Above and at left: a render of my designs for life-size LEGO replicas of a Focal Trio11 BE speaker and a Zaor Isostand MkII. At right: those same designs, assembled and photographed nearly 3,000 miles (4800 km) away. It was an absolutely crazy process to go from the “blueprint” at left to the reality at the right, one that entailed nearly 24/7 down-to-the-wire construction, a few extra builders, custom brick engraving, implementation of metal support piping, and tons of permanence gluing.

But I had very little to do with that hands-on portion of the process. My work, instead, entailed designing the blueprint: a nearly 18,000-piece, 4’ 10” (148cm) tall, 63.3-pound (28.67kg) showpiece… in a matter of days.

Read on to find out more about this colossal project— its timeline, design process, and more— and to hear about my experience working on it!