Jaime

@Eli: ah, ok, i get it now :) I’m quite sure you can use the sets multiple times if u want. There are only rules about the name and logo (beside LSP training docs/rules), I couldn’t find any other legal doc on TLG/LSP sites. To be honest I don’t understand why was it obligatory before to buy new sets every time.…[Read more]

@Balint: I was just giving the “official” answer. :-) If that has changed since the introduction of Open Source, it’s news to me. The LEGO Group certainly has written to me informing that I can now re-use bricks with my clients. Doesn’t mean I don’t, but…

It’s a bit like asking “what are your techniques for avoiding speed traps, when you’re driving?”

@Jan: I have similar problems time to time. It also depends on the type of workshop you are facilitating and the sets you are using. So far my solutions:
1. sorting head: http://www.target.com/p/lego-sort-and-store-storage-bin-head/-/A-13718711
Collect left over bricks, sort out at home.

2. plastic bag + table: I always ask participants not to…[Read more]

Hi Jan,

I would imagine there are as many answers to your question as there are to the question “How long is a piece of string”. However, there can only be one official answer and that is that each customer should purchase new material for each workshop. If you do multiple workshops with the same customer, the customer can spend the time sorting…[Read more]

@Marko – Yes, that’s the set. Book is quite interesting and have some nice ideas as well.

@Sebastian – according to my experiences for urban planning, building modelling (ideation) you might need more exact structures, less metaphors. The 21050 AS offers a more specific brickset, but it’s not about 1:1 models, not like other architecture sets.…[Read more]

Hi!
Not sure WHY you want to use a different set. The KEY of LSP is the metaphor not a 1:1 model.. I think the standard LSP kit is powerful enough to fulfill your needs.

Best
Sebastian

Not sure WHY you want to use a different set. The KEY of LSP is the metaphor not a 1:1 model..

@Balint – I understand you have in mind the LEGO Architecture Studio 21050 Playset: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPPPCVM/?tag=seriousplay-20 ? Given that it consists of 1210 mostly generic bricks, plates and windows then looks like really an interesting idea how to combine it with Landscape and Identity kit to start constructing interesting landscapes.…[Read more]

Hi!

Have you ever used the Architecture (21050) set for LSP? I have the idea to extend it with some bricks from Identity kit, and somehow specify it for architectural needs…

And few more writings here:
Urban design, 2013: http://paesaggiourbanoweb.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/architects-challenge-building-ideas-with-lego-bricks-p-bertini/ On the LSP experience with students in architecture

In 2013 together with the University of Ferrara, Italy, we organised a conference called “LSP and architecture’ which combined LSP…[Read more]

And few more writings here:
Urban design, 2013: http://paesaggiourbanoweb.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/architects-challenge-building-ideas-with-lego-bricks-p-bertini/ On the LSP experience with students in architecture

In 2013 together with the University of Ferrara, Italy, we organised a conference called “LSP and architecture’ which combined LSP…[Read more]

Hi Juan,

I worked in the past with architects – both students and practitioners.
With one of them, we wrote an e-book on using LSP in co-housing – it’s free here http://b4bricks.org/media/handbook-for-co-housing/ sadly it’s in Italian, but maybe with Google translate you can read it easily.
If you have problems, please, let me know!

What were…[Read more]

Marcos, thank you for this interesting question and thanks to the others for your contribution.

I presume that we have all been asked this a number of times. A decision maker who would like to see a proof that LEGO SERIOUS PLAY “actually works”.

I have used a number of examples from my practice. I was lucky that one of my first experiences was…[Read more]

Hi Marcos,

I did a four hours session recently in Hong Kong on a topic regarding business innovation using LSP. My audiences came from different industries background, I used “Real time identity for YOU” as a base (not all) and I found “reflection” (one of the core processes) is very important for participants to experience and understand value…[Read more]

Marcos,

others said it well and I totally agree with them: make it relevant and useful.

My only additional suggestion is to clarify that a public demo with many participants is not a workshop and that they will experience something very different.

The challenge for the facilitator, aka you, is to take then into the flow quickly.

In my…[Read more]

Thanks Sebastian, I appreciate the time you guys took to reply. I have been hesitant to talk too much about LSP and its benefits and magic in a “real” workshop, as I rather want the participants to discover it by experience, but in this case I agree it is necessary because of the bad experience that had in the past.
thanks!
Marcos