The Golden One

If there is a brand I love, it's Lego. The Denmark company began manufacturing its interlocking blocks in 1949 and the word "Lego" is Dutch for "Play Well." 

As a gift to employees that had been with the company for 25 years+ Lego gave a 2 x 4 14K gold brick as a token of gratitude. The gold legos were only awarded between the years of 1979-1981 which makes them ultra-rare! 

All photos courtesy of Brick Envy. 

Very, very cool!! I love this gift idea and I love even more that's it's gold, and I love even more than that that it's rare. It's the trifecta of greatness. 

- Grace

Harney Awe

So I'm a little late on this one, but I just stumbled across the work of Paper Engineer Benja Harney this past week and I am in awe. His work is superb! 

Harney creates paper sculptures for a lot of companies including but not limited to, Hermes (duh!), Lego, and Top Shop. 

I'm so jealous of his talent, I'm green! You can check out more of his work on his blog here.

Harney's work brings up the question that first appeared in the late 1500's---is his work craft or is it fine art? Where's the line between craft and fine art, and if there is one, should there be?

- Grace