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The dark art of ApocaLego

Matthew Rodriguez — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:28:57 +0000

Kevin "Crimson Wolf" Fedde (quite a nickname to live up to) is one of a surprising number of LEGO builders and fans (there are over 1,000 members on its Flickr pool) who dabble in the dark art of "ApocaLego," a popular subgenre devoted to constructing sets with apocalyptic theme s, be it a "zombocalypse, bioplague, robot insurrection or nuclear conflagration."

The art of the LEGO brick

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:12:21 +0000

New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya takes LEGO bricks, the building block of our youth, and creates sculptures that evoke a slightly uncanny or eerie emotion.

Build your own LEGO skull

Matthew Rodriguez — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:01:34 +0000

This is just so cool: Clay Morrow created this LEGO skull. You can build your own by downloading the instructions provided here (pdf). Speaking of LEGO projects, check out this hack of an IKEA table decorated with LEGO bricks to give it a pixelated decorative design.

Vimeo of the Week: LEGO Technic Super-8 Movie Projector

Bradford Shellhammer — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:00:41 +0000

Lego Technic Super-8 Movie Projector from Friedemann Wachsmuth on Vimeo. Friedemann Wachsmuth’s amazing little film Lego Technic Super-8 Movie Projector is pretty freaking awesome. The filmmaker/designer built a fully functional Super-8 projector using nothing but LEGOs! Ok, wait, I take that back. He did use a lens, reel spindles and a lamp not made of [...]

270,000 piece LEGO sculpture

Matthew Rodriguez — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:32:37 +0000

Artist Lene Rønsholt Wille spent six weeks and used 270,000 white LEGO bricks to construct this installation at Amsterdam’s Central Hall of World Trade Center. It looks like something that Richard Serra might have built or played around with when he was a kid.

Brooklyn recreated with LEGO

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:02:32 +0000

Boerum Hill resident Jonathan Lopes has spent the last four years putting together and recreating a mini-Brooklyn made out of LEGO blocks in his 400-square-foot living room. The result is rather impressive. A four-foot model of the Williamsburg Savings Bank is also on display at his local cleaners (Boerum Hill Dry Cleaners at 391 Pacific [...]

Vimeo of the Week: AH

Bradford Shellhammer — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:54:16 +0000

Ah from studio shelter on Vimeo. Lee SungHwan directed the quirky and fun film AH for Studio Shelter in Seoul, Korea. Made from LEGOs and stop-motion graphics the film’s fast pace includes number countdowns, cops and robbers, Star Wars, and my favorite, a LEGO version of the SMPTE color bars from TV. It’s perfect for [...]

LEGO Victorian houses in decay

Matthew Rodriguez — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:27:10 +0000

Mike Doyle is constructing Victorian style houses in decay out of LEGO bricks. The result as seen above is pretty impressive. He also shares the behind the scenes work that goes into each house on his blog. [Via]

Famous movie scenes recreated with LEGO

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:27:46 +0000

Alex Eylar uses LEGO bricks and meticulous set-ups to recreate stills of famous scenes from American cinema. For this iconic shot from THE SHINING, he writes: The Shining twins are one of the few things in this world that REALLY creep me out. I saw that scene on TV when I was little; it’s always [...]

LEGO version of Sad Keanu Reeves

Matthew Rodriguez — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:29:04 +0000

The Sad Keanu Reeves meme has been circulating around the Internet for awhile with no signs of it going away, and New York Magazine’s Vulture blog finally asked the actor about this meme, which he was unfamiliar with. He did seem to be a good sport about it once it was explained to him. He [...]

MoMA staff recreate art in LEGO versions

Matthew Rodriguez — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:23:16 +0000

Inspired by Christoph Niemann’s (a favorite over here at SUNfiltered) recreations of iconic New York landmarks using LEGO bricks, some of the MoMA staff spent a Friday afternoon made their own LEGO minimalist miniature replicas of pieces from the museum’s collection. Seen above is Richard Serra’s “Equal (Corner Prop Piece)” and “One Ton Prop (House [...]

Amazing LEGO Falling Water

Matthew Rodriguez — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:34:37 +0000

Nearly a year ago on this blog, I posted about LEGO sets of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including the iconic residential "Falling Water," which was cool. However that official set, which is also much smaller, is amateur compared to Croatian "LEGO architect" Matija Grguric's version seen above. I love that she built it in a winter setting, and the water effect is really fantastic.

LEGO conference table

Matthew Rodriguez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:49:49 +0000

Dublin-based creative ad agency Boys and Girls put together this sweet conference table using LEGO bricks (22,742 total). View more photos here and check out a time lapse Making-of video after the jump.

I can’t “lego” of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”

Matthew Rodriguez — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:54:17 +0000

This music video remake of Bonnie Tyler’s hit song popular in karaokes all over the world, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” provides today’s moment of levity. I mean, who doesn’t appreciate a dramatic full choir and moody LEGO characters?!

Lego house update

Matthew Rodriguez — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:54:05 +0000

Earlier this summer I shared news that UK’s TOP GEAR host James May was building a house made entirely of Lego bricks. Well construction has gotten underway. Here’s a fun photo gallery update of the impressive progress so far. Maybe I was thinking a little too big and unrealistic when I heard the original announcement; [...]

Stop-motion lego arcade games

Matthew Rodriguez — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:17:04 +0000

This short by Michael Hickox would be right in the middle of a Venn diagram overlapping LEGO, classic arcade games, and stop motion video, which are three popular trends lately in the blogosphere.

Movie posters recreated as LEGO

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:18:42 +0000

I don’t know if this is a symptom of the possibly disturbing revelation that I’ve never quite left my childhood in the past, but I’m of the opinion that anything recreated with LEGO equals instant amazingness and blog worthiness, such as these movie posters. And I think the most of the Internet seems to agree [...]

LEGO + Frank Lloyd Wright

Matthew Rodriguez — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:17:43 +0000

I could not be more excited for this news: LEGO in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is releasing a new line consisting of 6 buildings, including two of Wright’s most famous designs, “Falling Water” and the Guggenheim, although NPR’s Edward Lifson commented “I can’t believe that in the Lego set they include the [...]