nanoblock Frappucino

The weather has been crazy hot lately here in Malaysia ... really could use one of this .. Hahaha =D

nanoblock Vintage School Bus

Here's my nanoblock vintage school bus =) ...  I mostly use the bricks from the nanoblock New York Taxi set and some extras to finish this ^^

My Company Is Up and Running

Hi Guys! I have just set up CHRISTAN DESIGN, a company specialising in custom nano brick design and manufacturing. You can check out the website over here and the Facebook page is over here. 

Do check it out and tell all your friends about it, okay? =D ... A PDF booklet about our services can be downloaded here. Thank you so much for your support! 

Video of my nanoblock Claw Machine

Here's a video for a closer look at my nanoblock Claw Machine =D ... Is it awesome or what? =P

nanoblock Claw Machine

Here's my nanoblock Claw Machine =D ... You see a lot of these in Akihabara =) ... Cute right? =P ... I used the nanoblock display case (NB_012) as part of the build and yes, I mounted some LED lights in there ... Hahaha .. 

Click here to vote for this entry in Nanoblock Award 2016.

nanoblock BatMouse vs SuperMouse

Have you guys watched the "Batman Vs Superman" movie? Well, here's my version .. Hahahahahaa =D ...

My Interview with New Straits Times is Out!

My interview with New Straits Times just appeared in a 2 page spread today =D ... Go grab a copy now ^^ ... Hahahaahaa =) ...  Thanks to Sulyn & NST for doing this interview ^^

Collaboration With Sasa Malaysia

Here is my collaboration with Sasa Malaysia! =D ... It is available now in all Sasa stores nationwide.

3 Page Spread in The Sunday Mail

​My interview with The Malay Mail just appeared in a 3 page spread today =D ... Go grab a copy or read it here online. Thanks to Kenny & The Malay Mail for doing this interview =D

Reshooting All My nanoblock Creations

In the midst of reshooting all my nanoblock creations so that I have nice photos for my new website, portfolio and maybe a book in the future ... Hahaha ... 

The Malaysian Insider Interviews Chris

Thanks to The Malaysian Insider for doing this interview and Pik Kuan for the nice write up =D ... Much appreciated!

Says.com Talks About Chris

Thanks to Says.com for the wonderful writeup =D ... The article has already gotten close to a thousand likes ^^ ... Check it out here.

Life-Size nanoblock Oscar

The Oscars 2016 is almost upon us, so here is my life-size nanoblock Oscar Statuette. Using over 1,500 bricks, it took me around 20 hours to design & build. It is at 1:1 scale, so it stands at about 13.5 inches tall. In the photo below, you see it next to an iPhone 6 for scale. 

Chris holding the nanoblock Oscar Statuette

More info about the Oscar Statuette over here : http://www.oscars.org/oscars/statuette

PRESS RELEASE - Launch of My Japanese Food Series nanoblock

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Malaysian Nano Brick Artist Makes It Big
Feb 15, 2016

Internationally renowned award-winning Malaysian nano brick artist Christopher Tan releases his own designs as official nanoblock sets in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. In this first ever collaboration between an independent artist outside Japan with Kawada, the makers of nanoblock, Chris brings us a series of four nanoblock Japanese Food items - Sushi, Bento, Ramen and Temaki.

Only 3,024 of each item is being released, making them highly sought after limited release collectibles for nanoblock fans worldwide. They are available now in Malaysia at Kinokuniya, Aeon, Toys R Us, Hamleys, Popular, Isetan and other stockists, and retail at RM39.90 each.

Chris has been a full-time nano brick artist for over two years now, having started building with nanoblock over five years ago as a hobby. “It is like a dream come true to be able to finally have my own creations released commercially as official nanoblock sets" says Christopher, obviously overjoyed.

Over the years, Chris has grown a huge fan base of over 51,000 fans worldwide on Facebook (facebook.com/christan) and many more on other popular social media channels.

He has been involved in various international collaborations, most recently with Hong Kong film director Pang Ho-Cheung to create a limited edition Christmas gift. Last year, Chris had a successful art exhibition in Liang Court mall in Singapore and two art exhibitions in Malaysia in conjunction with AniManGaki 2015 and C2AGE 2015. In 2014, he had an exhibition in East Point City in Hong Kong during the World Cup season where he was involved with the design and construction of the largest nanoblock creation in the world, using over 250,000 bricks.

You can find out more at http://www.christan.design

About nanoblock

nanoblock is an extremely micro-sized building block by Kawada, Japan. The smallest part is a mere 4x4x5mm in size. More information at: http://www.diablock.co.jp/nanoblock

Contact:

Christopher Tan
Email: chris@christan.design

Download profile, soft copy & photos from: https://goo.gl/OJ0ZqG

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese fans =) ... Here's wishing you immense joy and prosperity in the the year ahead! ^^ ...

Like my nanoblock Lion Dance? =D ... I have an unsigned version of this photo over here if you wanna use it as e-greeting =) .... http://pho.to/A10yp

It took around 500 bricks and 2 days of my time to design. Getting the head to look right took a lot of time, as I had to go through several iterations until I was happy with the level of detail that I was able to capture ^^