Breaking news: Now recruiting for contributors! Interested in getting more involved in the LEGO community, particularly around diversity, equity, and inclusion? WBI is looking for contributors in all aspects of our outreach – including research, social media work, member recruitment/retention, and more! Help us demonstrate our motto: Clutch holds more… Continue reading
LEGO had a great year in 2022 for equity and inclusion. As part of WBI’s year end tradition, we’re pleased to share our 2022 Top Ten LEGO list for Equity and Inclusion. It’s been such a good year that some of our perennial suggestions (such as the Chinese New Year… Continue reading
Throughout all of the articles written so far, we have researched many sets- from the past, present, and future. We realized we never have written about the sets we objectively think are the best. Thousands of sets exist, and after sifting through them we have compiled a list of our… Continue reading
We thought last year was a great year for LEGO, but 2021 has been just as outstanding. In what will be an annual tradition, WBI is pleased to share its 2021 Top Ten LEGO list for Equity and Inclusion. We took a look at all of LEGO product offerings for… Continue reading
Taking the time and effort to make good photos makes a huge difference in the likelihood your creation gets blogged. Here’s a quick guide from comic artist and AFOL Paul Lee on photographing your MOCs. Continue reading
Using Brickset, LEGO Designer videos, instruction booklet features, LinkedIn and Google, we’ve begun compiling a list of women LEGO creatives and designers and the products they’ve worked on. Some of these designers have created and maintained their own set lists at Brickset which is why their numbers are (currently) higher and more complete. We would love your assistance in making this list more comprehensive! Continue reading
There have been some excellent posts today from all corners of the internet celebrating women in LEGO. We would recommend that you check out Jay’s Brick Blog, whose entry today highlights 50 women LEGO creators everyone should know about (thanks for the shout-out for WBI, Jay! We also love that… Continue reading
We’re close to the end of this marathon called the year 2020, and it’s been quite a year for LEGO. WBI took a look at all of LEGO product offerings for 2020, reviewed them through a lens of gender equity and diversity, and compiled a list of the best and… Continue reading
After an incredibly busy summer, our interns are back off to school (virtually). We’re now almost ready to start sharing everything that we’ve been working on for the last few months. In the coming weeks and months, these are just some of the topics you’ll see covered right here. Our… Continue reading
Thanks to our partnership with Smith College, WBI is pleased to share that we have five interns this summer! Have you ever wondered how many minifig heads are female? And of those, how many are yellow? How many women of colour have been represented in minfig form? How many different… Continue reading
