It’s all in the details.

One of the things I’m enjoying about these Lego sets is the sheer number of details they put into a kit. I recently built a three-story department store that has casual clothes, formal clothes, millinery, glassware/china, and toy departments. Plus a changing room, checkout station, and escalators for getting from one floor to another. And a revolving door that actually turns. That’s a lot of detail to fit in a 7 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ space.

And that’s just the interior. The exterior has sidewalks including decorative tile and storm drains, an ice cream stand, a mail box, a street lamp, huge flower pots, a trash bin, flags, window awnings, a billboard on the roof, and a window washer on his scaffolding hanging on the side of the building.

Back in the 1970s I wanted to be an architect. I wanted to design houses that had just enough space for a family to live in without a lot of wasted space. I enrolled in architectural school and began informational interviewing to get people’s feedback on what I wanted to do. Everyone I interviewed said it couldn’t be done. It was too specialized. Unfortunately, I listened to those people and gave up on the idea.

So imagine my frustration when Sarah Susanka published this:

It’s too late now for me to begin a career in architecture.

So I just build Lego sets and admire their designers’ ability to get so much detail in such a small space.

Maybe I should design Lego kits?

TTYL,

Linda