9 Best Articles in 2022
Fast Company
How Lego Became The Apple Of Toys
Fast Company
Summary · 20+ min read · · After a decade-long slump, Lego has rebuilt itself into a global juggernaut. An exclusive look inside the company's top-secret Future Lab. · Shared by 256, including Twitty, Helmi also on 🐘, Stephen C Sanders, Martina Grolimund, Simon 🚀, Clemens M. Schuster, Dominik Grolimund, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Dave, Daniel Jörg, Brad Brooks, Leslie D, Pat Kua
UX Planet
How LEGO Run Design Sprints at Scale
UX Planet
10 min read · · A case study about how LEGO scaled Design Sprints throughout its organisation · Shared by 188, including Michael Duergner, Tom Connor, Christian P. Stobbe, Cătălina Movileanu, Jacob Jarnvall, Konrad Weber, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mark Kaigwa, Herbert Bay, Marius Bleuer, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, Thomas Pleil, Dominik Grolimund, Nick Floro, Niklaus Gerber, Thomas Telandro, Thomas Power, Yash Tekriwal, Bernhard Huessy
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LEGO Letterpress: Bird Species from The Netherlands Are Printed with Everyone’s Favorite Toy Bricks
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2 min read · · Back in 2017, designer Roy Scholten and collaborator Martijn van der Blom brought LEGO into their letterpress workshops for elementary school students. Small and accessible to most, the ubiquitous… · Shared by 169, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Jennifer Ouellette
Fast Company
Got a pile of random Lego? This amazing app tells you what you can build
Fast Company
3 min read · · This fan-made app beats any digital experience Lego has built to date. · Shared by 116, including LARRY ELKAN, AGI.Eth | AIKing.Eth | 👑.sgb, KOstas, Jesús Torres 👩💻, elpocas, Nick Floro, Jason Hirschhorn, Arin Basu
designedbycave.co.uk
The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
designedbycave.co.uk
7 min read · · Piloting an ocean exploration ship or Martian research shuttle is serious business. Let’s hope the control panel is up to scratch. Two studs wide and angled at 45°, the ubiquitous “2x2 decorated… · Shared by 426, including Adrian Roselli (parody) 🗯, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Esther Schindler, Alex Rainert 🤦🏻♂️, Gabriele, @stephaniewalter@front-end.social, Andy Cotgreave, Nadieh Bremer, Delaney McCaffrey, Jeff Atwood, Center Centre – UIE, feilding cage, Tommy Walker, Val Head, Joe Germuska, Irene Au, Nils Hitze, Rafael Zeier, Sascha Venohr
TechCrunch
LEGO built a life size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces
TechCrunch
4 min read · · In what just might be the wildest thing anyone has ever built from LEGO, the company behind the bricks has built a full-size, driveable model of the Bugatti Chiron supercar.
Seriously. · Shared by 143, including Dominik Grolimund, Trae Blain, Tom Connor, Miguel, Florian Hanke 🍎, Ryan Hoover, Oliver Ewinger, Jean Decherf, Dominic Grzbielok, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, #MuskOut (not parody), Jörgen Camrath, Jacob Jarnvall, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Armindo Ferreira, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Linus Basig, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Leslie D
9to5toys.com
LEGO launches online Minifigure Factory experience with $12 customizable minifigs
9to5toys.com
3 min read · · LEGO Minifigure Factory is finally rolling out online, allowing builders to customize their own figures through the digital experience. · Shared by 57
jacquesmattheij.com
Sorting 2 Metric Tons of Lego
jacquesmattheij.com
7 min read · · One of my uncles cursed me with the LEGO bug, when I was 6 he gave me his collection because he was going to university. My uncle and I are relatively close in age, my dad was the eldest of 8 children… · Shared by 43, including Howard Getson, Kenneth Kalmer, Greg Meyer, Pete Warden, Tom Connor, Helmi also on 🐘, Jon Thompson, Nitin Gupta
A List Apart
Learning from Lego: A Step Forward in Modular Web Design
A List Apart
20+ min read · · Pesky nesting issues are a thing of the past if we envision web content blocks as the tops of Lego bricks. · Shared by 89, including samyranavela, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Niklaus Gerber, Sérgio Vieira, vedi.eth {313}, Aki Fukai ✏️, Adriano Latorre, Galen King, pizza.lottie 🍕
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breakingone.com
LEGO unveils its tallest set ever with an Eiffel Tower model
breakingone.com
· LEGO has revealed its tallest ever set – a breathtaking model of the Eiffel Tower. · Shared by 24
brickfanatics.com
LEGO is discontinuing MINDSTORMS in 2022
brickfanatics.com
2 min read · · LEGO has announced that it’s discontinuing its MINDSTORMS line-up at the end of 2022, with app support only guaranteed for another two years. · Shared by 10, including Esther Schindler
Gizmodo
You Cannot Resist the Lure of the New Lego Spacebaby Minifigure
Gizmodo
3 min read · · It's part of the Lego Minifigure Series 24, which will be available starting January 1. · Shared by 9, including Jennifer Ouellette
Ars Technica
Lego to discontinue Mindstorms robot line after a 24-year run
Ars Technica
2 min read · · Lego to pull educational kit Dec. 2022, redirecting efforts into "different areas of the business." · Shared by 7, including Amber Mac
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countbayesie.com
Bayes' Theorem with Lego
countbayesie.com
~11 min read · · Find Bayes' Theorem confusing? In this post we'll break down this famous
formula using Lego to help you build up a better intuition for this
foundational concept. · Shared by 41, including Alain, Leslie D, Dominik Grolimund, shishir das, Graham Marshall, Myke Näf
vg247.com
Lego is a video game force to be reckoned with – but I miss its early, experimental…
vg247.com
4 min read · · It's great to see so many licensed Lego games doing so well, but my heart will always belong to the weirder, more off-beat titles. · Shared by 70
a16z
Open Source Is Finally Coming to Financial Services
a16z
9 min read · · Imagine financial services could be built like Lego, and that those blocks could be assembled to fit hundreds of use cases. That's the power of open source. · Shared by 206, including Mathew Ingram, Florian Graillot, Arturo Rebolledo, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth
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Elaborately Constructed LEGO Universes by Artist Ekow Nimako Envision an Afrofuturistic World
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3 min read · · Hundreds of thousands of sleek, black LEGO structure the utopic universes by Toronto-based artist Ekow Nimako. Ranging from life-sized figurative sculptures with an eccentric twist to sprawling… · Shared by 56, including Ethan Marcotte
The Guardian
Investing in Lego more lucrative than gold, study suggests
The Guardian
1 min read · · Market for secondhand Lego also rises at a better rate annually than stocks, bonds, stamps, art and wine · Shared by 27, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Esther Schindler, Michal Klacansky
WIRED
How Lego Built a Social Network for Kids That’s Not Creepy
WIRED
7 min read · · Lego Life wants to be the internet's first troll-free zone. · Shared by 50, including Dominik Grolimund, Martina Grolimund, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Dominic Grzbielok, Leslie D, Jeff Atwood, Twitty, Thomas Power, Fabian Pfortmüller, Florian Hanke 🍎
The New York Times
Lego Isn’t Just for Kids. Here’s How to Become an Adult Lego Master.
The New York Times
20+ min read · · Adult Fans of Lego, or AFOLs, are a growing number of enthusiasts who say that playing with Lego isn’t just for kids. · Shared by 30
lego.com
LEGO® Women of NASA launches November 1st
lego.com
3 min read · · Today, the LEGO Group presented the final design and launch date for the Women of NASA LEGO® set. · Shared by 34, including Nils Hitze, Eric L. Barnes, 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤 𝙇𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖
lego.com
Nintendo Entertainment System™ 71374
lego.com
2 min read · · Recreate the Nintendo Entertainment System™ in LEGO® style! · Shared by 34, including John Voorhees, Jeff Atwood, Mike Rundle, A Sparkle of Genius, Nils Hitze, Thomas Fuchs ⎷ Official ⎷ Final ⎷ Final2 ⎷ V2.1, Jamie Indigo 👾 @jammer_volts@mastodon.social, Dr. Justin Tarte
