LEGO products have become more complex

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dc.contributor.authorBartneck, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorMoltchanova, E.
dc.contributor.editorBader JS
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-16T22:25:24Z
dc.date.available2018-12-16T22:25:24Z
dc.date.issued2018en
dc.date.updated2018-10-31T19:45:52Z
dc.description.abstract© 2018 Bartneck, Moltchanova. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The LEGO Group has become the largest toy company in the world and they can look back to a proud history of more than 50 years of producing bricks and other toys. Starting with a simple set of basic bricks their range of toys appeared to have increased in complexity over the years. We processed the inventories of most sets from 1955–2015 and our analysis showed that LEGO sets have become bigger, more colorful and more specialized. The vocabulary of bricks has increased significantly resulting in sets sharing fewer bricks. The increased complexity of LEGO sets and bricks enables skilled builders to design ever more amazing models but it may also overwhelm less skilled or younger builders.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190651
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/16340
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright: © 2018 Bartneck, Moltchanova. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectEquipment Designen
dc.subjectPlay and Playthingsen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::12 - Built Environment and Design::1203 - Design Practice and Management::120305 - Industrial Designen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::19 - Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing::1905 - Visual Arts and Crafts::190599 - Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleLEGO products have become more complexen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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