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Sneak Peek at the LEGO Van Gogh Sunflowers build shows a wonderful 3D brick-version of the painting

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This LEGO MoC lets you go one step ahead of Miley Cyrus and “Build your own flowers” instead.

Designed by LEGO master builder Chi Hsin Wei, the Van Gogh’s Sunflowers MOC (My Own Creation) garnered quite a lot of attention on their Instagram. Although Hsin Wei (who goes by Lego7 online) just teased the MOC build, it’s still not up on their LEGO Ideas page, so details on its availability are scant at the moment. Here’s hoping that it makes it to the Ideas forum where LEGO enthusiasts around the world cast their vote to turn it into a box set, like Van Gogh’s Starry night and Hokusai’s The Great Wave.

Designer: Chi Hsin Wei

Hsin Wei’s rendition of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers comes with a frame and a wonderfully three-dimensional rendition of the painting itself, with flowers that quite literally pop out from the canvas to greet you with their vibrance. I really feel that Van Gogh’s Post Impressionist style translates incredibly well to LEGO bricks, because each brick ends up looking like a paint-stroke, accentuating the style in its own way.

The build comes with a teal and yellow background, with the vase and 10 flowers emerging from it. While the background stays relatively true to its inspiration, the three-dimensionality of the flowers makes them quite literally pop in a way that attracts your eye. “They look freshly plucked”, one LEGO-based blog mentioned.

The MOC isn’t up for grabs anywhere but with a little support and perseverance, I think we could convince Hsin Wei to release the build either on LEGO Ideas or on other sites like Rebrickable. My favorite detail, however, remains the tiny Van Gogh figurine casually lounging at the bottom with a paintbrush and palette!

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Van Gogh’s The Starry Night LEGO Set: Painting with Plastic

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Van Gogh’s The Starry Night: I remember the first time I saw it at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. I was the only one in the room at the time, and it was surreal: just me and one of the most famous paintings in the world. I still think about that often. Also: all the tasteful nudes I saw while I was there. But enough about my appreciation of fine art, LEGO has just announced a building set based on the famous piece.

The 2,316-piece set creates a plastic replica of the famous painting in a slightly 3D (it’s 5″ deep) plastic form, along with a frame and a small Van Gogh minifig. The finished build measures approximately 15″W x 12″H. For reference, the actual painting measures 2’5″ x 3′. It was much smaller than I anticipated when I first saw it. I don’t know why, but I imagined it would be like eight or ten feet wide.

The $170 set will be released on June 1st, and, just like the actual painting, I’ll have no choice but to admire it from afar since it’s out of my budget. Knowing me, I’ll probably try constructing my own version out of LEGO pieces I already have, and it’ll end up looking like some sort of unrecognizable abstract expressionist piece. My wife will not be thrilled when I ask her if we should hang it on the fridge.

[via The Awesomer]

LEGO Approves Van Gogh ‘The Starry Night’ Set: It Belongs In A Museum!

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Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ is easily one of the most recognizable paintings in the world. And now LEGO has decided to make it an official set after the concept was proposed by builder Truman Cheng on the LEGO Ideas website, garnered the 10,000+ necessary supporters, and made it through LEGO’s approval process. Nice, I’ve already started clearing off a place on my wall to hang it.

The set will consist of a 3-dimensional recreation of the famous painting, and LEGO believes it “illustrates a whole new way to think about LEGO art.” Does this mean an entire line of famous artworks will get the LEGO treatment in the near future? Granted I don’t have my Magic 8-Ball on me, but if I had to take a guess, it is decidedly so.

The last time I was in New York, I actually went to see ‘The Starry Night’ at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, which has had the piece in its permanent collection since 1941) and I was surprised at its size. I assumed it was going to be a behemoth of a painting at like 6′ x 8′, but it’s roughly only 2′ x 3′. I was so bewildered I immediately left and tried to eat my weight in street hot dogs.

[via Nerdist]

Van Gogh’s iconic Starry Night will soon be immortalized with its own LEGO set!

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I’d venture a guess that owning a LEGO Starry Night would be just as cool as owning the original, but who am I to judge the value of post-impressionist art, I’m just another millennial!

LEGO just approved of turning the Starry Night into a production-ready set. The idea for the product came from LEGO Ideas, a playground where LEGO enthusiasts upload their creations, and LEGO fans vote on designs that they want to see willed into existence. The Starry Night rendition comes from Truman Cheng, a Master Builder who goes by the username legotruman. Cheng’s rendition of the post-impressionist masterpiece uses a total of 1,552 pieces, and gathered a stunning 10 thousand votes on the LEGO Ideas platform! It features a 3 dimensional representation of Van Gogh’s famed painting, along with a miniature figurine of the artist along with his easel, brush, palette, and canvas. The 3D LEGO pieces actually work wonderfully with Van Gogh’s style, as each individual brick looks like a distinct brush-stroke, giving the artpiece its signature Impressionist appeal.

As of now LEGO has approved of Truman’s design for production, but there isn’t any word on when it’ll release, or what the price will be.

Designer: Truman Cheng for LEGO Ideas

CES 2014 in Las Vegas Highlights: Van Gogh-2 Apple Docking Station from Amethyst Innovations Corporation

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The much awaited Consumer Electronics Show (CES), also known as International CES is just only a few days away from now. We have been eagerly waiting for this event since last and can’t wait anymore...
    






The Starry Night at the Arcade: Pac Man Meets van Gogh

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OK, I’ll admit it. I’m sort of obsessed with Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night. I just can’t get enough of the sweeping wind patterns that are prevalent in this piece of incredible art. This is one of the reasons why I’m always happy to find recreations, tributes, and reinterpretations of one of Van Gogh’s most beautiful pieces. Noah Gibbs, also known as ~SirNosh, is behind this amazing homage to The Starry Night.

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It depicts what would happen if van Gogh had a bad case of Pac-Man fever. The result of his homage is pretty cool, and I like all of the details he incorporated into it – especially the swirling ghost-clouds in the middle. This should definitely be made available as prints, laptop vinyl decals, and iPhone cases. I think he’d sell quite a few.

I just hope that Noah didn’t cut off his own ear to make this.

[via DeviantArt]


Van Gogh’s Starry Night Recreated With Domino Pieces

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We’re not sure about what your definition of art is, but if domino recreation of famous painting doesn’t fit in, well, you’re gonna have to rethink some things now.

The 7,000 piece domino maze that recreates Van Gogh’s The Starry Night was set up by a YouTube user known as ...
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Starry Night Interactive App Hits iPad

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Remember that gorgeous Interactive Starry Night? It certainly put a high tech spin on one of Van Gogh’s most inspiring works. It’s one of my favorite pieces of art, especially the wind. Initially, I wondered if the guy who made it would release it for other platforms so that more people could enjoy it. I guess the crowd’s clamor won, as it was just released for iOS.

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It took Greek artist Petro Vrellis six months to code his Starry Night program for Windows, but under a month to port it over to iOS. The app lets you play with Van Gogh’s masterpiece using your fingertips, adding your own spin to the iconic post-impressionist painting.

Starry Night Interactive is available for iPads now, but it will also be released for Android soon. It costs $1.99(USD) over at the  iTunes App Store.


PSA: Interactive Starry Night now available for the iPad (video)

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Greek Artist Petros Vrellis is a big admirer of Vincent Van Gogh, which prompted him to produce an interactive version of Starry Night. It took him a patience-sapping six months to produce the original PC version, where finger swipes redirect the painter's famous daubs into a light and sound show. Of course, there was such a clamor from users all desperate to have a go, that he managed to produce an iPad app in a little under a month. Now you can pick it up from the App Store at the source link, or head on past the break to see this new version in action (you really do have to see it).

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