Jess Gibson's new "blocumentary" paints a portrait of the obsessive Adult Fans of Lego (Afol).
We've covered Lego from lots of angles before: From their recent corporate turnaround to their attempts to make MP3 players and cameras to the mammoth creations at Brickcon.
But who are these mega-geeks that remain obsessed with Legos all their lives? Filmmaker Jess Gibson scoured the Pacific Northwest, interviewing some legendary Lego builders, hoping to understand who these guys are (and they're all guys). He's just recently finished the movie, Afol: A Blocumentary, and posted it online:
The human-side is just like any other hobby or obsession: One "Adult Fan of Lego" (also called Afol, pronounced "awful), Jason Ruff, sees a sort of continuity with his childhood in the very modularity of the design: "25 years later, when I get nostalgic, they'll still fit together with the new ones." Wayne Hussey (pictured below) is the director of Brickcon.
We've covered Lego from lots of angles before: From their recent corporate turnaround to their attempts to make MP3 players and cameras to the mammoth creations at Brickcon.
But who are these mega-geeks that remain obsessed with Legos all their lives? Filmmaker Jess Gibson scoured the Pacific Northwest, interviewing some legendary Lego builders, hoping to understand who these guys are (and they're all guys). He's just recently finished the movie, Afol: A Blocumentary, and posted it online:
The human-side is just like any other hobby or obsession: One "Adult Fan of Lego" (also called Afol, pronounced "awful), Jason Ruff, sees a sort of continuity with his childhood in the very modularity of the design: "25 years later, when I get nostalgic, they'll still fit together with the new ones." Wayne Hussey (pictured below) is the director of Brickcon.
- 3/18/2010
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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