LEGO, the company that brought fun to many a kid in the past decades, is celebrating its 50th anniversary during January. I spent many interesting hours putting together all the various kinds of models, from the smallest ones to large scale constructions like bridges and ships. In fact, LEGO may be to blame for getting me interested in design and engineering, which later culminated in a mechanical engineering degree (among other things). Today, looking at all the majestic creations people make from LEGO bricks, I cannot avoid to remember the line from the movie Indecent Proposal, when Woody Harrelson teaches an architecture class and says “Even a brick wants to be something…” (originally derived from architect Louis Kahn). Well, the LEGO brick has certainly become something!

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(image from author’s site: BrickArtist.com)

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