The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon by Daniel Konstantski, the first official book for Adult Fans of LEGO, was recently published through Unbound, taking the reader on a visually stunning journey from the very earliest hollow bricks to the complex shapes and building techniques of today.
LEGO® bricks are design icons and marvels of engineering. Virtually unchanged for over fifty years, the brick is still at the very centre of ethos: each brick connects to every other brick, allowing the construction of almost anything you can imagine. LEGO minifigures may be the friendly faces of the LEGO world, but bricks in all their different shapes and forms are its very foundation.
The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks explores the brick’s rich history in full colour and unparalleled detail. Granted unprecedented access by the LEGO Group, Daniel Konstantski has interviewed design masters, element testers and the so-called ‘rock stars’, the set designers, to reveal for the first time how and why new LEGO bricks are made.
This is the book the fans have always wanted: a truly behind-the-scenes look at the story of the beloved LEGO brick and the company which makes it, with a wealth of exclusive visual material from the LEGO Archive in Billund.
LEGO fans have long wanted to learn the inside story of beloved LEGO bricks from inside the LEGO Group: to have long-standing questions answered and see the veil pulled back on how LEGO elements and products came to market – or didn’t – through the LEGO brick’s 70 year history. Such an authoritative telling of the story has never been possible – until now.
The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon is being offered through Unbound, with optional art prints available as additional items.
Daniel Konstanski is the US Editor for Blocks Magazine and a passionate, lifelong LEGO® fan. He is an ardent student of the LEGO Group, its portfolio of beloved products, and the AFOL community, having researched and written hundreds of articles covering every aspect of the hobby. Thanks to a collaborative working relationship with the team of in-house historians at LEGO HQ in Denmark, Daniel has been privileged to tell many stories from within the LEGO Group itself and is considered one of the most knowledgeable and authoritative voices in the fan community on the company and its products. His dream job is to join the team of LEGO historians and be even closer to his favorite place on earth: The LEGO Vault in Billund.
When he is not tinkering on his latest LEGO project or rushing to meet the next neverending deadline for Blocks Magazine, Daniel works as an environmental engineer and enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and bike riding with his wonderful wife and three kids on the trails near their home in Delaware, US. He is a regular on the east coast convention circuit.
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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