Lego Interface panels

From 2020, The UX of LEGO Interface Panels:

These iconic, low-resolution designs are the perfect tool to learn the basics of physical interface design. Armed with 52 different bricks, let’s see what they can teach us about the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.

Teaching UI / UX with Lego bricks. I remember these printed slopped bricks used as “console” in Lego space back in the 80s. They are now in a larger variety which that article explores.

But what if these where animated?

From 2022, The Verge pleads Please, Lego, let this engineer bring your computer brick to life:

James Brown loves building weird displays. Like animatronic skulls, or mechanical bit-flipping cellular automatons. Or, in this case, an entire computer inside a mock Lego brick.

Real animation on these Lego bricks, thanks to inexpensive small OLED screens and micro-controllers. Impressive.