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An astonishing collection."<br /> —Publishers Weekly</b> </p></blockquote> <h2>Look Inside!</h2> <div class="lookinside" style:=""> <a href="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_230-231_web.jpg" class="colorbox"><img src="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_230-231_thumb.jpg" alt="Beautiful LEGO Sample 1" style="max-width:265px;border:1px solid;margin:0 10px 0 0;" /></a><a href="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_162-163_web.jpg" class="colorbox"><img src="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_162-163_thumb.jpg" alt="Beautiful LEGO Sample 2" style="max-width:265px;border:1px solid;" /></a> </div> <div class="lookinside" style:=""> <a href="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_176-177_web.jpg" class="colorbox"><img src="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_176-177_thumb.jpg" alt="Beautiful LEGO Sample 3" style="max-width:265px;border:1px solid;margin:0 10px 0 0;" /></a><a href="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_082-083_web.jpg" class="colorbox"><img src="https://nostarch.com/images/BLEGO_082-083_thumb.jpg" alt="Beautiful LEGO Sample 4" style="max-width:265px;border:1px solid;" /></a> <p><br /></p> <p>Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists, and what do you get? <em>Beautiful LEGO</em>, 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <h2>Why LEGO?</h2> <p>“Building is like making art while simultaneously solving a puzzle,<br /> with the satisfaction of doing both.”<br /> —<b>Nannan Zhang</b></p> <p>“Bins of thousands of pieces—that’s stored kinetic potential.”<br /> —<b>Lino Martins</b></p> <p>“LEGO bricks let me create anything I can imagine.”<br /> —<b>Nathan Sawaya</b></p> <p><strong>As seen in <em><strong>The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, TODAY.com, Wallpaper, USA Today, MAKE,</strong></em> and more!</strong></p> <hr class="separator" /> <h2>Now Available: Dark and Wild!</h2> <p style="float: left; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-right: 3%; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 5%"><a href="https://www.nostarch.com/beautifullego2"><img src="https://www.nostarch.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product_full/blego2_front_final_new_0.png" width="82" height="100" /></a> <a href="https://www.nostarch.com/beautifullego2"><br /> Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark</a></p> <p style="float: left; font-size: 9pt; text-align: center; margin-right: 1%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><a href="https://www.nostarch.com/beautifullego3"><img src="https://www.nostarch.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product_full/blego3_cover_new.png" width="82" height="100" /></a><br /> <a href="https://www.nostarch.com/beautifullego3">Beautiful LEGO: Wild!</a></p> <p style="clear: both;"> </p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author-bio field-type-text-long field-label-abovec"><div class="field-label">Author Bio </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Internationally acclaimed LEGO® artist <b>Mike Doyle</b> is known for his stunningly realistic, grand-scale designs. <em>Contact</em>, the majestic fantasy cityscape featured on this book’s cover, uses more than 200,000 bricks. His award-winning <em>Abandoned House</em> 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.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-toc field-type-text-long field-label-abovec" id="content"><div class="field-label">Table of contents </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b>Preface</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1:</b> Ramón and Amador Alfaro Marcilla<br /> <b>Chapter 2:</b> Mmmmm<br /> <b>Chapter 3:</b> Everyday Wonderful<br /> <b>Chapter 4:</b> Attic Treasures<br /> <b>Chapter 5:</b> Jordan Schwartz<br /> <b>Chapter 6:</b> CubeDudes<br /> <b>Chapter 7:</b> Go Ask Alice<br /> <b>Chapter 8:</b> Nathan Sawaya<br /> <b>Chapter 9:</b> Monsters, Aliens, and Creatures<br /> <b>Chapter 10:</b> Tweets<br /> <b>Chapter 11:</b> Plastic Menagerie<br /> <b>Chapter 12:</b> Mike Nieves<br /> <b>Chapter 13:</b> Quite the Character<br /> <b>Chapter 14:</b> All Dolled Up<br /> <b>Chapter 15:</b> Arthur Gugick<br /> <b>Chapter 16:</b> Mike Doyle<br /> <b>Chapter 17:</b> Urban Planning<br /> <b>Chapter 18:</b> Nannan Zhang<br /> <b>Chapter 19:</b> Mosaics<br /> <b>Chapter 20:</b> On the Road<br /> <b>Chapter 21:</b> Lino Martins<br /> <b>Chapter 22:</b> Mecha<br /> <b>Chapter 23:</b> The Final Frontier<br /> <b>Chapter 24:</b> Striders<br /> <b>Chapter 25:</b> MicroBots<br /> <b>Chapter 26:</b> Meta<br /> <b>Chapter 27:</b> Bad Days<br /> <b>Chapter 28:</b> Iain Heath<br /> <b>Chapter 29:</b> Pythonscape<br /> <b>Chapter 30:</b> Faraway Lands</p> <p><b>Contributors</b></p> <p>View the detailed <a href="https://nostarch.com/download/BeautifulLEGO_toc.pdf">Table of Contents</a> (PDF)</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-reviews field-type-text-long field-label-abovec" id="reviews"><div class="field-label">Reviews </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"Far from child’s play. An astonishing collection."<br /> —<b>Publishers Weekly</b></p> <p>Exhibit in <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> book review, <a href="https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626104579121552909864062" target="new"> "Brickloads of Art."</a></p> <p>"A stunning array."<br /> —<b>Today.com</b> (<a href="http://www.today.com/id/53158590" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"LEGO! It really doesn't get any better than this."<br /> —<b>Wired.com, Raw File</b> (<a href="http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/10/legos-are-no-longer-just-a-toy-theyre-an-art-form/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"Jawdropping."<br /> —<b>Interior Design</b></p> <p>"Elevating the preschool building toy to high art."<br /> —<b>The Horn Book</b> (<a href="http://www.hbook.com/2013/11/blogs/out-of-the-box/leggo-lego/#_" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>Featured in the <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/10/beautiful_lego.html">Slate Book Review</a>.</p> <p>"A stunning new book proves the versatile LEGO blocks aren't just kids' stuff."<br /> —<b>Reader's Digest</b> (<a href="http://www.rd.com/slideshows/amazing-lego-art/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"Lego fans, rejoice!" Read a Q&A with author Mike Doyle at <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57605094-235/lego-shines-as-beautiful-art-in-new-book-q-a/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title" target="new">CNET</a>.</p> <p>"This delightful new book features 360 inspired and astonishing LEGO models."<br /> —<b>John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle</b> (<a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/bookmarks/2013/10/24/making-art-with-blocks-beautiful-lego/#17064101=0">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"One man's quest to prove LEGO can be art."<br /> —<b>The Los Angeles Times</b></p> <p>"Storm-battered houses and imagined galactic cities feature in incredible new art book of LEGO sculptures."<br /> —<b>The Daily Mail Online</b> (<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2478901/Storm-battered-houses-imagined-galactic-cities-feature-incredible-new-art-book-Lego-sculptures.html">Read More</a>)</p> <p>Featured in <i>The Daily Beast</i> gallery,<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2013/10/27/block-party-from-freddie-mercury-to-angkor-wat-amazing-lego-sculptures-photos.html" target="new"> "Block Party: From Freddie Mercury to Angkor Wat, Amazing LEGO Sculptures."</a></p> <p>"<i>Beautiful LEGO</i> chronicles hundreds of fan-inspired artworks, all of which demonstrate the toy's enduring appeal."<br /> —<b>Wallpaper</b> (<a href="http://www.wallpaper.com/lifestyle/the-w-library-10-new-titles-to-add-to-your-shelves/6804#87608" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"Sure to amaze."<br /> —<b>Business Insider</b> (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/art-made-out-of-legos-2013-10">Read More</a>)</p> <p>Featured in <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2013/12/28/the-discovery-beautiful-lego-mike-doyle/U5Dx0LDGmfYjVJKlERvBjI/story.html">The Boston Globe</a></p> <p>Featured on <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2013/10/07/beautiful-lego/2936153/">USA Today's Popcandy</a></p> <p>"Every page will leave you in awe."<br /> —<b>PopSugar Tech</b> (<a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/Lego-Art-Book-32034197">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"The ultimate compilation of LEGO art."<br /> —<b>Colossal</b> (<a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/beautiful-lego-mike-doyle/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"If you’re feeling like you need some LEGO inspiration to expand your horizons, this is definitely the book for you."<br /> —<b>MAKE</b> (<a href="http://makezine.com/2013/10/08/book-review-beautiful-lego/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"A compendium of amazing LEGO models."<br /> —<b>Laughing Squid</b> (<a href="http://laughingsquid.com/beautiful-lego-a-book-featuring-lego-masterpieces-built-by-designers-worldwide/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"The new book <i>Beautiful LEGO</i> delivers on its nameproviding pages of stunning LEGO art."<br /> —<b>Fast Company Co. Create</b> (<a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/3019014/the-most-extraordinary-lego-creations-youve-ever-seen" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"If you still believe LEGOs are just toys for kids, a) you're dead wrong and b) try telling that to this sophisticated new coffee table book."<br /> —<b>Thrillist</b></p> <p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/why-lego-architecture-is-the-best-kind-of-architecture-1372766445" target="new">"Why LEGO?"</a> Read author Mike Doyle's essay at <a href="https://gizmodo.com/why-lego-architecture-is-the-best-kind-of-architecture-1372766445" target="new">Gizmodo</a>. </p> <p>"Spectacular."<br /> —<b>EarlyWord</b> (<a href="http://www.earlyword.com/2013/12/17/cant-let-go-lego/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>"Some of the most beautiful LEGO in the world."<br /> —<b>Kotaku</b> (<a href="https://kotaku.com/some-of-the-most-beautiful-lego-in-the-world-1442244442" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> <p>Featured on <a href="http://uncrate.com/stuff/beautiful-lego/" target="new">Uncrate</a>!</p> <p>Featured on <a href="http://designtaxi.com/news/360820/A-New-Book-Filled-With-400-Photographs-Of-Beautiful-LEGO-Artworks/" target="new">Design Taxi</a></p> <p><b>The Brothers Brick</b> interviews Mike Doyle (<a href="http://www.brothers-brick.com/2013/04/02/mike-doyle-builds-massive-city-of-odan-from-200000-lego-bricks/" target="new">Read More</a>)</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="block-shariff-shariff-block" class="block block-shariff clearfix"> <div class="shariff" data-services="["facebook","print","twitter"]" data-theme="colored" data-orientation="horizontal" data-twitter-via="nostarch" data-lang="en"></div> </section> </div> </section> <aside class="col-sm-3" role="complementary"> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <section id="block-system-navigation" class="block block-system block-menu clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Navigation</h2> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first last leaf"><a href="/user" title="">My account</a></li> </ul> </section> <section id="block-block-52" class="block block-block clearfix"> <p><a href="/mailchimp/subscribe">Want sweet deals? 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