If I thought the Eiffel Burr interlocking puzzle was anything like the Vivaldi Burr, both designed by Rene Dawir, I couldn’t be further from the truth. More about this later. The Eiffel Burr was Rene’s IPP37 Exchange Puzzle in Paris this past August, while the Vivaldi Burr was his Exchange Puzzle last year. For IPP37, Read More
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Heblo
Heblo was Patrick Major’s IPP37 Exchange puzzle. If you are familiar with wooden puzzles, Heblo has all the typical hallmarks of a Vinco puzzle- with all the nice smooth curves and exotic looking colourful woods. Yes, it was designed and made by Vinco (aka Vaclav Obsivac, from the Czech Republic) who also sells a wide Read More
CrossFit & Micro Hex Prototypes
CrossFit My CrossFit puzzle was inspired by two puzzles. First, it was Goh Pit Khiam’s Number Blocks which appeared at IPP35 in Ottawa, Canada. That puzzle had four pieces which danced in and out of a tray with an overhang which made it into an interlocking packing puzzle, which requires a certain number of moves Read More
S’Paid In Full
S’Paid In Full is the 4th and last puzzle instalment in Scott Elliot’s playing cards suit series of Exchange Puzzles. Notice the choice of words for the name of his puzzle? This suit series started in 2014 during IPP34 in London and I was fortunate that year to have participated in my very first Puzzle Read More
HOPE
For the last several years, I have always received acrylic sliding block puzzles from collector and designer Dinair Namdarian of Germany during the IPP Puzzle Exchange. Afterall he is very well known for his sliding block puzzles and has many designs to his name. But usually these are left untouched by me after the event Read More
Long & Short
This is an interesting Stewart Coffin designed puzzle that was exchanged by Rob Jones at IPP37 in Paris this past August. It’s also my first “pin-hole” puzzle from Coffin. Looking at the photos you will probably realise why its called Long & Short. This design is designated STC 20-D. Outwardly, the Long & Short looks Read More
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge, a “trick opening” puzzle is designed by Stephan Baumegger and it also won a “Top 10 Vote Getter Award” during the IPP37 Puzzle Design Competition. Stephan is a prolific puzzle designer (at last count with 191 designs on PWBP) well-known for his interlocking burrs, but not just typical looking ones. Take a look at his Puzzleisure Facebook page and Read More
Number Blocks
Designed by my dear friend and fellow Singaporean Goh Pit Khiam (Goh is the family name), the Number Blocks is a “packing puzzle” that won a Honourable Jury Mention at the IPP35 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition in Ottawa,Canada in 2015. If you are familiar with Goh’s work, you may have come across several other (physically) similar Read More
Non-Void Cube “Burr” Puzzle
Here’s the first of my of blog posts on the puzzles which I had the pleasure of exchanging with 95 other participants at the recent IPP37 Puzzle Exchange in Paris, France. This one looks like a plastic burr puzzle, or is it not? The Non-Void Cube is from Andreas Rover- yes, the ONE who created and Read More
The (Exploding) Apple
This is a really life-like and cute (co-ordinate motion) puzzle I got from Vladimir Krasnoukhov during the IPP37 Puzzle Party in Paris, France a week and a half ago. Designed by Vladimir, I am told it was made by his brother. The design is based around Vladimir’s Curly Cube (or Exploding Cube) puzzle, which has seen the Read More
Cast Dot – One Of The Best Hanayama Cast Puzzles
I was very fortunate to have received a prototype copy of the Dot, the latest Hanayama cast puzzle from their good folks during IPP37, which took place last weekend in Paris, France. The Dot, as far as I can tell is presently only available to the market in Japan via Japanese retailers and several (Japanese) Read More