Beautiful LEGO®
1st Edition
Published on 13. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 268 pages
978-1-59327-508-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Far from child's play. An astonishing collection."-Publishers Weekly
"A stunning array."
-Today.com
"One man's quest to prove LEGO can be art."
-The Los Angeles Times
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Target group
All LEGO fans
- People shopping for gifts
- Graphic designers, architects, and product designers
- Buyers of The Cult of LEGO and other No Starch LEGO books
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
With flaps
Illustrations
komplett in Farbe
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 205 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
808 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59327-508-2 (9781593275082)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Internationally acclaimed LEGO® artist Mike Doyle is known for his stunningly realistic, grand-scale designs. Contact, the majestic fantasy cityscape featured on this book's cover, uses more than 200,000 bricks. His award-winning Abandoned House series has been showcased at Gallery1988 in LA and now has a home in Boston's Museum of Realist Art. When not constructing unique LEGO art, Doyle works as a graphic designer. He lives with his wife and two children in New Jersey.
Content
Preface
Chapter 1: Ramon and Amador Alfaro Marcilla
Chapter 2: Mmmmm
Chapter 3: Everyday Wonderful
Chapter 4: Attic Treasures
Chapter 5: Jordan Schwartz
Chapter 6: CubeDudes
Chapter 7: Go Ask Alice
Chapter 8: Nathan Sawaya
Chapter 9: Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures
Chapter 10: Tweets
Chapter 11: Plastic Menagerie
Chapter 12: Mike Nieves
Chapter 13: Quite the Character
Chapter 14: All Dolled Up
Chapter 15: Arthur Gugick
Chapter 16: Mike Doyle
Chapter 17: Urban Planning
Chapter 18: Nannan Zhang
Chapter 19: Mosaics
Chapter 20: On the Road
Chapter 21: Lino Martins
Chapter 22: Mecha
Chapter 23: The Final Frontier
Chapter 24: Striders
Chapter 25: MicroBots
Chapter 26: Meta
Chapter 27: Bad Days
Chapter 28: Iain Heath
Chapter 29: Pythonscape
Chapter 30: Faraway Lands
Contributors
Chapter 1: Ramon and Amador Alfaro Marcilla
Chapter 2: Mmmmm
Chapter 3: Everyday Wonderful
Chapter 4: Attic Treasures
Chapter 5: Jordan Schwartz
Chapter 6: CubeDudes
Chapter 7: Go Ask Alice
Chapter 8: Nathan Sawaya
Chapter 9: Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures
Chapter 10: Tweets
Chapter 11: Plastic Menagerie
Chapter 12: Mike Nieves
Chapter 13: Quite the Character
Chapter 14: All Dolled Up
Chapter 15: Arthur Gugick
Chapter 16: Mike Doyle
Chapter 17: Urban Planning
Chapter 18: Nannan Zhang
Chapter 19: Mosaics
Chapter 20: On the Road
Chapter 21: Lino Martins
Chapter 22: Mecha
Chapter 23: The Final Frontier
Chapter 24: Striders
Chapter 25: MicroBots
Chapter 26: Meta
Chapter 27: Bad Days
Chapter 28: Iain Heath
Chapter 29: Pythonscape
Chapter 30: Faraway Lands
Contributors