Usually, the “This is Fine” dog gets dropped when things aren’t going well, but for the builder of this scene, Dominique Boeynaems, things are actually very fine indeed. Spectacular, even! This September, Dominique joins the LEGO Group as a set designer, joining Jiwoo Seon as a member of the AFOL community making the jump to creating the sets that we will all be building in years to come.
Dominique’s builds continually impress us with the ingenious parts usage, the wide range of themes and scales that the builder works with, and a joyful approach to building. Earlier this year, we watched with rapt admiration as Dominique earned Iron Builder status, winning the Iron Forge competition. His entries into the Rogue Olympics (Like the meme here) have been equally delightful.
Dominique shares the news:
I’m incredibly excited to share that starting this September, I will be a Product Designer for LEGO!
While I’ve not been part of the online LEGO community for very long, I have spent most my life with and around LEGO, and this is quite literally a dream come true. This has been something I have wanted to do and have been steadily working towards, since the very day I realised that there was someone at the other end, actually creating all these sets I’ve spent my entire youth playing with.
I’m so excited for this next step in my journey with the LEGO group, that started with a simple yet rewarding retail job in our local LEGO store, and I can’t wait to see a set that i design on the shelves, some years(?) in the future, and to help inspire a new generation of kids, as so many of us were once inspired.
Congratulations, Dominique, and may all your days as a designer be fine.