Legos are toys, but they can also inspire incredible designs. LEGO artists use tiny plastic bricks to design everything from robots to buildings. Even the engineers of the company design new elements that allow builders to build more complicated models. Erik Varszegi, a Master Builder working for the Lego Group in Billund, Denmark developed a new element this year called the curved slope. It lets Lego users create more slanted designs while adhering to the company’s strict color palette. The slopes can be used to create more dynamic shapes, such as an incline staircase.

Some Lego sets are the result of professional designers’ work while others are the product of the popular Lego Ideas program. The Ideas line allows anyone to create a set and then have it manufactured, and offers fame and a portion of sales to any designer who is able to convince 10,000 fellow designers that their idea is worthy to go into production. It’s no surprise that the most elaborate and stunning sets are the ones that receive the most attention, especially when they are based on iconic characters or scenes from films and television shows or https://noelsbricks.com/2021/07/13/generated-post-2 in real life.

The best Lego designs are two space-age icons including the NASA space shuttle Discovery and an exact replica of the Hubble Telescope. Each model comes with plaques for display and a miniature Lego version of the scientist who developed the telescope. Other impressive models include a framed Rainbow, a Steampunk Dragon, and a model of the Westminster Palace.