
Looking for some inspiration to renovation their 1,500-square-foot New York City apartment for them and their 10-year-old son, Melissa Marks and Vicente Caride, called in I-Beam Design for help, and with
Whether or not you’re a LEGO geek, you have to admit that this is pretty incredible. LEGO pro Rod Gillies took the new Superman mini figure by LEGO and constructed a vintage TV set with big rabbit
LEGO bricks are still as much fun as they were when we’re kids, and we’re especially fond of the LEGO Architecture series, which pays homage to some of the great buildings of the world. Right
It’s always tempting to buy the newest set of legos despite the huge collection you have at home, especially if your child is insistent. The new website Rebrickable helps you repurpose all of the
It’s always exciting when a zoo welcomes new members to its animal kingdom, and this month, New York City’s Bronx Zoo announced more than a half a dozen new creatures! Even though
Discouraged by the eye sore of vacant lots in beautiful downtown Valencia, Bernat Ivars and Manuel Lopez, also known as EspaiMGR, have devised a plan to re-enliven the abandoned spaces. Entitled
LEGOS aren’t just for kids anymore. Industrial designer Lene Ronsholt Wille has constructed an immense and elegantly curved spiral out of the children’s building block toys in Amsterdam. Called
We thought we’d seen Lego blocks applied to just about every design out there, but leave it to Fergie to figure out a whole new way to make use of this age old fave. Debuting her new look at
Building make-believe villages and ships with Lego blocks is child’s play for Alabama-based photographer Cary Norton — he recently completed a working 127mm f4.7 camera made entirely from
We’ve seen Legos used to revamp kitchens and even repair city walls, but this is the first time we’ve seen them used to make shoes! Don’t worry, it’s not as uncomfortable as it
Who didn’t love playing with Legos and Construx as a kid? Now that we’ve grown up, 3form has made the adult equivalent: Ditto, a modular cross-shaped product that forms together to create partitions,
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we couldn’t help but be enamored by these adorable heart-shaped pendants upcycled from LEGO blocks. An inspired idea by crafty mom of three
Even the über creatives at Pixar can’t resist the charms of a Lego block. Pixar animator Angus MacLane recently joined the ranks of Lego enthusiasts, creating his own series of ‘Cube
I wrote yesterday that our love of Legos may be the strongest proof of our innate desire to build stuff. Here’s an unbelievable tidbit of evidence in support of that theory: YouTube user horseattack
Nothing attests to humans’ instinctual love of making stuff and taking it apart more than the Lego brick. The plastic toy has been featured in films and music videos and is the basis of some serious
Researchers at the MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology have created a new type of “biological LEGO” building blocks that can be used to form new organs. By binding cells
LEGO blocks have been around for over half a century, offering a creative outlet in the form a colorful stackable brick. While some of us have since put those smiling, yellow plastic men aside, others
Building Asia Brick by Brick is an architectural exhibition currently touring China put together by ArtAsiaPacific magazine, People’s Architecture Foundation and LEGO to raise the awareness of
