A technique known as tilt-shift photography can turn everyday scenes into miniature wonderlands. But at this point the trick is as tired as vintage filters, so photographer Valentino Fiadini did just the opposite with these miniature Lego rooms — photographing them to look like life-size locations.
Designed and assembled with the assistance of professional Lego builder Rene Hoffmeister, this giant Star Wars-themed barrel organ was created to celebrate the 3D re-release of The Phantom Menace in Germany.
If you’re going to Washington DC before September 3, you can’t miss the Lego Architecture exhibition at the National Building Museum. They just added three new iconic buildings to the 15 already in existence. They are huge!
Italian graphic designer Alberto Seveso has added a twist to his recent Disastro Ecologico series. Dubbed, Ink Riders, this photo series combines a longboard-riding LEGO-man, ink and water to mimic the motion of the ocean.
Scientists studying the origins of the colossal “rogue waves” that sneak up on ships in seemingly calm seas have enlisted helpless Lego men in their search for answers.
Over at Lego’s Cuusoo site, where eager fans can post their custom projects in the hopes of gathering supporters and eventually getting a shot at becoming an official Lego product, two intrepid block-builders have put together a fantastic rendition of The Winchester pub from “rom-zom-com” Shaun of the Dead.
Given my life-long love affair with Lego and my life-long love affair with the Avengers — Avengers #159 was the first comic book I remember buying as a little kid — it’s no surprise that I get wet just by looking at this poster.
It’s certainly not the first Lego DeLorean model we’ve featured, but Alex Jones’s recently completed 1:15 scale interpretation blows its predecessors out of the water when it comes to detail and functionality.
