Geeks and LEGO seem to go together like mac and cheese (or Macs and Apples, even) with tons of fan-made geek-inspired creations to be found in every corner of the interweb, including the LEGO Flickr group.
From both full-time, professional LEGO artists to those who just have a penchant for the colorful little Danish building blocks, we bring you a great gallery of LEGO sculptures that are inspired by the world of tech, online and social media.
Have a gander now and let us know your favorites – or any others we’ve missed that you think are worthy of mention – in the comments box below.
This PS3 controller was bricked up for a Sony advert for the Chilean market. Aside from the LEGO-themed video games link, the thinking behind it is reported to be that the console is as classic and recognizable as LEGO itself. Just a bit more pricey.
Flickr user jmenomeno created an
Apple iPad after watching the keynote in which it was announced. Some nice attention to detail comes in with the Apple logo on the back.
LEGO builder Fredoichi took a break from more hardcore LEGO creations to make Ollie,
Twitterrific’s avian icon, because his little girl thought it was “a cute thing to have.” Awww!
Apparently Larry and Sergey are “avid lovers of the LEGO brick” and as such commissioned LEGO artist Sean Kenney to piece together two Google LEGO logos which are currently on show in the online giant’s New York and Copenhagen offices.
One of the online world’s sweetest error messages gets rendered in 3D in the medium of LEGO by Bjarne P Tveskov who cunningly Photoshopped the once-yellow “eye” brick – as it’s really a smiley LEGO mouth.
Google staffers themselves got in on the brick-building action with this Google Talk sculpture made from LEGO. We only hope it was built during their 20% time.
PodBrix’s Apple-themed scene is set back in ‘72 and shows the two young Steves in minifig form – Steve J already dreaming of the iPhone and Woz, wrench in hand fiddling with a circuit board.
Another Sean Kenney creation, this gargantuan LEGO DSi was commissioned by the Japanese gaming giant to grace the Nintendo World Store in New York. You’re looking at 51,324 LEGO pieces in this 7-foot wide construction which makes most home-made efforts look a little puny.
A slightly different take on the LEGO angle, as well as on your usual unboxing, this Flickr photo-set sees minifigs merrily unpacking an Apple iPhone – until tragedy strikes, that is. Don’t fret, there’s a happy ending.
Made for Google’s contest that asked users to create a video of themselves building the Google Chrome icon in any medium, this construction site, stop-motion effort is a clever use of the LEGO bricks, and minifigs, which brought it special mention.
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