Master BuildersMaster Builders https://www.master-builders.com Building a Sense of Place Thu, 09 May 2019 22:17:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.master-builders.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-Master-Builders-512x512-2-32x32.png Master Builders https://www.master-builders.com 32 32 Escaping the “Brick Blahs” with Birgitte https://www.master-builders.com/escaping-the-blahs/ https://www.master-builders.com/escaping-the-blahs/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:30:06 +0000 jkellerps http://www.master-builders.com/?p=1284 Have you ever wondered how some artists display such amazing creativity? Builder Birgitte Jonsgard took the time to share a few secrets and an interesting visual trick. JD: Birgitte, how do you escape the “blah” to find creative inspiration? Birgitte: Creativity is not the easiest topic to say something sensible about. It is such an […]

The post Escaping the “Brick Blahs” with Birgitte first appeared on Master Builders.]]> Have you ever wondered how some artists display such amazing creativity? Builder Birgitte Jonsgard took the time to share a few secrets and an interesting visual trick. JD: Birgitte, how do you escape the “blah” to find creative inspiration? Birgitte: Creativity is not the easiest topic to say something sensible about. It is such an […]

The post Escaping the “Brick Blahs” with Birgitte first appeared on Master Builders.]]> https://www.master-builders.com/escaping-the-blahs/feed/ 1 Reducing the Size of Government https://www.master-builders.com/hungarian-parliament/ https://www.master-builders.com/hungarian-parliament/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:00:43 +0000 jkellerps http://www.master-builders.com/?p=1154 Taking 3 weeks just to develop a strategy for modeling the Hungarian Parliament in microscale, Tamás dazzles our eyes with his first architectural model. Known as Bigboy99899 on Flickr, Tamás shares some of his challenges below and provides some stats about his model. Can you guess which feature he began his design with? Read more […]

The post Reducing the Size of Government first appeared on Master Builders.]]> Taking 3 weeks just to develop a strategy for modeling the Hungarian Parliament in microscale, Tamás dazzles our eyes with his first architectural model. Known as Bigboy99899 on Flickr, Tamás shares some of his challenges below and provides some stats about his model. Can you guess which feature he began his design with? Read more […]

The post Reducing the Size of Government first appeared on Master Builders.]]> https://www.master-builders.com/hungarian-parliament/feed/ 2 Building Tips from Mars https://www.master-builders.com/mars-orbital-vehicle/ https://www.master-builders.com/mars-orbital-vehicle/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2017 02:13:57 +0000 jkellerps http://www.master-builders.com/?p=919 Experience, research and memorization helped Ilija build a LEGO rocket with painstaking detail. This build would be a fun challenge for any LEGO builder. Learn a few tips from this detailed builder as you study the other images below. The Mars Orbital Vehicle uses a lot of creative building techniques. How did you learn the […]

The post Building Tips from Mars first appeared on Master Builders.]]> Experience, research and memorization helped Ilija build a LEGO rocket with painstaking detail. This build would be a fun challenge for any LEGO builder. Learn a few tips from this detailed builder as you study the other images below. The Mars Orbital Vehicle uses a lot of creative building techniques. How did you learn the […]

The post Building Tips from Mars first appeared on Master Builders.]]> https://www.master-builders.com/mars-orbital-vehicle/feed/ 3 What Henry Ford Didn’t Teach Us About Productivity https://www.master-builders.com/henry-ford-productivity/ https://www.master-builders.com/henry-ford-productivity/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:00:09 +0000 jkellerps http://www.thebrickidea.com/?p=834 Henry Ford revolutionized the Industrial Age with his invention of the movable assembly line – all of the sudden work came to the workers and cars were built fast. Rather than each worker building a car, each person in line would complete one role like attaching a wheel or checking some bolts. Contrary to popular […]

The post What Henry Ford Didn’t Teach Us About Productivity first appeared on Master Builders.]]> Henry Ford revolutionized the Industrial Age with his invention of the movable assembly line – all of the sudden work came to the workers and cars were built fast. Rather than each worker building a car, each person in line would complete one role like attaching a wheel or checking some bolts. Contrary to popular […]

The post What Henry Ford Didn’t Teach Us About Productivity first appeared on Master Builders.]]> https://www.master-builders.com/henry-ford-productivity/feed/ 1 The Untold Story of LEGO®-Themed Furniture https://www.master-builders.com/qlib/ https://www.master-builders.com/qlib/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:45:29 +0000 jkellerps http://www.thebrickidea.com/?p=758 Have you ever been told you should patent one of your ideas? With spray paint and a few coasters ordered through eBay, Martin decked out the doors of his IKEA cupboards like LEGO bricks. Friends and family loved it. Instead of patenting his idea, Martin is taking his product straight to the consumer. After sharing […]

The post The Untold Story of LEGO®-Themed Furniture first appeared on Master Builders.]]> Have you ever been told you should patent one of your ideas? With spray paint and a few coasters ordered through eBay, Martin decked out the doors of his IKEA cupboards like LEGO bricks. Friends and family loved it. Instead of patenting his idea, Martin is taking his product straight to the consumer. After sharing […]

The post The Untold Story of LEGO®-Themed Furniture first appeared on Master Builders.]]> https://www.master-builders.com/qlib/feed/ 2 Free LEGO® eBook: Limited Time Only! [Page] https://www.master-builders.com/newsletter/ https://www.master-builders.com/newsletter/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:20:50 +0000 jkellerps http://www.thebrickidea.com/?page_id=458 What if the LEGO® masters were willing to share their secrets with you? Master Builder Secrets will let you know when the best builders of the LEGO fan community have creative tips to share.

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