Some of you may know that I've undertaken a "30 day Lego challenge" where I'm trying to build a model or do a project to better understand the Lego system nearly every day for 30 days...  

 

In this project I did some experiments to better understand the relative proportions of the width of a brick to it's height, the width of a stud, the thickness of the wall of a brick and other relevant proportions.  Overall, the system works well, but it is a bit weird. (ex: Why did they decide to make bricks taller than they are wide anyways!?)

 

 

As such, I decided to "redesign" the Lego brick to eliminate some of the quirks of the system while making building techniques which I like easier to achieve (ex: offsetting bricks).  I designed the new bricks in CAD software, and even printed a few on a 3d printer.

 

My 3d-printed bricks based on a new design...

 

In doing so, I discovered some new challenges, but I think the project will be interesting to people on this forum.

 

LINK: http://tomalphin.com/2013/11/lego-challenge-25-redesigning-lego-bricks-tomblox.html

 

Let me know if you think this is interesting, or have further ideas...

 

Sincerely,

---tom

The Lego brick is already an item of perfection, fitting perfectly and..... it is my preciousssssssssss.

No honestly, I am very interested in seeing your results.

It is interesting how looking at your results so far sheds some light as to why Lego made the design choices they did in a way. Unrelated to this specific project, I enjoyed your stunning rendition of the Escher classic "Waterfall". Nicely captured without the use of image alteration.

People like it for what it is.  Sounds like you are swimming upstream.

That image of those 3D printed elements should be posted in any thread where people worry about 3D printing ruining lego investing.

Thanks for posting, I appreciate your creativity.

That image of those 3D printed elements should be posted in any thread where people worry about 3D printing ruining lego investing.

I agree.  It still works pretty well though.