Homages to Escher’s “Drawing Hands”
Uppermost, what I’m pretty sure is a rendering of a virtual Lego model called Brick by Brick, by graphic designer Ian Leino. Immediately above, MC MECHANIC, by photographer Shane Willis.
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Lego recreations of De Stijl masterpieces
Dutch designers minale-maeda (Kuniko Maeda and Mario Minale) recreated De Stijl furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld‘s classic Elling Buffet and Red and Blue Chair. The buffet was a project for Droog, a design agency, with an edition of five created. The chair was created in 2004. [Via designboom, thanks Kevin!]
LegoAsimo: a bipedal Lego robot
Arno van der Vegt’s fascinating robot serves as more of a study of bipedal movement than a completed project. Get this, it packs fourteen NXT and Power Functions motors, 4 touch sensors, 5 tilt sensors, an ultrasonic sensor — and uses 3 NXT microcontroller bricks to run things. Yow! I’d be interested how much the […]
Bionicle griffin makes fantastic use of biopunk parts
Some people criticize Bionicle (Lego’s pseudo-action-figure line of models) for being too simplistic, and worse, claim the elements are unfit for most models. The accusation is, Bionicle’s many specialized parts are designed to make imaginary creatures look scary, making them unfit for models that aren’t intended to look scary. Well, Matt “Monsterbrick” Armstrong’s lovely griffin […]
7 Good Ways (and 3 Bad Ways) to Organize Your Lego
Sooner or later you’ll end up with more bricks than you can easily store. Here are some suggestions for storing Lego, as well as some methods to avoid.
Eric von Hippel on Lego hackers
Eric von Hippel raps about the Lego Group prospering by embracing hackers. It’s a great lecture on companies tapping into the creativity of their fans, rather than suppressing it. [Via openp2pdesign.org]
Phone-controlled Lego 8×8 Volvo truck
Our stringer for all things R/C, Francesco Fondi, sent us word of this amazing Lego/ NXT-based Bluetooth and phone-controlled Volvo 8×8 truck: This is a really impressive creation from ATRX, the same AFOL (Adult Fan of Lego) behind the NXT Boat. This Volvo FL12, version 8×8 features all wheel drive, 4-wheel steering, full double wishbone […]
