"Space always intrigued me, with its incredibly rich possibilities, space alteration by (architectural) objects, objects' transformation in space (sculpture, design), movement in space and in time, their correlation, their repercussion on mankind, the relation between man and space, the object and time. I think the CUBE arose from this interest, from this search for expression and for this always more increased acuteness of these thoughts...”– Enro Rubik
These were the words of engineer, architect, sculptor,professor Enro Rubik who created the world’s most selling toy ever – the Rubik’s CUBE. But apart from the cube there have been many other creat
ion from the ‘Rubik's Studio’:
RUBIK’s Magic : The puzzle consists of 8 black square tiles (Changed to red squares with goldish rings in 1997) arranged in a 2 × 4 rectangle; diagonal grooves on the tiles hold wires that connect them, allowing them to be folded onto each other and unfolded again in two perpendicular directions.The goal of the game is to fold the puzzle into a heart-like shape and unscramble the picture on the back side, thus interconnecting the rings.
RUBIK’s Snake : is a toy with twenty-four wedges shaped like right isosceles triangular prisms. The wedges are connected such that they can be twisted, but not separated. Through this twisting, the Rubik's Snake can attain positions including a straight line, a ball (technically a nonuniform concave rhombicuboctahedron), a dog, a duck, a rectangle, a snake and many more imaginative shapes and figures.
RUBIK’s 360 : Rubik's 360 is a 3-D mechanical puzzle released in 2009 by Ernő Rubik,The puzzle involves changing the position of six balls, each a different color, in a central sphere to six compartments in the outer sphere. This is done by shaking them through a middle sphere that only has two holes. There are three spheres that make up the puzzle. Unlike the original Rubik's Cube, there seem to be no algorithms and, in general, less mathematics associated with this puzzle. In addition there is a factor of manual dexterity involved in the solution, that was unnecessary with the original cube.
Hats off to the master architect.... one who gave a play toy for adults and children alike, a toy which appeals to a 60 as well as a 6 year old alike and all believe that they'll be able to solve it. The WORLD stands greatful!!!