Red squares, blue trapezoids, white triangles, brown cones... Thousands of LEGO components are like painting pigments to master Du Yeheng. As long as he gathers them at hand, he can turn stones into gold and combine seemingly unrelated bricks into various shapes. The Guangzhou Sanqi bus made of LEGO is Du Yeheng's most satisfactory work, and he also plans to create LEGO models and run a LEGO store as his lifelong career.
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Self-creation represents Guangzhou
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Entering Du Yeheng's LEGO world, walls are categorized with all sorts of parts. Some are functional components, some are gears, others are weapons, dazzling and varied. Buzz Lightyear, Super Mario, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Santa Claus, Three-Eyed Kid, Pirate Ships, Star Wars, Tanks, Cars, Buses, various Gunpla, etc., characters from animated series, comics, and movies come alive before your eyes, vividly capturing classic figures. There are also piggy banks, bow ties, hangers, storage racks, shoes, and other daily necessities that can be created in his hands.
Works: Guangzhou Sanqi Bus, Guangzhou Tower, Transformers
"When playing with LEGO, it's a form of self-creation. The key is to give your works a soul. Like painting, you use your brush to put ideas onto paper, and you need to practice imitation to accumulate experience," he said. To piece together your thoughts with LEGO components requires more thinking and practice for innovation. At the same time, LEGO creation originates from life, such as hangers, bow ties, and Du Yeheng's favorite work - the Guangzhou Sanqi bus. He expressed that the bus fully embodies the local characteristics of Guangzhou, and these inspirations come from the accumulation of daily life.
"Guangzhou Sanqi Bus" is one of Du Yeheng's favorite works. In Xiao Du's hands, LEGO bricks can transform into sailboats.
"At the age of two, my mom bought me LEGO bricks to play with, and I was immediately captivated by them," Du Yeheng said. Since then, every time there was a new LEGO product, he would beg his mother to buy it for him. However, he stated that during school years, studying was the priority, and playing with LEGO was purely out of interest. During university, he chose design as his major, allowing LEGO to intertwine deeper with his life. He once did homework themed around LEGO, creating fake 3D art on the ground, and both teachers and classmates commented, "It looks just like LEGO."
LEGO Master: Du Yeheng
LEGO is popular among audiences of different ages abroad, but domestically, it lacks sufficient promotion, and this situation has yet to be expanded. Du Yeheng said that when many of his friends heard that he was playing with LEGO, their first reaction was often, "You're still playing this?" He personally believes that playing with LEGO transcends age. Children have their way of playing, and adults have theirs. "Universal LEGO" is his dream. He hopes that in the future, he can continuously expand the scale of his LEGO store, focusing on creations with Guangzhou characteristics in the near term, such as the Guangzhou Tower and Baiyun Mountain.
Feature: Combining LEGO bricks
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"To truly start being obsessed with LEGO, I would say it began at the age of twenty," he said. When his creations became highly sought after, participated in large-scale creative competitions, or received media recognition through interviews, it only deepened his fascination with LEGO. "Its strong creativity is what attracts me the most." He introduced that currently, there are over 5,000 types of LEGO components, with over 1,000 frequently used. LEGO models can be continuously combined and disassembled, and the parts can be reused, making them a kind of renewable resource toy, which is relatively environmentally friendly.
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