The multi-coloured building blocks of our childhood are taking on new cultural associations with the launch of the Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture range.
Architect Adam Reed Tucker has collaborated with The LEGO Group and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to release the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection – part of the LEGO Architecture series. Both kits from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection include a booklet featuring traditional building instructions and exclusive images and photographs of each building.
The LEGO Architecture series was officially introduced in 2008 developing models of iconic American buildings in collaboration with architects. The project hopes to inspire future architects, engineers and designers as well as architecture fans around the world with the LEGO brick as a medium. Builders of all ages can now collect and construct their favourite worldwide architectural sites through these artistic replicas.
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The LEGO Group is well known for its creative approach to brick models and having established itself as an iconic retro brand the childhood toy has been associated with a variety of creative enterprises. Models at Paris fashion week donned LEGO hats for Jean Charles de Castelbajac’s Spring collection show and LEGO accessories seem to be the latest trend. The plastic blocks have been appearing in all sorts of unlikely applications from watches to cameras, bags and belts, to usb sticks, mobile phones and even cupcakes. In this doom and gloom climate of recession it seems we have to look back to our childhoods for a bit of colourful inspiration.
