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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
[[File:MoaB stage 3 n1.png|thumb|left|Screenshot showing the full game window and a video playing]]
[[File:MoaB stage 3 n1.png|thumb|left|Screenshot of the full game window, showing a video playing in Stage 3]]


''The Making of a Brick'' is an interactive tour through a fictionalized version of the [[Kornmarken]] [[LEGO factory]] in [[Billund]],<ref name="ULB"/> demonstrating the process of manufacturing LEGO elements from raw plastic. The animation uses [[Wikipedia:Isometric video game graphics|isometric graphics]] to depict the factory, with short video clips showing the real interior of the factory. The tour features five stages the viewer can manually progress through: granules, molding, transport, decorating and assembly, and packaging.<ref name="Picks"/> Each stage features two or three video clips activated by moving the [[Wikipedia:Cursor (user interface)#Pointer|mouse pointer]] over the numbered markers.
''The Making of a Brick'' is an interactive tour through a fictionalized version of the [[Kornmarken]] [[LEGO factory]] in [[Billund]],<ref name="ULB"/> demonstrating the process of manufacturing LEGO elements from raw plastic. The animation uses [[Wikipedia:Isometric video game graphics|isometric graphics]] to depict the factory,<ref name="Pop games"/> with short video clips showing the real interior of the factory. The tour is divided into five stages that the viewer can manually progress through: granules, molding, transport, decorating and assembly, and packaging. Each stage takes place in a different area of the factory, and an icon in the top left shows the status of the LEGO elements within that stage. Every stage also features two or three video clips activated by moving the [[Wikipedia:Cursor (user interface)#Pointer|mouse pointer]] over the numbered markers.<ref name="Picks"/>


== Release and awards ==
== Development and release ==
''The Making of a Brick'' was publicly released on LEGO.com on May 20, 2003.<ref name="clubfea1 gif"/> It was originally released in the [[LEGO Club]] section of the website and required a Club account to view.<ref name="LEGO Play"/><ref name="lug 43512"/> In November 2003<ref name="bricks jpg"/> the animation was added to the "About Us" section of the website, where it did not require an account to view.<ref name="LEGO About Us"/> It was also hosted on Pop & Co's website,<ref name="Picks"/> where it remained online through 2017 (at which point the company had renamed to This Is Pop).<ref name="Pop archive 2017"/>
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''The Making of a Brick'' was created by Pop & Company, a [[Wikipedia:New York City|New YorkCity]]-based developer founded in 2000.<ref name="Pop clients"/> The studio was hired by the [[LEGO Group]] to develop an animated factory tour. The developers at Pop wanted the project to embody the "precision engineering" of the LEGO Group's toy manufacturing process.<ref name="Pop games"/> The resulting interactive animation was publicly released on LEGO.com on May 20, 2003.<ref name="clubfea1 gif"/> It was originally available in the [[LEGO Club]] section of the website and required a Club account to view.<ref name="LEGO Play"/><ref name="lug 43512"/> In November 2003,<ref name="bricks jpg"/> the animation was added to the "About Us" section of the website, where it did not require an account to view.<ref name="LEGO About Us"/> It was also hosted on Pop's website,<ref name="Picks"/> where it remained online through 2017 (by which point the company had been renamed to This Is Pop).<ref name="Pop archive 2017"/>


The animation was featured on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo!|Yahoo! Picks]] on November 16, 2003.<ref name="Picks"/>
The animation was featured on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo!|Yahoo! Picks]] on November 16, 2003.<ref name="Picks"/>


In June 2004 won a Bronze Lion in the Cyber category at the [[Wikipedia:Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity|Cannes Lions]] 51st International Advertising Festival.<ref name="Cyber Lion"/> That same month it won an [[Wikipedia:Art Directors Club of New York|Art Directors Club]] award.<ref name="Pop awards"/>
In June 2004 it won a Bronze Lion in the Cyber category at the [[Wikipedia:Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity|Cannes Lions]] 51st International Advertising Festival.<ref name="Cyber Lion"/> That same month it won an [[Wikipedia:Art Directors Club of New York|Art Directors Club]] award.<ref name="Pop awards"/>


In July 2004 it was selected to be in the [[Wikipedia:American Institute of Graphic Arts|American Institute of Graphic Arts]] (AIGA) annual design competition.<ref name="AIGA 04"/>
In July 2004 it was selected to be in the [[Wikipedia:American Institute of Graphic Arts|American Institute of Graphic Arts]] (AIGA) annual design competition.<ref name="AIGA 04"/>
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<ref name="Pop awards">{{cite web |date=July 31, 2004 |website=This Is Pop |location=[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] |publisher=Pop & Co |title=Announcements |url=http://www.thisispop.com/index.php?/ongoing/announcements-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411155137/http://www.thisispop.com/index.php?/ongoing/announcements-2/ |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |quote=It's been a busy few months at Pop for our Lego Factory Tour. In June it took home a Cannes Lion Award and an Art Directors' Club award. This month it was selected in the AIGA Annual Design Competition. Click here to see how your favorite little plastic blocks are created.}}</ref>
<ref name="Pop awards">{{cite web |date=July 31, 2004 |website=This Is Pop |location=[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] |publisher=Pop & Co |title=Announcements |url=http://www.thisispop.com/index.php?/ongoing/announcements-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411155137/http://www.thisispop.com/index.php?/ongoing/announcements-2/ |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |quote=It's been a busy few months at Pop for our Lego Factory Tour. In June it took home a Cannes Lion Award and an Art Directors' Club award. This month it was selected in the AIGA Annual Design Competition. Click here to see how your favorite little plastic blocks are created.}}</ref>
<ref name="Pop clients">{{cite web |website=This Is Pop |title=Clients |url=http://thisispop.com/index.php?/projects/clients |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504173328/http://thisispop.com/index.php?/projects/clients/ |archive-date=May 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Pop games">{{cite web |url=http://www.popandco.com/popsite/index.php?sec=games |title=Games |website=This Is Pop |type=[[Wikipedia:SWF|SWF]] |date=December 16, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206193802/http://www.popandco.com:80/popsite/index.php?sec=games |archive-date=February 6, 2006}} The cited text can be found within [https://web.archive.org/web/20080128175246/http://popandco.com/popsite/games.xml games.xml] at line 88; the file may need to be opened in a text editor to view it.</ref>


<ref name="ULB">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/32/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Ultimate LEGO Book |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]] |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Pickering |editor-first2=Nick |editor-last2=Turpin |editor-first3=Caryn |editor-last3=Jenner |p=32 |ISBN=0-7513-5948-3 |quote=The Kornmarken factory in Billund has 14 silos, built to hold up to 30 tonnes of granules each!}}</ref>
<ref name="ULB">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/32/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Ultimate LEGO Book |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]] |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Pickering |editor-first2=Nick |editor-last2=Turpin |editor-first3=Caryn |editor-last3=Jenner |p=32 |ISBN=0-7513-5948-3 |quote=The Kornmarken factory in Billund has 14 silos, built to hold up to 30 tonnes of granules each!}}</ref>

Revision as of 06:44, 30 October 2024

The Making of a Brick
A screenshot of a Flash game using isometric graphics and cartoon-like sprites. The scene shows a field full of trees and grazing animals, and a road to the southeast that a truck is passing by on. The field contains the title "The Making of a Brick"; the word "Brick" is built out of giant LEGO bricks.
Title screen
Developer(s)Pop & Company
Publisher(s)The LEGO Group
EngineMacromedia Flash
Platform(s)Web browser
ReleaseMay 20, 2003
Genre(s)Educational
Mode(s)Single-player

The Making of a Brick (also referred to as The Making of a LEGO Brick)[1] is an interactive Flash animation developed by Pop & Company and published on LEGO.com in 2003.

Summary

Screenshot of the full game window, showing a video playing in Stage 3

The Making of a Brick is an interactive tour through a fictionalized version of the Kornmarken LEGO factory in Billund,[2] demonstrating the process of manufacturing LEGO elements from raw plastic. The animation uses isometric graphics to depict the factory,[3] with short video clips showing the real interior of the factory. The tour is divided into five stages that the viewer can manually progress through: granules, molding, transport, decorating and assembly, and packaging. Each stage takes place in a different area of the factory, and an icon in the top left shows the status of the LEGO elements within that stage. Every stage also features two or three video clips activated by moving the mouse pointer over the numbered markers.[4]

Development and release

When LEGO asked us to create an animated factory tour we jumped at the chance to make an experience that didn't just illustrate the precision engineering of the famous Danish toy makers, but actually embodied it. The result is a tiny, isometric world where everything fits together with a satisfying click.

Pop & Company[3]

The Making of a Brick was created by Pop & Company, a New YorkCity-based developer founded in 2000.[5] The studio was hired by the LEGO Group to develop an animated factory tour. The developers at Pop wanted the project to embody the "precision engineering" of the LEGO Group's toy manufacturing process.[3] The resulting interactive animation was publicly released on LEGO.com on May 20, 2003.[6] It was originally available in the LEGO Club section of the website and required a Club account to view.[7][8] In November 2003,[9] the animation was added to the "About Us" section of the website, where it did not require an account to view.[10] It was also hosted on Pop's website,[4] where it remained online through 2017 (by which point the company had been renamed to This Is Pop).[11]

The animation was featured on Yahoo! Picks on November 16, 2003.[4]

In June 2004 it won a Bronze Lion in the Cyber category at the Cannes Lions 51st International Advertising Festival.[12] That same month it won an Art Directors Club award.[13]

In July 2004 it was selected to be in the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) annual design competition.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "LEGO Club Home". LEGO.com. The LEGO Group. 2003. Archived from the original on June 11, 2003. The Making of a LEGO Brick – Ever wonder how your favorite toy is made? Take this factory tour!
  2. ↑ Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn (eds.). The Ultimate LEGO Book. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 32. ISBN 0-7513-5948-3. The Kornmarken factory in Billund has 14 silos, built to hold up to 30 tonnes of granules each!
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Games". This Is Pop (SWF). December 16, 2005. Archived from the original on February 6, 2006. The cited text can be found within games.xml at line 88; the file may need to be opened in a text editor to view it.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Making of a Brick". Yahoo! Picks. Sunnyvale, California: Yahoo! Inc. November 16, 2003. Archived from the original on February 20, 2004.
  5. ↑ "Clients". This Is Pop. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ Pop & Company (May 20, 2003). "img238x130clubfea1.gif" (GIF). LEGO.com. The LEGO Group. File date (obtained via wget). Archived from the original on June 17, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Play". LEGO.com. The LEGO Group. 2003. Archived from the original on June 3, 2003. Take the Making of a LEGO Brick factory tour!
  8. ↑ Arnesson, Tobbe (12 November 2005). "Re: How bricks comes to be..." LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 29 October 2024. Here's the URL to the official one (you have to be a member but I'd be suprised if all Lugnetreaders were not members there already (OK, so I realize that's not the case))
  9. ↑ Pop & Company (November 12, 2003). "img185x261bricks.jpg" (JPG). LEGO.com. The LEGO Group. File date (obtained via wget). Archived from the original on October 22, 2005.
  10. ↑ "How the LEGO Bricks are Made". LEGO.com About Us - Corporate Information. The LEGO Group. 2003. Archived from the original on November 25, 2003. Do you know how LEGO bricks are made? Click here and a Flash movie will show you how the bricks are created and handled at the factory.
  11. ↑ "Making of a Brick". This Is Pop. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Cyber Winners 2004" (PDF). Cannes Lions. June 29, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2004. TITLE: Making of a Brick – ADVERTISER: LEGO – PRODUCT: LEGO – ENTRANT COMPANY: Pop & Company – COUNTRY: USA
  13. ↑ "Announcements". This Is Pop. New York: Pop & Co. July 31, 2004. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. It's been a busy few months at Pop for our Lego Factory Tour. In June it took home a Cannes Lion Award and an Art Directors' Club award. This month it was selected in the AIGA Annual Design Competition. Click here to see how your favorite little plastic blocks are created.
  14. ↑ "365: AIGA annual design competitions 2004 Selections". AIGA. New York. Archived from the original on July 19, 2004. Entry title: "Lego: Making of a Brick Website"; Pop & Co.; New York, NY – Category/Medium: Information design

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