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Beginning of the Business

  • Most famous toy was a pull along duck made of wood
  • Christiansen drew up all the design guides
  • Lego took the idea of plastic bricks from Kiddicraft
  • What is Kiddicraft?

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Works Cited

"About Us." Timeline 2010. lego.com N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2016.

"Ole Kirk Christiansen Biography: Amazing History of LEGO Company." Astrum People. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2016.

"Ole Kirk Christiansen." FAMOUS INVENTORS. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2016.

"Planning a Modern City, With Legos." The New York Times. The New York Times, 22 Nov. 1989. Web. 15 Mar. 2016.

Where did the name come from?

  • Christiansen created a contest among the workers to come up with a name
  • "Leg Godt" meaning "play well" won
  • Christiansen came up with the winning name

(article written by Astrum People on March 11, 2013)

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Who is he?

  • Birth
  • born in Denmark and was the 10th child
  • Carpentry
  • brother's apprentice at age 14
  • Marriage and Kids
  • ended up being single father of 4 kids
  • Great Depression hit
  • made wooden items like ladders, stools, ironing boards, and toys

Summary

1. Not the original idea

2. Legos are Danish

3. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen invented them

4. Originally were wooden toys

Where is Lego now?

  • new sets such as toy people, dollhouses, train sets
  • recently there has been video games and movies
  • Guinness Book of World Records (2008)
  • 500,000 Lego bricks at 30.48 meters high
  • Jørgen Vig Knudstorp is the recent CEO
  • first non-family member to control Lego
  • entire modern city out of Legos
  • Onkal (Duke) Guzey

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Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

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