I’m now officially convinced there’s nothing you can’t build out of Lego as Sean Kenney with
As the festivities continue towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Hong Kong LEGO User Group,
Piece of Piece is an upcoming art show set to take place next month. The event includes the art division of Japanese department store Parco, toy-maker LEGO and humanitarian initiative UNESCO. The theme of the show is to recreate world heritage sites and peace through LEGO and other methods. Matt Waldman of Nooka was among the guest artists chosen. The efforts of Matt Waldman seen here are a depiction of how architecture is the societal pinnacle of humanistic examples of arts and technology. The destruction of buildings and monuments represent a reminder of war and the destruction of peace. The show begins February 1st, at the Parco Art Gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Lego celebrates 50 years of brick building fun this year. Although not the originator of interlocking blocks, LEGO’s dominance and innovation over the years is captured in this huge time line. As a kid, I never got the cool pre-themed sets (pirates and knights), instead needing to settle for the regular colored blocks to fully flex my imaginative powers. Check out a full range of facts regarding LEGO over at Gizmodo.
