{"id":1956,"date":"2024-01-28T09:55:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T09:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2024-01-28T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T09:57:07","slug":"celebrating-world-lego-day-at-edinburgh-napier-university-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2024\/01\/28\/celebrating-world-lego-day-at-edinburgh-napier-university-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Celebrating Lego Day<\/h1>\n<p>It&#8217;s world Lego day today. Lego is one of those toys that is ubiquitous with childhood. Anyone growing up in the West will know immediately what you mean when you mention it. It is the joy of Children everywhere, and the thing that drives most parents mad. Is there anything more painful to stand on!?!<\/p>\n<p>In fact, people who have regularly experienced walking on hot coals and broken glass say Lego is by far the worst thing to walk on (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/why-walking-legos-hurts-more-walking-fire-or-ice-180970784\/\">source<\/a>). Feeling brave? You always have a go at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukfirewalk.com\/legowalking\">Lego Firewalk<\/a>. Personally, I\u2019d rather walk on glass or coals!<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>It was in Denmark, at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ole_Kirk_Christiansen\">Ole Kirk Christiansen<\/a>\u2019s workshop where Lego was firstborn. In 1934 it became called Lego after the Danish phrase <em>leg godt<\/em>. \u00a0They were originally called Automatic Binding Bricks, but less originally they were based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiddicraft\">Kiddicraft<\/a> Self-Locking Bricks, already patented in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Over time Lego has grown to become the biggest toy company in the world and is not only used as toys but as movies, artworks and they even made an amusement park you can visit.<\/p>\n<h3>Mindfulness and Lego<\/h3>\n<p>Lego is no longer just for children; in fact, they have many Lego sets dedicated to adults. There is some fascinating research connected to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/virtual-relaxation-space\/\">mindfulness<\/a> about how doing Lego can help our mental health. We actually keep a Lego set behind each Library Help Desk you can borrow for free. 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