Ran across this today via Kottke, and find it both impressive and inspiring. But then, I’m a Lego nerd.

Designer/programmer Tyler Neylon started with a base set of 50 Lego pieces (actually 58, counting some of the really tiny ones), and set out to see if he could come up with at least 50 unique designs using them. From his post on Google+:

Last Christmas, a friend gave me a small Lego set just for fun. It’s part of a Creator series, where each set comes with instructions for three different models. I love the versatility and expressiveness of Lego, and I think 3 is far too small a number for what can be done with these, so I challenged myself to create 50 original designs with this one set of about 50 pieces. These images are the result.

Here’s the base set:

And some of the creations, which include an elephant and a grand piano:

Check out a gallery of all 50 Lego designs here. That’s a great idea for a dad-and-kid project.