leoparder Posted March 25, 2013 Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Hi everyone ! It is a real pleasure for me to join Eurobricks. I am a young industrial designer, getting my Master's Degree this year. I come from France (Paris region) and I currently live in Shanghai, China where I am finishing my last two years of studies. Younger, I was playing with Duplos and then Legos all the time. I created stickers that I glued on parts to create huge command centers and space vehicles with infinite amount of wheels. That was 10-15 years ago. I also had the ancestor of mindstorms (9709 I think, great to remember it) :) Then I lost contact with my legos because I moved away from home for studies and many things happened. And very recently, while in Shanghai, I took a look at which sets I could find on taobao (sort of Chinese ebay) and for what price. Then I looked at all the new stuff in the Lego world and fell back in love with it. I bought two Technic sets (8110 and 8081) and I am planning to buy a few more in the coming months. I've spent the entire last weeks reading on blogs and forums about legos, Mods, reviews, etc. What I like most in Lego is how "open-source" it feels and how the community makes everything better. Apart from that I developed many passions that feed me in my everyday work with inspirations. I love photography (take a look at my blog about my trip in China), music (was DJing and now composing from time to time) and technologies (real geek). I was a lot into sports (mountain biking, archery...) but don't have the occasion anymore since I'm in Shanghai. You can take a look at my personal website (coded by myself) for more about my work. I can't wait to read more of this amazing community. Thank you all :) Edited March 25, 2013 by leoparder Quote
Andy D Posted March 25, 2013 Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) ... snippage What I like most in Lego is how "open-source" it feels and how the community makes everything better. ...snippage Welcome to EB. I never thought of LEGO as being "open-source" but that is a good way to look at the collaboration that goes on here on EB, building on the inspiration of others creations and the sharing of ideas on how to build better. I think that is one thing that makes this community such a fun and valuable place. Andy D Edited March 25, 2013 by Andy D Quote
leoparder Posted March 25, 2013 Author Posted March 25, 2013 Thank you guys ! Dear Andy, coming from all this closing (and closed) technology world (DRM, over-controlling companies etc.), seeing a bunch of cool people be open minded and go together for the pure sake of creating awesome things warms my heart. I just uploaded my first "contribution" to the Lego community. A video of me building the 8110 Unimog. Quote
Andy D Posted March 25, 2013 Posted March 25, 2013 Wow! Do you alway build on such a small table? I must say, I am impresed, I know I would have a very, very difficult time building in a confined tabletop such as that. Andy D Quote
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