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Lego should be simple, not smart
The introduction of tech to the most brilliantly basic of building blocks is an odd kind of futurism.
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The Lego Smart Brick being introduced ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
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Edwin Heathcote
Frank Lloyd Wright famously claimed that playing with Froebel kindergarten blocks kindled his fascination for form-making. Le Corbusier, Buckminster Fuller and Charles Eames started with the brightly coloured geometric wooden pieces too. Then came Meccano: look at Norman Foster’s HSBC Tower in Hong Kong or Richard Rogers’ Lloyd’s of London, the lineage is clear.
So what about Lego? The world’s best-selling constructional toy last week launched its Smart Bricks
