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Lego: Tower

Lego: Tower
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Create the impossible.

Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt/Alster, Hamburg, Germany
Creative Directors: Daniel Frericks, Thimoteus Wagner, Götz Ulmer
Art Directors: Damjan Pita, Alexander Muesgens
Copywriter: Mathias Müller
Account Manager: Katharina Schablitzki
3-D-Modelling: Soul Pix
Published: December 2007

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EupinDC's picture 49 pencils

Escher rocks, so do these.

LeeHarvey's picture 1798 pencils

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sold's picture 2341 pencils

if you forget Escher for one moment, you will see this ad just like nothing.

jochen's picture 391 pencils

correct me if i am wrong...
but wouldn't these things be impossible to build!?!
even with lego...!?!

Davosk's picture 4439 pencils

C'mon, these are good ads. Lego is all about imagination, where's the harm in stretching limits. This is borrowed interest but done very well.

tipptapp's picture 131 pencils

This is one of the best works I've seen this (young) year! I would say, Cannes-winning!

tipptapp's picture 131 pencils

Correction: shame on you, guys! But it will win awards anyway...

Guest's picture

*lol* dream on

Eureka's picture 4 pencils

oh. stealling ideas... and then building it in 3D and not with real lego??
not so good Jung von Matt...

look here. real ones:

http://studiozn.com/wpn/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/escher-lego-ascendi...

http://www.gravestmor.com/strips/escher%20lego.jpg

http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/Escher-lego/MC.Escher-Lego-belvedere.jpg

regards. they don`t rock. Escher does and only Escher!

jochen's picture 391 pencils

- "hey guys, look at this... they built the escher paintings with legos..."

- "that's pretty cool. lets slap the lego logo on it and sell it as our idea!"

- "yeah. lets!!!"

LeeHarvey's picture 1798 pencils

Bloody Germans

theoneandtheother's picture 113 pencils

don´t get it ... can somebody explain it

Davosk's picture 4439 pencils

Search for M.C. Escher on google.

Jarne von Wolfsburg's picture 284 pencils

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you had your winner. this won`t do it.

do you earn money with that client?

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bluejeans's picture 28 pencils

Not bad, even it comes from Escher. Above all, this is an ad, not thesis.

Gutts's picture 33 pencils

I like it.

Django's picture 5 pencils

Pitschka ti materina, to je dobro!

Monjet's picture 174 pencils

Mmmmm.... I've seen it on the internet a long time ago. Just google "escher" and you'll find the escher lego stuff. Check http://www.gravestmor.com/wp/archives/2005/12/12/lego-escher/ (posted in 2005!)

I know it doesn't have a lego logo, but... I think it doesn't need a lego logo.

jenm's picture 40 pencils

got the same idea last year and I didn't think it was worth creating.
impossible is nothing? c'mon lego is a toy for kids to develop fantasy and imagination.
lego must not motivate kids to do impossible things. it must bring you closer to yourself. no matter if you just stick two stones together. if that's what you can do,
it's wonderful.

Killer Kowalski's picture 391 pencils

They should at least put the escher-guy on the credits!

linusvanpelt's picture 17 pencils
LeeHarvey's picture 1798 pencils

Whaaaaaaat??!! James Brown is dead??????

Andal's picture 867 pencils

LOL
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Smart and Funny Signature.

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It's so easy to critic.

michelangelo_of_ad's picture 408 pencils

I am 25 years old, I still play with lego and I think these ads are brilliant!! :-)

"I have no friends, and don't want any." - Michelangelo

"The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures..."- Carl Ally, ad exec

hoopla's picture 56 pencils

Just google "Escher" and "Lego". This idea is simply stolen,
like the skyscraper alphabet for Mercedes. How desperate
are these guys at Jungvonmatt to get awards? To publish
an ad like this for some econonomical reason maybe ok.
But it's a shame to write your name for someone elses
work in the credits. Yeah, thats to you Daniel Frericks,
Thimoteus Wagner, Götz Ulmer, Damjan Pita, Alexander
Muesgens, Mathias Müller.

biabitch's picture 304 pencils

If they asked permission AND placed it in let's say an art magazine then i say this is great. especially the line.

But otherwise - stolen.

the_dejawoo's picture 94 pencils

So so.

Mr.Top's picture 732 pencils
Eureka's picture 4 pencils

specially taking the SAME colors fromt the ones you found on google!! most escher scribbles were black and white. but those colors are the same! unbelievable. nice one jung von matt. can´t you do something fresh???

Have Heart's picture 922 pencils

Once again a stolen idea. Shame on Jung von Matt.

Houdini's picture 26 pencils

C'mon. How many ideas work with escher motives.

besides, I've seen so many award winning work out there inspired by comic books,
internet sites, cartoons, movies etc for so many years..
and for the real outrageous people out there:
calm down, it's just advertising.

after all it's a nice idea which is fun!

Wolfgang's picture 85 pencils

would be great if it was not a rip-off! Otherwise nice copyline!

Mr.Abc's picture 33 pencils

Thats true. But i think there is a big difference between being inspired
and to copy. But this is a copy. Nothing more

niranjanhg's picture 211 pencils

good

I am a student.

Marcel's picture 40 pencils

"The task is to create camaign for lego... hmmm... let's do the google search! BOOM Look what i found http://www.gravestmor.com/wp/archives/2005/12/12/lego-escher/ let't do the camaign!."

Anyway i really like these.

hoopla's picture 56 pencils

"The task is to win awards no matter how" - hmmmm... nice Lego idea
there! Already done by someone? Yes? Doesn't matter! Is Lego on our
clients list? No? Doesn't matter, too!

Marcel's picture 40 pencils

"The task is to win awards no matter how"
Even if it means to "borrow" someone else idea to win? Create something, put it under your pillow and the next day see it as a winning piece with someone else name under it. COOL!

"Doesn't matter!"
IT DOES metter, a lot. It don't if they pay the autor and listed him. Did they? NO.

hoopla's picture 56 pencils

Looks like I have to work on my ironic skills.

Marcel's picture 40 pencils

Looks like i have to work on my english ;) sry mate

hoopla's picture 56 pencils

Hehe, no problem. We're on the same side.

Eightball's picture 200 pencils

Embarrassing for every copywriter and art director at jvm.
That's not the way they work.

flavourfish's picture 51 pencils

Wondering if they asked him or not. It may seem they did because they actually did the illustration very much the same as his pictures on his site.. Blue roof, figures almost the same place etc..

COPYKiLL's picture 5 pencils

I knew that advertising is not about having ideas, I thought so far that it's about remixing or re-creating, but its about stealing. And those who steal mostly are the best agency in the world. Thats another proof! Envy from my side? Yes of course! Caus' everyone including me who visits the internet from time to time knows the originals, but I had scruples in making it! Damn. The last time I swear.

Guest's picture

Why dont you just calm down? It's just a few pictures. Besides, these aren't going to be Lego sets! Well, they should have put Escher's name in the credits to be fair...

Anyway, these are cool! Are they real or not?

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terrible

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Lame.

Guest's picture

kool who thinks it terrible get a life

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