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Tag Archives: LEGO
Fun Link Friday: Lego Great Wave
Are you a fan of art? Of LEGOs? LEGO art? I think we all are. Which is why it was so cool this amazing piece from Jumpei Mitsui, Japan’s only certified professional LEGO builder (did not know that was a … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, early modern Japan, fun link friday, Hokusai, Japanese culture, LEGO, legos, modern art, ukiyo-e
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Fun Link Friday: Japanese Life in Lego
Last week we featured a Fun Link Friday of Suntory Whisky’s advertising through manufacturing high-tech 3-D ice cubes of fantastic things like the Golden Pavilion or Godzilla, but sometimes you need to appreciate the low-tech options, too. 🙂 At the … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, fun link friday, Japan, Japanese culture, LEGO
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Fun Link Friday: Todaiji Recreated with LEGOs, Pop-Up Style
While many of us cherish our Nanoblock replicas of Tokyo Tower and Shirakawa-go, LEGO-builder Tapalz recreates Japanese historical buildings on a far larger and more complicated scale: his models fold into a neat case and “pop up” like pictures in … Continue reading
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Tagged Daibutsu, fun link, fun link friday, LEGO, Nara, pop-up, Talapz, Todaiji, UNESCO World Heritage, video
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