--- title: "Why Design and Lego Amazement: Friday Links and Round-Up" description: Links to Involution site discoveries and summary of the week's posts. image: http://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-1713418965-png/lego-bones.png --- [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) [Contact](http://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [Home](http://www.goinvo.com) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision) - [Careers](http://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](http://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) # Why Design and Lego Amazement: Friday Links and Round-Up 26.Sep.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ![paperhouses](https://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-1713424000-png/paperhouses.png) [Paperhouses recently interviewed Juhan Sonin](http://www.paperhouses.co/blog/entry/juhan-sonin-involution-studios-talks-to-paperhouses) on why he designs and why Involution Studios works. After seeing our Gamestorming mention last Friday, early Involution Studios principal and technology director [Ben Listwon](https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=280663&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=24ZJ&locale=en_US&trk=tyah2&trkInfo=tarId%3A1411744203365%2Ctas%3Abenjamin%20listwon%2Cidx%3A1-1-1) responded with these engaging ideas for using play and Lego in corporate and educational settings. ![lego-chrome](https://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-1713424025-png/lego-chrome.png) [Lego Build With Chrome](https://www.buildwithchrome.com) (in case your kids won't let you bring theirs in to work). ![strategic-play-lego](https://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-1713378925-png/strategic-play-lego.png) [Lego Serious Play](http://www.seriousplay.com/) fosters creative thinking in all kinds of workplaces. This image is from an offshoot of Serious Play called [Strategic Play Room](http://www.strategicplayroom.com/). Lego Serious Play began as a trademarked consultancy service and product line that is now open-source. ![lego-bones](http://yes.goinvo.com/hs-fs/hub/356419/file-1713418965-png/lego-bones.png) Ben also shared this amazing idea from the 2012 Google Science Fair,[Growing Bones with Lego](http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/growing-bones-with-lego)! **The week’s highlights:** On this week's podcast, [Episode 70 of The Digital Life](http://thedigitalife.com/5_questions/bif10-in-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedigitallife+%28The+Digital+Life%29)you can hear about [BIF10](http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/), the tenth annual Business Innovation Factory conference. Jon describes it as "basically the equivalent of a giant dinner party where you get to see some terrifically intelligent speakers on stage. Afterwards, you actually also get to talk with them on one of the many break-out sessions about innovation, about design, and about business." On Wednesday we opened an exciting new series on the [future of experience design for emerging technologies](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/the-future-of-design-ux-for-emerging-technologies), including the Internet of Things, robotics, genomics / synthetic biology, and 3D printing / additive fabrication. Monday’s [Around the Studio](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-invo-2014-summer-interns-part-3) featured summer intern [Noel Forte](http://noelforte.com/) and his work on the new *goinvo* website. Topics: [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog), [innovation](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/innovation) - [Home](https://www.goinvo.com/) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Careers](https://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](https://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) - [The Digital Life](http://thedigitalife.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [661 Mass Ave Arlington, MA 02476](https://www.google.com/maps/place/661+Massachusetts+Ave,+Arlington,+MA+02476/@42.4161234,-71.1563006,17z/) - [info@goinvo.com](mailto:info@goinvo.com) - [mailto:hello@goinvo.com](mailto:hello@goinvo.com) - - - - -