Incredible LEGO Artworks by Nathan Sawaya
Some artists use paint, others bronze or pencils, but not Nathan Sawaya who chooses to build his inspiring art out of LEGO® bricks. The former corporate lawyer quit his job in 2001 to focus on becoming the world’s foremost LEGO artist. With more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York studio, Saway’s sculptures...
LEGO Recycling Containers
Although many of us are huge advocates of recycling, there’s no denying that typical recycling bins can become a huge sore, and can be quite distracting in an otherwise beautiful environment. The team at the Italian company Flussocreativo aimed to solve this issue by creating recycling bins that didn’t sacrifice form for function . The...
LEGO Releases Movie Maker App
A new app for Lego allows users to create stop-motion movies with DC superhero characters, edit them, and share them – all on an iPhone. There are few things the Internet likes better than a Lego-based video. This has not gone unnoticed by the people at Lego, who have released an app that lets users...
Lego Street Art
Lego Street Art. Fascinating and colorful… Street art that uses non-traditional media associated with playfulness and youth. We don’t know the artists, but this collection of art is a brilliant mini-intervention, and who doesn’t like Lego? Tip us or send in more pic’s if you have spotted some awesome Lego street art in your street....
The ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer 2 Recreated in LEGO (Video)
Animator ParanickFilmz brings us much joy by recreating the much parodied and mashed-up trailer for The Dark Knight Rises entirely in LEGO, animated in the time-honored stop-motion style. We’re especially impressed with the Selina Kyle moments as well as the LEGO recreation of the iconic bat-symbol-formed-out-of-collapsing-buildings-and-the-sky thingy from the original teaser clip. Which scene is...
LEGO Star Wars R2D2 Kit
The Danish founded company LEGO is adding a Star Wars R2D2 Kit to their Ultimate Collector series. This 2100-piece behemoth is over a foot tall, seven inches wide, and is designed to resemble the actual R2-D2 as closely as possible. The designers even managed to include R2′s signature retractable third leg, pop-out computer interface and...
LEGO by German agency Jung von Matt
It is amazing what you can do with the Danish brand LEGO. Not only kids are creative with these small bricks. Check out what the German agency Jung von Matt has come up with to show how powerful the the LEGO brand is.
Legolize It – LEGO Self-portraits
‘Legolize it‘ is a personal project of Fabien Bouchard, creator of art and design blog ufunk, and french artist Mademoiselle Maurice: A self-portrait series where a LEGO figure’s head stands in for the face. the photographs were shot without special effects or post-production montage; chosen to be displayed as polaroids because of the nostalgic feel...
Back to the Future II in LEGO
LEGO builder Alex Schranz took one of the most memorable settings, Hill Valley’s Town Square, from the all-time classic Back to the Future II and recreated them with the equally iconic plastic building blocks. Featured are the businesses surrounding the pool of water in the center where Marty hoverboarded over and around to escape from...
Recreating Iconic Scenes with Legos
It’s amazing how quickly we recognize iconic photographs and it’s even more amazing that we can recognize them when they are made in a different medium. Each of these Lego setups recreates a famous scene, yet are just as easy to recognize as the original piece, showing that Legos are just as culturally relevant to...
LEGO x S7 Concept Prototypes from Toby Dutkiewicz
Toby Dutkiewicz (who created Keek The Saddest Devil, and as well works for LEGO) exclusively shares with us exceptional and inspirational imagery – of art toys crossing over with LEGO – with the ‘trick’ being, these are ‘prototypes’ with no predetermined plans to manifest unto production figures! We seriously wish they would though! This would...
2011 Year in Review as Told in Legos
The Guardian has rounded up a 2011 Year in Review in photos as told by Legos. Some of this year’s biggest news stories, from the Royal Wedding, to the Occupy Wall Street movement, are seen here depicted with the help of the little plastic characters. If you’re interested, you can even create your own scene...
