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Puzzles by Designer > Stewart Coffin
Stewart began designing puzzles in 1968 and his first design was "Hectix" which was made by the 3M company. Since then Stewart has designed more than 300 new and original puzzles and published a number of books about puzzles. He is considered one of the most collectible and collected puzzle designers ever. Stewart has his own puzzle design philosophy that is headed by this point: "Objective: bring pleasure and satisfaction to the puzzle solver". He has certainly achieved that over and over again with his amazing designs. Left: Brian Young see here visiting with Stewart in 2006
Stewart Coffin was presented with the very first "Nob Yoshigahara Award" for his "Lifetime Achievements in Design, Craftsmanship and Popularizing Mechanical Puzzles" in August 2006 in Boston.
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The puzzle is to re-pack all 9 pieces in the box so that all pieces are under the closed lid. You will need to make room for the key (dowel) to fit. Mr Puzzle resdesigned Make Room so that this version has a unique solution. The puzzle is made with the kind permission of Stewart Coffin. At IPP21 in Tokyo in 2001 a larger version of the puzzle #127-A was given by Jerry Slocum as his exchange gift. That version had 14 separate solutions to fit all nine pieces in the box. Click here to view this original design by Stewart Coffin. As well as our Standard Range this puzzle is also available Craftsman Range made using 9 different Australian hardwood timbers. Price:
DIFFICULTY RATING 8 This puzzle presents four different challenges: In 1997 Stewart Coffin originally designed Make Room and allocated it #127 in his numbering system although only one of these puzzles was made. At IPP21 in Tokyo in 2001 a larger version of the puzzle #127-A was given by Jerry Slocum as his exchange gift. That version had 14 separate solutions to fit just nine pieces in the box. Brian had never made a packing puzzle before.... That all changed after IPP21 when he found himself playing with Jerry's exchange puzzle for many, many hours. He then got interested in redesigning the puzzle to include a challenge with a unique solution.The puzzle is made with the kind permission of Stewart Coffin. As well as our Craftsman Range this puzzle is also available in our Standard Range (Click here). Click here to see the legend of the different timbers used in this puzzle. Price:
LIMITED EDITION of 30 puzzles released December 2008
Ball Room wood 3D puzzle
Difficulty 4/5
There are three challenges to this puzzle.
1. Pack all four pieces into the base as a cube shape. There are three solutions to this challenge.
2. Pack three of the four pieces into the base as a tetrahedron (triangular based pyramid). But which three? That's just part of the challenge. There is only ONE solution to this challenge.
3. Fit all four pieces together to make a 4 x 4 unit square based pyramid pile of ball. This challenge is done outside the base. There is only ONE solution to this challenge.
Make Room wood packing puzzle - Standard
DIFFICULTY RATING 8
Make Room - Craftsman packing puzzle
Challenge 1 - Pack all 8 blocks under the closed lid. 30 possible solutions.
Challenge 2 - Make room for all 8 blocks and the gold rod under the closed lid (not in it’s packing position). 4 solutions.
Challenge 3 - Make Room for all 8 blocks and the key (dowel) under the closed lid. Unique solution.
Challenge 4 - Can you remember how the puzzle came packaged with the key in the lid? 3 solutions.
Click here to see a photo of the pieces inside the box.
Click here to view this original design by Stewart Coffin.
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