Who are/were the LEGO Designers?

[Hart New Bob]

Title says it all, who are/were the  LEGO designers? (Can somebody give me some sort of a list of the past and present designers?) 

Edited September 15, 2017 by Hart New Bob

[deraven]

Well, I mean, there are hundreds of people from across the years, and any given set these days often has a whole team that's worked on it (design lead, design team, playability/stability tester, graphic design, marketing, etc.), but this might be an interesting place for you to start depending on what you're wanting to do with the information:

https://brickset.com/bricklists/featured

Those are lists of designers and which sets they worked on, often with comments from the designers themselves added.

[Hart New Bob]

6 minutes ago, deraven said:

Well, I mean, there are hundreds of people from across the years, and any given set these days often has a whole team that's worked on it (design lead, design team, playability/stability tester, graphic design, marketing, etc.), but this might be an interesting place for you to start depending on what you're wanting to do with the information:

https://brickset.com/bricklists/featured

Those are lists of designers and which sets they worked on, often with comments from the designers themselves added.

Thank you, it is now time to see who makes the good and the bad sets!

[x105Black]

1 hour ago, deraven said:

Well, I mean, there are hundreds of people from across the years, and any given set these days often has a whole team that's worked on it (design lead, design team, playability/stability tester, graphic design, marketing, etc.), but this might be an interesting place for you to start depending on what you're wanting to do with the information:

https://brickset.com/bricklists/featured

Those are lists of designers and which sets they worked on, often with comments from the designers themselves added.

From that list, I'd say my favorite designer would be Jordan Scott.  That designer made Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets.  Some great ones, too, I should say.  Also, some of the better recent Star Wars sets, and some good Ninja Turtles.

Nobody on that list is credited with a Castle set...

Edited September 16, 2017 by x105Black

[Chrolie]

As I know, Ole Kirk Christiansen was the first designer of LEGO, then he established The Lego Group

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[deraven]

Tons of good stuff.  One of my favorite designers is Jamie Berard:

https://brickset.com/sets/list-10590

... but a big part of that is my love for the Modulars as well as the larger aviation themed creator sets, so that makes him a good fit.  

[Aanchir]

An important designer from the past is Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who designed the minifigure and was also very involved in designing LEGO Space sets from the theme's beginning all the way to the year 2000.

Another big name is Niels Milan Pedersen, who worked alongside Knudsen and from my understanding is still working at LEGO as a part designer. He worked on projects ranging from classic LEGO Space, Town, and Castle sets and designed the original LEGO skeleton, crocodile, and octopus molds as well as many more recent molds like 2002 Galidor action figure parts and the sea creature headgear in the 2010 Atlantis theme.

Let's not forget Daniel Krentz, who passed away just last year. He was the first non-Dane and the first AFOL to be hired as a LEGO designer (decades before the term "AFOL" was coined). He designed the original 375 Castle set (the "Yellow Castle") and many other Castle and Pirates sets over the years. Here's a pic of him on Flickr from fellow designer Mark Stafford, with some more facts about him and the sets he designed.

11 hours ago, x105Black said:

From that list, I'd say my favorite designer would be Jordan Scott.  That designer made Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets.  Some great ones, too, I should say.  Also, some of the better recent Star Wars sets, and some good Ninja Turtles.

Nobody on that list is credited with a Castle set...

Here's a pic of designers Daniel Krentz, Niels Milan Pedersen, and Bjarke Madsen with Castle sets they designed over the years!

[Digger of Bricks]

Let us not forget Mark Stafford (a.k.a. @Nabii). Many of the sets he designed are all time favorites of mine! 

Here is an interview with him done by The Brothers Brick blog.

From LEGO Fan to LEGO Set Designer-the Mark Stafford Interview [Part 1]

[Trekkie99]

11 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said:

Let us not forget Mark Stafford (a.k.a. @Nabii). Many of the sets he designed are all time favorites of mine! 

Here is an interview with him done by The Brothers Brick blog.

From LEGO Fan to LEGO Set Designer-the Mark Stafford Interview [Part 1]

Yes! Mark Stafford is the best!

[x105Black]

4 hours ago, Aanchir said:

An important designer from the past is Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who designed the minifigure and was also very involved in designing LEGO Space sets from the theme's beginning all the way to the year 2000.

Another big name is Niels Milan Pedersen, who worked alongside Knudsen and from my understanding is still working at LEGO as a part designer. He worked on projects ranging from classic LEGO Space, Town, and Castle sets and designed the original LEGO skeleton, crocodile, and octopus molds as well as many more recent molds like 2002 Galidor action figure parts and the sea creature headgear in the 2010 Atlantis theme.

Let's not forget Daniel Krentz, who passed away just last year. He was the first non-Dane and the first AFOL to be hired as a LEGO designer (decades before the term "AFOL" was coined). He designed the original 375 Castle set (the "Yellow Castle") and many other Castle and Pirates sets over the years. Here's a pic of him on Flickr from fellow designer Mark Stafford, with some more facts about him and the sets he designed.

Here's a pic of designers Daniel Krentz, Niels Milan Pedersen, and Bjarke Madsen with Castle sets they designed over the years!

Thank you for that.

Krentz, Pedersen, and Madsen are all very talented designers.

[Hart New Bob]

5 hours ago, Aanchir said:

An important designer from the past is Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who designed the minifigure and was also very involved in designing LEGO Space sets from the theme's beginning all the way to the year 2000.

Another big name is Niels Milan Pedersen, who worked alongside Knudsen and from my understanding is still working at LEGO as a part designer. He worked on projects ranging from classic LEGO Space, Town, and Castle sets and designed the original LEGO skeleton, crocodile, and octopus molds as well as many more recent molds like 2002 Galidor action figure parts and the sea creature headgear in the 2010 Atlantis theme.

Let's not forget Daniel Krentz, who passed away just last year. He was the first non-Dane and the first AFOL to be hired as a LEGO designer (decades before the term "AFOL" was coined). He designed the original 375 Castle set (the "Yellow Castle") and many other Castle and Pirates sets over the years. Here's a pic of him on Flickr from fellow designer Mark Stafford, with some more facts about him and the sets he designed.

Here's a pic of designers Daniel Krentz, Niels Milan Pedersen, and Bjarke Madsen with Castle sets they designed over the years!

Yeah,  indeed legends!  I saw a article about Krentz's passing. 

Edited September 16, 2017 by Hart New Bob
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