LEGO Group & Aardman Team to Encourage Creativity

The LEGO Group and Aardman have partnered to help inspire young builders and encourage creative storytelling using stop-motion animation inspired by the LEGO brick.

The companies have set a creative challenge using the LEGO Play app, where kids can use an animation tool to share their own animated stories, with a chance to see their ideas featured in an Aardman story. Aardman produced an animated short to announce the challenge, centered on an alien called Boop who is transported to a world of LEGO bricks.

Boop meets LEGO minifigurines and befriends them, but where their story goes from there is something the LEGO Group and Aardman are inviting young creatives to decide.

Aardman has produced the one-minute animated short starring Boop, as well as five mini stop-motion challenge films, including Build Your Own Boop, set to release monthly.

Director Magda Osinska will be hosting a video workshop to inspire young creators and filmmakers. The workshop will be hosted on the LEGO website and will be supported by video tutorials from fan creators and influencers.

“To work with the iconic Aardman Animations is incredibly exciting, and we’re thrilled to see our two brands inspiring kids in this way for the first time,” said Anna Rafferty, senior VP of digital consumer engagement at the LEGO Group. “We hope young builders find this a unique opportunity and, together with Aardman, we’re excited to explore more opportunities to collaborate together in the future.”

Sarah Cox, chief creative director of Aardman, added, “It is safe to say that at Aardman, we are all huge fans of the LEGO Group—so to get to collaborate with our dream partners has been a complete joy. Our partnership has been one of mutual respect, openness and a shared commitment to creativity and play which unites the brick and the clay.”