Inside LEGO's PMD

Daz_Hoo

PMD: Product & Marketing Developpement.

Generally speaking, that's the name of the building in Billund were LEGO designers create the sets that end up in LEGO's line of products. Usually, LEGO doesn't permit pictures to be taken in this building, but since it was recently completely remodeled, the design team that did the work was allowed by LEGO to take some pictures to showcase their work.

You can view these picture here: http://www.designerhk.com/blog/15/8309

Personally, I would love to take a ride on that slide!

Thanks to my buddy Pierre Normandin, LEGO CITY designer, for the link and the heads-up.


Daz Hoo

BrickDancer

Thanks for the inside peek @daz_hoo! Picture 15 was my favorite. Didn't know there was a bust of Watto existed before. Picture 12 was an inspiration for display possibilities beyond the typical frame or box. Very nice to see how the creators work and 'live'.

The_Brick_Builder

This just makes me want to work at LEGO even more. :(

LegobrandonCP

Looks like a wonderland in there. I certainly wouldn't mind working in that environment.

Si_UKNZ

Do you need to speak Danish to work there? Seriously!?

andhe

I think you have to speak/learn danish to live/work anywhere in Denmark as a general law of employment. I might be wrong.

What's the star wars set next inbetween the death star and the endor scene? What a great office! I think Google offices come with slides as well. Perhaps I should suggest it at my work.

Si_UKNZ

yes google have slides.

Blue1dot

Great to have an inside look, and I'd imagine everything was made to look perfect for the photographs, but it seems a little sterile to me.

Jenni

I don't know that he ever applied but my husband was looking at an engineering job in the Billund office. The only language requirement was English. May be different for designers.

Si_UKNZ

awesome. if anyone has contacts in marketing or snr levels there, pm me, i fancy a change. serioisly.

bluemoose

In Billund, or generally in Lego ... Like in their offices in Slough?
http://jobsatlego.com/united-kingdom/berks-jobs

Rainstorm26

The sad part about looking at these pictures is that I realize where my money goes. Maybe I need to spend more of my money making my house look like this and less on lego.......Naaaahhhhh :)

Multiversal

It's the perfect MOCing area. I really don't want to die before I've had the chance to work there for a while.

caperberry

I notice they blurred a few models in pic 5 :oD One looks like Fangpyre Mech

LegobrandonCP

The guy in pic 11 & 15 looks the Mike Fuller, the one from the UCS R2-D2 Designer video. Same hat, same shirt and same beard.

mnbvc

I think you have to speak/learn danish to live/work anywhere in Denmark as a general law of employment. I might be wrong.

I don't think that's technically allowed as them being in the EU (freedom of movement etc) - but I had a friend who went over to Denmark and he couldn't get work at all. He applied for a job as a postman and he had a big argument with them over the fact that he reckoned although he couldn't read the language on the envelopes, he could match them up with the right street! :D

He came back very despondent (there's a high EU migrant community in our town) and felt that it was one rule for some nationalities and one rule for another. :( So it wouldn't surprise me if what you've said is an unwritten rule...

Fantastic photos - I'd love a go on that slide too!

Duchessa

The danish immigration laws has become tougher the last couple of years, but I'd say that if you're english, that's not a problem. Like it or not, english immigrants would generally be considered a more high status group than, as an example, somali or algerian immigrants.

If you would want to work for Lego in Denmark, I think it would be technically possible to do so without speaking danish. But in reality you would have to learn the language to be able to function 100% at work.

Even though swedish and danish are closely related (I understand danes, and the would understand me), I think it's a really hard language to learn. Men man ska aldrig ge upp på förhand. Det är många som har försökt och lyckats!

Daz_Hoo

Pierre Normandin, the guy who sent me this link, told us that LEGO designers usually work in English, as many of them are not Danish.

However, the minute you step outside of Billund (a very small town with not very much to do), you do have to speak a little Danish as almost no one speak English.

So speaking Danish is not a work requirement, but it is necessary to learn to language in order to function outside of Billund.

khmellymel

Although I will likely never get to work for Lego, I still want a workspace that looks like that!

Devastator

That's awesome. It looks like they stuffed Lego models into every nook and cranny of an Ikea store.

legogal

Or we can just turn our homes into LEGO playrooms resembling their office and forget work altogether! I go for Plan B because they never even acknowledged by application for an international marketing position back in 1992!

jasor

caperberry said:

I notice they blurred a few models in pic 5 :oD One looks like Fangpyre Mech

That could also be a center focus/ depth of field touch up on the photo. It look in general like a quick snappy. There are all kinds of things out of focus there.