LEGO MAZE 21305 - Meet the Designer; Jason Allemanns Design Journey; Customization and Limitless Possibilities

THEDESIGNER
Jason Allemann,
LEGO
®
fan and designer
of the LEGO Maze
“GrowingupIwasalwaysfascinatedwithhow
things workedI have never actually owned
one of those original wooden mazes but I
would always be drawn to them whenever
visitingsomeonewhohadone
“Afterbuildinga few small mazes it didn’t
take long before I was building larger
mazestorunaLEGO
®
soccerballthrough
I originally tried to recreate the wooden
version of the labyrinth maze as faithfully
as possible but it quickly became
apparentthatthiswasn’tpractical
“I decided to decrease the size of
themazeandeliminatetheholesBy
having the ball fall into depressions
themazecouldbebuiltusingfewerlarger
plates
“Oneofthelimitationsoftheoriginalwooden
toyisthatitisalwaysthesameThereisno
waytomakeitmoreorlessdifficultormodify
themazetohaveadifferentplayexperience
AsIwasdesigningthismodelIreallywanted
to embrace the customization that having it
builtoutofLEGOpieceswouldallow
“Notonlycanpeoplemodify thedifficultyof
the mazes to gradually increase their skill
buttheycancreatemazesthatfollowspecific
patternsthemedmazesmazeswithmultiple
pathwaystothefinishThepossibilitiesseem
almostlimitless”