Lego to launch sustainable bricks made from sugar cane
Lego is set to launch a range of botanical elements made from a plant-based plastic sourced from sugar cane, in a bid to reduce its plastic waste. More
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Design graduate uses Lego Minifigure as his CV
Instead of a typical paper CV, graduate designer Andy Morris has created a Lego Minifigure in his own likeness to send out to potential employers. More
BIG completes Lego visitor centre shaped like a stack of building blocks
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG has unveiled its new visitor centre for toy company Lego – a stack of huge building blocks, featuring brightly coloured patios that are home to a submarine, a shark and a camel. More
Lego releases drone footage of BIG's Lego House nearing completion
Lego has flown a drone over its BIG-designed visitor centre in Billund, Denmark, to capture footage of its stacked-block formation and the huge Lego-style brick that tops it. More
Lego to launch new model kit of BIG-designed visitor centre ahead of opening
Lego has unveiled a model set of its new Lego House, designed by Bjarke Ingels' architecture firm BIG, to coincide with the opening next month. More
Lego launches Guggenheim Museum kit to mark Frank Lloyd Wright's 150th birthday
To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the birth of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Lego has made a new addition to its architectural model series: the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum. More
Nimuno Loops tape lets you build Lego on almost anything
Lego fans can now build outwards from walls, chair legs, household objects or the backs of other toys using a new studded tape. More
Lego unveils Boost kit to help children learn coding
Lego has announced a kit for building and programming robots, designed to encourage a younger generation to learn how to code, at this year's CES tech conference. More
Kyoto cheese tart shop by Yusuke Seki features counter made of Lego
The latest outlet of Japanese cheese tart shop Bake displays its wares on a Lego counter made by designer Yusuke Seki. More
Lego unveils plans for "informal and inspirational" office campus by CF Møller
Scandinavian firm CF Møller has designed a new headquarters for Lego in Billund, Denmark, featuring both work and play spaces for employees (+ movie). More
Arndt Schlaudraff recreates Brutalist buildings in Lego for Instagram
Photo essay: Berliner Arndt Schlaudraff creates intricate Lego models of Brutalist and Modernist buildings, and photographs the results for his Instagram account lego_tonic (+ slideshow). More
"Toys have become small plastic tablets of moral code that we hand down to the next generation"
Opinion: toy makers have designed a disturbingly codified world for children that says more about adult self-loathing than how kids really want to play, says Sam Jacob. More
Lego introduces Skyline building kits for recreating cityscapes
Danish toy brand Lego has released a set of kits that allows architecture lovers to build skylines of cities around the world. More
Ai Weiwei appeals to public after Lego refuses to provide bricks for "political" work
Danish toy brand Lego, which has built a fan base among architects and designers with its colourful building bricks, has been accused of "censorship" by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei after refusing to supply an order for an exhibition in Australia. More
Competition: five copies of The Lego Architect book to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers No Starch to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book that explores architectural styles and iconic buildings with Lego. More
OMA, Renzo Piano, BIG and Steven Holl build Lego structures for Olafur Eliasson installation
Architects including Steven Holl and Bjarke Ingels have created Lego buildings for an installation by artist Olafur Eliasson on the High Line in Manhattan (+ slideshow). More
Architect's modelling system hailed as "posh Lego"
Architect Damien Murtagh has created a three-dimensional modelling system made of ABS plastic for architects and designers that is now on sale as a children's toy, prompting comparisons with iconic Danish building blocks Lego. More
Lego X turns toy building blocks into a digital modelling kit for designers
Lego bricks could be used to transfer design models into real-time digital files with this prototype system by London studio Gravity (+ movie). More
"Lego proportions are the golden ratio of architecture," says Bjarke Ingels
News: construction has begun on the Lego visitor centre in Billund, Denmark, designed by architect Bjarke Ingels, who told Dezeen that Lego bricks provide the ultimate tool for testing architectural ideas (+ interview). More
Akihiro Mizuuchi makes Lego bricks from chocolate
Japanese designer Akihiro Mizuuchi has created a set of precise Lego moulds that turn melted chocolate into edible bricks (+ slideshow). More