AndrewDB Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 The stark contrast of monochromatic, crumbling stone buildings and small, colorful plastic toy blocks is especially jarring in Berlin, where evidence of the horrors of World War II is still visible in cracks and bullet holes. But that’s what makes this setting so poignant for German artist Jan Vormann, who patches damage to old buildings around the world with Legos. I tried to pick the best photos for this, but, you can find more here. There's also more about what Jan does. Quote
DarthSion Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 That was posted by me a couple of months ago. Quote
Derek Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 That was posted by me a couple of months ago. Well Andrew is posting it again. I personally wouldn't have seen it if he hadn't, and I think it's pretty cool and makes a statement. Thanks for sharing! Quote
RileyC Posted January 17, 2010 Posted January 17, 2010 That looks really cool I would love to see it happened down in New Zealand Quote
Grrr Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 That looks really cool I would love to see it happened down in New Zealand We lack shot up buildings . Quote
samurai-turtle Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 We lack shot up buildings . Well use old crumbling building I am sure if you look you can find one. Quote
Dr. Steve Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Thats really cool. I like the concept. Quote
Big Cam Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 haha, that's awesome, I can only hope no one steals those LEGO's. Quote
Thee Pirate Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 haha, that's awesome, I can only hope no one steals those LEGO's. No worries, they're not all Lego bricks. In this shot the top ones are clearly Lego, but look at the studs in the bottom picture. The studs are entirely too big to be Lego. In the shot with the the cutie, The lower 3 patches seem to be Lego, but the upper ones have those funky studs again. Quote
Commander Flash Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 They're Duplo I think. The kiddie version of Lego. Good finds Quote
JayDuck Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 The main page for Jan's work is http://www.dispatchwork.info/ Quote
chris_austin Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 They're Duplo I think. The kiddie version of Lego. Good finds Definitely not DUPLO - the proportions are wrong but in a situation such as this, any brand of brick is cool with me ...unless it's MegaB Quote
badboytje88 Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 I've seen some of these in Amsterdam quite some time ago. I actually really like the idea of covering up the scars of war with the festively coloured toy blocks. Quote
richb Posted January 21, 2010 Posted January 21, 2010 The large-studded bricks are indeed Mega Bloks. MB sells their Ages 1-5 product under the name Maxi System. Quote
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