Great things have small beginnings, even small things.
The story of LEGO begins in a small carpenter's shop in the Danish working town of Billund. It specialised in the mundane, providing the local community with modest homes and simple furniture. But after a series of unfortunate events, including a fire and a recession, the company re-focussed, producing smaller pieces of furniture. The new items were prototyped by the carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen, using miniatures. And it was while painting one of these tiny models that he realised this was the future of his business: toys.
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