Videos

Kagen Sound on Instagram has many different videos of puzzleboxes.

Lotus Box

Disc Box II

Rune Box

Dodecahedron Box

Maze Burr

Lotus Table

 

Press

Tim Feriss Interviews Film Maker Darren Aronofsky (Pipe Organ Desk)

Colorado College Faces of Innovation

Colorado Public Radio

CBS News

Huffington Post

5280 Magazine

Fine Woodworking Magazine

Coffee Driven Lives

Friend of Karakuri Creation Group

 

Awards

Nob Yoshigahara Design Competition:

2002 First place and People's Choice Award Block Box

2003 Honorable Mention Decorated Box

2004 Grand Prize and People's Choice Award Dodecahedron Box

2006 Grand Prize and People's Choice Award (Puzzle of the Year) Maze Burr

2009 Sam Lloyd Award, a lifetime achievement award by the Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors.

 

Links

Karakuri Creation Group

Akio Kamei and the Karakuri Group have pioneered puzzle box making into the 21st century. I heard about Akio Kamei's work when I started making puzzles. The Karakuri Group has been a very huge inspiration for me.

Puzzle Box World

Mike has a very extensive site about all types of puzzle boxes. You will find lots of photos and information about both new and traditional Japanese boxes. He has many boxes for sale.

Nob Yoshigahara Design Competition

My puzzle boxes have won many awards in this worldwide annual competition. Think of this as the Olympics for puzzle designers!

Cubic Dissection

Eric Fuller's runs Cubic Dissection. Cubic Dissection features many very fine puzzles, he makes along with work by Robert Yarger, Mark McCallum, and many others.

Oscar van Deventer

Oscar has inveted more amazing puzzles than anyone I know. See more of his work on Shapeways.

 

Puzzle Auctions

Haubrich Puzzle Auction
http://puzzels.haubrichnet.nl/

Baxterweb Puzzle Auction
http://puzzles.baxterweb.com/

 

 

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