Book description
"Far from child's play. An astonishing collection." —Publishers Weekly
Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists, and what do you get? Beautiful LEGO, a compendium of LEGO artwork that showcases a stunning array of pieces ranging from incredibly lifelike replicas of everyday objects and famous monuments to imaginative renderings of spaceships, mansions, and mythical creatures.
You'll also meet the minds behind the art. Interviews with the artists take you inside the creative process that turns simple, plastic bricks into remarkable LEGO masterpieces.
As seen in The Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, TODAY.com, Wallpaper, USA Today, MAKE, and more!
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Ramón and Amador Alfaro Marcilla (1/3)
- Ramón and Amador Alfaro Marcilla (2/3)
- Ramón and Amador Alfaro Marcilla (3/3)
- Mmmmm
- Everyday Wonderful
- Attic Treasures
- Jordan Schwartz (1/2)
- Jordan Schwartz (2/2)
- CubeDudes™ (1/2)
- CubeDudes™ (2/2)
- Go Ask Alice (1/2)
- Go Ask Alice (2/2)
- Nathan Sawaya (1/2)
- Nathan Sawaya (2/2)
- Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures (1/3)
- Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures (2/3)
- Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures (3/3)
- Tweets (1/2)
- Tweets (2/2)
- Plastic Menagerie (1/3)
- Plastic Menagerie (2/3)
- Plastic Menagerie (3/3)
- Mike Nieves (1/2)
- Mike Nieves (2/2)
- Quite the Character (1/4)
- Quite the Character (2/4)
- Quite the Character (3/4)
- Quite the Character (4/4)
- All Dolled Up
- Arthur Gugick (1/2)
- Arthur Gugick (2/2)
- Mike Doyle (1/4)
- Mike Doyle (2/4)
- Mike Doyle (3/4)
- Mike Doyle (4/4)
- Urban Planning (1/7)
- Urban Planning (2/7)
- Urban Planning (3/7)
- Urban Planning (4/7)
- Urban Planning (5/7)
- Urban Planning (6/7)
- Urban Planning (7/7)
- Nannan Zhang (1/2)
- Nannan Zhang (2/2)
- Mosaics (1/2)
- Mosaics (2/2)
- On the Road
- Lino Martins (1/3)
- Lino Martins (2/3)
- Lino Martins (3/3)
- Mecha (1/2)
- Mecha (2/2)
- The Final Frontier (1/4)
- The Final Frontier (2/4)
- The Final Frontier (3/4)
- The Final Frontier (4/4)
- Striders (1/2)
- Striders (2/2)
- MicroBots
- Meta (1/2)
- Meta (2/2)
- Bad Days (1/2)
- Bad Days (2/2)
- Iain Heath (1/2)
- Iain Heath (2/2)
- Pythonscape (1/2)
- Pythonscape (2/2)
- Faraway Lands
- Contributors (1/2)
- Contributors (2/2)
Product information
- Title: Beautiful LEGO
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2013
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593275082
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