The Danish company Lego is a household name that has been around since 1949. Who hasn’t geeked out on a Lego set or spent hours creating an architectural masterpiece? What’s great about Lego is that it continually evolves and grows with us, and their presence in pop culture continues to put them in the spotlight, attracting both kids and adults. It’s no wonder that creative individuals have paid homage to these beloved building blocks; here are a few of them we’d love to own:
Lego loves Hipsters
Attention all hipsters: Denmark loves you! To kick off Copenhagen fashion week, the Guardian and Lego have collaborated to pay tribute to our wild-bearded, flannel-wearing bespectacled furry friends with a line of Lego hipster characters. They totally nail hipsterdom with the mismatched suit trousers, facial hair, black designer eyewear and – of course – the bicycle.
Construction Chocolate
Forget those boring Swiss chocolate boxes – give us Lego chocolate! These edible and functional chocolate Lego bricks by Akihiro Mizuuchi is the best thing since sliced bread. It’s probably best not to spend a lot of time on Lego construction, to avoid melting bricks.
Retro Technology Lego
Polaroid cameras, arcade machines, rotary telephones, retro television sets, game consoles — all these outmoded and almost-forgotten goodies are just begging to be assembled. The retro technology kits have been lovingly (re)constructed by Chris McVeigh, which you can buy in his shop. If you aren’t the Lego-assembling type, you can grab his prints instead on his Society6 page.
Guilt-less Taxidermy
While taxidermy isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, this Lego set could possibly melt the heart of any hardcore PETA member. Born from artist and designer David Cole’s “interest in animal forms, and how they render in this geometric style”, his Lego kit includes 60-ish pieces that assemble into a deer head mounted on a backboard. Other designs include a stuffed fox and a bear head. Get the Unofficial Taxidermy Kit here.
The Zen-nest Lego Bricks of All Time
These Mokulock wooden bricks by the Japanese design firm New Tech Shinsei are as zen as it gets. Coming in pale hues of maple and birch wood, they interlock with plastic Lego toy pieces and introduce organic material into those intense Lego sessions. Never before have we been more excited to build a Lego tree …
Wooden Lego Man
How beautiful is this wooden Lego figurine by French furniture designer and woodwork extraordinaire Thibaut Malet? It’s slightly larger than regular Lego men, and the limbs can’t bend, but its handiwork and great packaging will drive any toy collector mad with joy.
This One’s for the Bird Lovers
Gardener and Lego builder Thomas Poulsom‘s Lego bird project started out as a hobby which turned into a collection, garnering him fans who voted for the project to be officially mass-produced and released by Lego. The first kit, containing 580 pieces, was released in January 2015, and features Poulsom’s blue jay, robin and hummingbird. Get your set here.