I Lego N.Y. (Board Book) (ISBN-13: 9780810984905)

I LEGO N.Y. is an imaginative look at life in New York City constructed entirely out of LEGOs. Designer and illustrator Christoph Niemann was inspired to create a series of miniature New York vignettes out of his sons' toys after a few cold and dark winter days in Berlin. The former New Yorker then posted photographs of his creations along with his handwritten captions on his New York Times blog. Resident and honorary New Yorkers around the world responded enthusiastically to the clever and minimalist inventions, which captured both the iconic (the Empire State Building) and the mundane (man standing on a subway platform) in fewer LEGO pieces than one might think possible. This book includes all of the original images, plus thirteen new creations. The resulting collection is delightful in its simplicity and moving in its ability to cature the spirit of life in New York in so few strokes.

Also available from Christoph Niemann: Abstract City and Sunday Sketching.


Author: Christoph Niemann
ISBN-10: 0810984903
ISBN-13: 9780810984905
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 32
Format: Board Book
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 5.34h x 7.12w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/14/2010 pg. 25