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| History of LEGO |
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I believe that my passion and creativity comes from when I was a child; which started with my parents (my mother had ability for being creative - writing and literature type of a person; where my father had the ability the math and sciences) and grandparents buying me LEGO Bricks. This creative design born in me, I believe led me to have a passion for home interior design, creating web pages, editing multimedia and video programs; which all eventually led me to receiving a Master's Degree in Instructional Design and Technology.
| The computer animation software of Flash (now made by Adobe Corporation) has its roots in LEGO. Jonathan Gay, who was one of the main founders of FutureSplash Animator software (the precursor to Flash) got the idea from LEGO Bricks. |
Similar to Jonathan Gay, I too grew up as a child playing with LEGOs. Even though I did not go into engineering or architecture design field, the LEGO Bricks played a small part in teaching me the basics of how to plan, design, and create web pages. This helped me, by becoming more creative in designing web pages.
My favorite LEGO projects are building things that are related to a town and/or city theme. This has taught me to start with a plan of action and built something that I will enjoy after its already built. With LEGOs you can built something and then continue to work on the details of the design as you progress.
With some patience and creativity, here is my version of a LEGO-based design process, which is more or less the same process I use when creating web pages using my Master's Degree in Instructional Design and Technology approach.
Instructional Systems Design (ISD) vs. LEGO Building DesignRead the article about Flash by Adobe Corp.
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The Unofficial Lego Museum 4596 Noble Street Bellaire, Ohio 43906 (near Wheeling, Ohio and then 3 hours east of Columbus, OH on Interstate 70) https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialLegoMuseum |
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| James May's Full Size LEGO
House Located at Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey England website:www.barnabygunning.com/_project.php?ID=3 website: www.wimp.com/legohouse/
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| LEGO Conventions:
Brickcon - Seattle, Washington |
The following websites belong to various LEGO User Groups (LUGs), who I admire for their imagination, creativity and determination for building awesome LEGO structures!
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Michigan LEGO User Group website: www.michlug.org/members/ Picture was taken in July 2007 at the National Train Show held in Detroit, Michigan |
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Since I moved away from Michigan, as of June 13, 2010, I was put on
Emeritus status by then President Peter Guenther. Picture was taken December
2006 at Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Max Fisher
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Kansas City Brick Lab LEGO User Group website: www.kcbricklab.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KCBrickLab?_rdr=p Flickr - https://secure.flickr.com/groups/kcbricklab |
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LEGOLAND Discovery Center (Kansas City, Missouri - Crown Center) https://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/kansascity/ |
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LEGO Certified Professionals
LEGO Certified Professionals is a community-based program made up of adult LEGO
hobbyists who have turned their passion for building and creating with LEGO
bricks into a full-time or part-time profession. LEGO Certified Professionals
are not LEGO employees, but they are officially recognized by the LEGO Group as
trusted business partners.
Each LEGO Certified Professional is selected for the program based on his or
her:
- Building proficiency
- Enthusiasm for the LEGO brick and building system
- Professional approach towards other LEGO fans and the broader public
Some of my favorite LEGO Certified Professionals are:
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Sean Kenney http://www.seankenney.com/ brickshelf.com: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=seankenney Picture - Chicago Tribune Building |
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Adam Reed http://www.brickstructures.com/ |
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Nathan Sawaya http://www.brickartist.com/ |
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Nicholas Foo www.blackbulbcreations.blogspot.com |
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For more information on more LEGO Certified Professionals:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/programs-and-visits/lego-certified-professionals |
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Cool AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) Builders
The following websites belong to various people, who I
admire for their building passion, and creativity using LEGO bricks, plates.
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DecoJim (Art Deco Buildings By Jim Garrett
. . . member of MichLUG) mocpages.com - http://www.mocpages.com/mocs.php?id=1287 flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/decojim brickshelf.com - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=DecoJim |
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| Fisher Building | Detroit Buildings By Jim Garrett | Penobscot Building | The Penobscot Block in Detroit |
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J. Spencer Rezkalla . . .member of MichLUG (LEGO Microscale Skyscrapers) mocpages.com - http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/33 |
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Rocco Buttliere (Building the Chicago Skyline in Microscale...picture was from June 2015) mocpages.com - http://mocpages.com/home.php/26843 brickshelf.com - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=RoccoB |
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| Loopie - Cool photos of LEGO
structures, especially at night brickshelf.com - www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=loopie |
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| AEGLI - Cool photos of LEGO
Bridges brickshelf.com - www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=AEGLI |
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| S-Asbury - Cool photos of LEGO
Vehicles brickshelf.com - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=s-asbury |
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| Mark Chan - Cool photos of
Kansas City's Union Train Station brickshelf.com - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=13740 |
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www.mocpages.com
- website for people to display their own creations
(My Own Creations)
www.flickr.com/ - website to view LEGO creations
www.rebrick.com - website to view LEGO creations
www.brickshelf.com - an older website to view LEGO creations
www.bricklink.com - a website to purchase LEGO parts and sets
www.brickset.com - huge database of official LEGO sets and instructions and part lists
www.peeron.com - huge database of LEGO parts
www.brickfactory.info/ - website with lots of LEGO instructions
The Brothers Brick - A LEGO Blog website
The Brick Fan - good website of LEGO News and Reviews
https://ideas.lego.com/ - a really cool website where people can built their own LEGO design, then upload it to share it with the world. If enough people comment and vote (must have 10,000 positive votes) that they liked your design, then the LEGO Executives will review it, and then they might pu your set in full production and sell it (you would also get a royalty fees from it).
https://cuusoo.com - a website similar to the Lego Ideas Website
www.thejigsawpuzzles.com If you like online Jigsaw Puzzles...check this out and then do a search for "lego"
BlueBrick - http://bluebrick.lswproject.com/ (Lego Layout Editor)
LDD (LEGO Digital Designer) http://ldd.lego.com/en-us/ (the Official LDD from LEGO)
LDRAW http://www.ldraw.org/ (more advance 3D CAD program)
Adobe Photoshop Brushes (LEGO Bricks)
SketchUP (3D Modeling Software) http://www.sketchup.com/
