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Everyone's earliest LEGO experiences begin with stacking bricks. This is an observation documented by the team at LEGO Education, an entity within LEGO Group that builds kits and classes to coincide with the STEAM learning system. Founded in 1980, LEGO Education signifies the toy brand's expansion from pieces and puzzles to lesson plans. Their latest release, SPIKE Prime for middle…
Freelance photographer Kieran Murray rounded up his photos for the past 4 years and decided to add toy Godzilla into them to make it seem like they are exploring the world together. Why? Because he was bored. And for internet fame, of course.
With an emphasis on play and all the mod-cons of a contemporary office, Lego reveals the first phase of its new Billund campus in Denmark, designed by C.F. Møller Architects
Next up in our high-tech architecture series we look at the Centre Pompidou in Paris by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, the “inside-out” landmark that drew global attention to the movement.
Available in two sizes (either five or 12 inches tall), sculptor and toy designer Jason Freeny's Brick Man Anatomical Puzzle is fun for kids aged eight and over—and adults, too. Easy to assemble, with just 16 pieces, the 3D puzzle can then be displayed as a playful objet d'art.
The Sagoskatt range of soft toys returns for its fifth year, directly inspired by the coloured-pencil creations of children across the globe, featuring Gurki the cucumber superhero and Rainbow Kid, who wears socks to keep warm in the sky.
Functioning as both a computer and tinkerer's toy, this tiny machine has endless use cases.
Using nose-activated vests and touchscreens, our canine pals are being trained to summon help for their handlers—and much more.
Rome wasn't built in a day – much like the world-famous companies that we all recognize today. Even they had to start from something – and you might be surprised when you find out that quite a few of them started out by doing things completely different than they are doing now.
As Lego launches its Rebuild the World campaign, Matthew Ashton explains how it is embracing digital technology and licensing agreements to encourage children to play.
In contrast to Western culture, furniture does not have much of a presence in traditional Japanese architecture and is extremely understated. At a recent exhibition jointly curated by Kengo Kuma and his long-term collaborator Time & Style, held in the manufacturer’s Amsterdam showroom, the architect explains, ‘The transparent nature of traditional Japanese architecture avoids heavy walls and uses slim pillars to support roofs, under which is an open-plan space. Paper-covered sliding windows called shoji act as walls, and even then these are often left open. Similarly, thin sliding doors divide interior spaces.’
Katja Trinkwalder and Pia-Marie Stute have designed a series of add-on accessories for those who are concerned about their data security.
A big part of being a kid is building things, deconstructing things and, in general, discovering how things work—that’s why we buy those starter science experiment kits and toy microscopes to encourage their curiosity. But it’s easy to run out of ideas to keep them interested in science, especially as they get older. Luckily for parents, Scientific American has for years been developing an archive of hundreds of science experiments for kids ages 6-12 to conduct with their parents.
Los Angeles-based painter Nick McPhail creates illustrative, layered paintings that feature landscapes and architectural elements, using a colour palette of cool pastel and bright neon tones in combination with Renaissance layering techniques.
Gadi Amit's studio New Deal Design has invented an artificial intelligence-equipped toy to fight the “distraction economy” by nurturing children's attention spans.
The South Korean illustrator talks us through her latest publication, exploring the unnoticed movements in quiet landscapes.
The bridge forms part Leckey's huge new show, O’ Magic Power of Bleakness, which opens at Tate Britain in October 2019.
The remarkable female artists at the heart of Bauhaus overcame the societal expectations of their time to become pioneers in their own right
Canadian design studio SDI has presented its WRKkit concept for adaptable offices at IDS Toronto, using a booth modelled on a giant DIY toy.
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