LEGO Senior Designer Ollie Gregory was in South Africa and we sat down with him to learn just how someone gets to design the sets we love.

The company's vice president of design left fashion for his "ultimate childhood dream" of working with the plastic bricks.

As a model designer, Wesley Talbott helps make what's inside LEGO boxes, working on everything from colors and 'bricks' to the way they function ...

LEGO has submission guidelines for the designs that include criteria for creating an original set. Bricklink is also inviting fans to vote on the LEGO design submissions between March 7-March 31.

The LEGO company is one with a long history of creating unique sets built by kids and adults. The design process of a complex set begins with a simple idea before eventually reaching store shelves.