(No, that's not a misspelt baseball team...)
Earlier this year I stumbled across a copy of a great little
exchange puzzle from Joe Becker dating back to IPP23 in Chicago.
Joe designed and manufactured this wonderfully tricky little
number using acrylic cubes and packaging tape – proof that good-looking, great
designs don’t need expensive materials…
The premise is simple: you have a set of 8 edge-hinged clear
cubes and you need to build a 2*2*2 cube.
Should be simple… except it turns out
that it ain’t – in fact, if you’re anything like me, you’ll pretty soon
convince yourself it can’t be done – and therein lies the beauty of this design
– there’s a wonderfully sneaky little element that makes it all possible and
finding that makes for a super “A-Ha!” moment…
I really enjoyed finding it (eventually)!
Add to that the fact that it’s a wonderfully photogenic object
and I have to say that it makes a brilliant addition to the humble hoard.
[In case you’re wondering – there’s a lovely little trick of
the light that makes each cubie look like it is in turn made up of a 2*2*2 when
it’s in the assembled state.]
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