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Pitold working on his layout.
Piotr Pitold Maciejewski:
Making Dioramas, Models, and Games! Article by Joe Meno Photographs by Piotr Pitold Maciejewski
Piotr Pitold Maciejewski (known as Pitold online) is a Polish LEGO fan that has been building for over 35 years. As he recalls, since he was 12 or 13, he started building when he got his first set, the Tractor (6608) with minifigure. He had to play with just this set for the entire year until the next Christmas. Poland was depressed in the ’80s and ’90s and so his LEGO collection was very small. When the Iron Curtain collapsed, his parents were able to buy him a few more sets. His first years LEGO building, he built not only with the bricks and elements he had, but also with anything he found: paper, styrofoam or box cartons. For him, this was a creative learning and shaping experience that led him to his career, and eventually back to building. Pitold stopped building in high school and while he attended the Fine Arts Academy in Poznań, Poland. He graduated specializing in animation and became a graphic designer for advertising agencies. After graduating, he also got married and had two sons, which eventually led him back to LEGO. Careerwise, Pitold had started making advertising videos and art movies, so after leaving agency work, he and a friend started a small film company where he still works as an art director, director of photography, editor, and 2-D animator. One of their advertising campaign movies was honored with a Silver Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate and TV media awards in 2018.
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