Lego

Italian designer Paolo Caviglia reimagined Lego-style bricks and found a way to give them a purpose beyond decoration. By integrating electronic adapters, he created a modular audio system that can be redesigned and customized in different ways.

The real Sagrada Familia has been under construction for more than 140 years, but Lego's new replica should hopefully prove a little quicker to assemble. Featuring just over 12,000 pieces, it's Lego's largest set to date.

Watch this video of a working Lego clock that uses gear trains, a pendulum escapement, falling-weight power, and solar-driven rewinding to operate a multi-stage calendar and billion-year counter.

Lego's construction sets have been a fantastic choice for analog play for decades now. These building blocks are set to get way more interesting with the new Smart Play system that features electronics-packed bricks for more immersive playtime.

Lego is the largest tire manufacturer by volume in the world – even though its tires are among the smallest on the planet. The Danish toy company is now making those tires out of recycled materials like fishing nets, engine oil, and rope.

Whether you're Lego-curious or a devotee of the church of the colored brick, this world-first app lets you capture your surroundings in unique model form like never before. And it does all the hard work, leaving you with the fun part – the build.

What's the most amount of time you've ever spent putting together a Lego model? A team of 23 lunatics from the Lego group and McLaren Automotive spent over 8,000 hours putting together a full-size working P1 replica that clocked 40 mph on a racetrack.

Pixel art uses small blocky details to make a larger image. Proving there’s nothing blockier than Lego, a YouTuber has created the Pixelbot 3000. Made entirely of Lego parts, the bot ‘prints’ pixel art using input from an AI image generator.

Sadly not in time for the holidays, but perhaps a treat for the new year – a project out of the Lego Ideas fan platform is about to bring the iconic OneStep SX-70 instant camera back to life through a 516-brick set.

C.F. Møller Architects recently completed work on a new Lego Campus in Billund, Denmark, that boasts impressive sustainability features. The building references the toymaker's products with a facade that sports oversized Lego bricks.

A floor peppered with Lego pieces is a midnight minefield for barefoot parents, but a YouTuber going by "Unnecessary Inventions" has now designed a 3D-printed Shop Vac attachment that allows you to vacuum up lego and have it auto-sorted by size.

Lego has been taking steps toward more sustainable practices and has just revealed the first prototype of its classic brick element crafted from recycled plastic that meets the company's quality and safety requirements.