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Frederic Boucher: The Box Is the Puzzle
Most packing puzzles treat the box as a container. Boucher treats it as the design - and the holes cut into it are not decoration, they are the mechanism.
Frederic Boucher: The Box Is the Puzzle
Most packing puzzles treat the box as a container. Boucher treats it as the design - and the holes cut into it are not decoration, they are the mechanism.
Stewart Coffin: The Sculptural Art That Comes A...
He built computers at MIT, then canoes, then started cutting up polyhedra in 1968 and never stopped. Over 500 designs later, his rules still explain why so few pieces can...
Stewart Coffin: The Sculptural Art That Comes A...
He built computers at MIT, then canoes, then started cutting up polyhedra in 1968 and never stopped. Over 500 designs later, his rules still explain why so few pieces can...
Dr. Volker Latussek: Harder Than It Looks
Whenever his name is on a puzzle, it is going to be much harder than it looks. Three mechanisms explain how he does it, and none of them are about...
Dr. Volker Latussek: Harder Than It Looks
Whenever his name is on a puzzle, it is going to be much harder than it looks. Three mechanisms explain how he does it, and none of them are about...
Interlocking Puzzles: The Complete Guide
No glue, no screws, no frame. The pieces hold each other in place through their own shape, which is why taking one apart is easy and putting it back is...
Interlocking Puzzles: The Complete Guide
No glue, no screws, no frame. The pieces hold each other in place through their own shape, which is why taking one apart is easy and putting it back is...
The Spiral Cone Fidget Toy, Explained
It looks like a solid cone until you twist it. Then the whole thing screws down through itself in one continuous motion, and you understand why people cannot put it...
The Spiral Cone Fidget Toy, Explained
It looks like a solid cone until you twist it. Then the whole thing screws down through itself in one continuous motion, and you understand why people cannot put it...
How to Solve the 6-Piece Star Puzzle
Five pieces go in beautifully and the sixth will not fit, no matter how you turn it. That is not you being bad at puzzles - it is the puzzle...
How to Solve the 6-Piece Star Puzzle
Five pieces go in beautifully and the sixth will not fit, no matter how you turn it. That is not you being bad at puzzles - it is the puzzle...