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16 August 2019The puzzle is to separate the three pieces and put them back together again. When the pieces are lined up just right and you get…
Felix Ure is a relatively new puzzle designer but he’s certainly had a big impact. He released his first puzzle called Titan in 2019 and has followed up with two other amazing designs since then.
He didn’t start out specifically as a puzzle designer; his background is in luxury product design more generally. In fact, before designing puzzles he designed high-end door handles. But once he got interested in puzzles he was hooked and he says that his goal became to make a beautiful object with a simple mechanism, yet a difficult solution, that is just as satisfying to sit and fiddle with as it is to solve. He’s definitely achieved that!
Recently interviewed on the YouTube channel: Beats & Pieces by Mickael there are some interesting and engaging insights into what makes him tick as a designer but also how he comes up with his puzzle design ideas.