Lego celebrates 90th year

Lego celebrates 90th year Iconic toy brand Lego has marked its 90th anniversary this week with a 94,128-piece birthday cake.

Trish Rolland from Vision Australia said a learning tool that provided opportunities for students who were blind to lear...
15/08/2022

Trish Rolland from Vision Australia said a learning tool that provided opportunities for students who were blind to learn literacy and numeracy alongside their sighted peers was long overdue.

"In the past, there really wasn't this sort of material available to children who are blind or have low vision," she said.

The five-year-old boy is among an excited group of vision-impaired Australian children chosen to trial Lego Braille Bric...
15/08/2022

The five-year-old boy is among an excited group of vision-impaired Australian children chosen to trial Lego Braille Bricks for the first time.The Lego kits each contain 304 bricks featuring letters, numbers, punctuation and symbols in braille, together with the printed version.

As Harlen Petersen makes his way down a corridor, his white cane stretched out in front of him, he lets out a yell of jo...
15/08/2022

As Harlen Petersen makes his way down a corridor, his white cane stretched out in front of him, he lets out a yell of joy knowing he is about to test-drive some new Lego."Let's play braille Lego," he cries, and points his cane in the air.

"Whether 1932, 2022 or on our 100th anniversary in 2032, we have and will always strive to continue Ole's legacy by help...
15/08/2022

"Whether 1932, 2022 or on our 100th anniversary in 2032, we have and will always strive to continue Ole's legacy by helping all families, wherever they are in the world, to play well."

Lego produces roughly 100 billion bricks each year and employs around 24,000 people worldwide.

"It brings families together and helps children develop skills that can enable them to reach their full potential."He on...
15/08/2022

"It brings families together and helps children develop skills that can enable them to reach their full potential.

"He only had a small workshop, but he had big ambitions to ensure as many children as possible could experience the benefits that play brings.

The company name came from "leg godt", meaning "play well" in Danish.The company's core product, the Lego brick, was fir...
13/08/2022

The company name came from "leg godt", meaning "play well" in Danish.

The company's core product, the Lego brick, was first produced in its current form in 1958.

"When my great-grandfather founded the company 90 years ago, he recognised that play could change the lives of children," Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, Lego's current chairman, said.

His grandchild Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, born in 1947, often inspired and tested new ideas and appeared in the company's p...
13/08/2022

His grandchild Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, born in 1947, often inspired and tested new ideas and appeared in the company's packaging and marketing.

He went on to become Lego's chief executive from 1979 to 2004.

The word Lego comes from "Leg Godt", meaning "Play Well" in Danish Lego produces roughly 100 billion bricks each year an...
13/08/2022

The word Lego comes from "Leg Godt", meaning "Play Well" in Danish
Lego produces roughly 100 billion bricks each year and employs around 24,000 people worldwide

The Danish company unveiled the cake to mark the anniversary and launch a series of events at stores around the world.Th...
13/08/2022

The Danish company unveiled the cake to mark the anniversary and launch a series of events at stores around the world.

The cake, featuring nine layers representing nine decades of Lego play, was built by employees and put on display at the Lego House in Billund — home of the Lego brick.

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