Puzzle Design Challenge Brief
Client: Fine Office Furniture,
Inc.
Target Consumer: Ages
3+
Designer: Rand
Problem Statement: A local office furniture
manufacturing
company throws away tens of thousands of scrap ¾”
hardwood
cubes that result from its furniture construction processes. The
material is
expensive, and the scrap represents a sizeable loss of
profit.
Design Statement: Fine Office Furniture, Inc.
would like to return value to its waste product by using it as the raw
material
for desktop novelty items that will be sold on the showroom floor.
Design,
build, test, document, and present a three-dimensional puzzle
system that is
made from the scrap hardwood cubes. The puzzle system must
provide an
appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years
of age or
older.
Criteria:
1. The puzzle
must
be fabricated from 27 – ¾”hardwood cubes.
2. The puzzle system
must
contain exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each individual puzzle
piece must
consist of at least four, but no more than six hardwood cubes
that are
permanently attached to each other.
4. No two puzzle pieces
can be the
same.
5. The five puzzle pieces must assemble to form a 2
¼”
cube.
6. Some puzzle parts should interlock.
Client: Fine Office Furniture,
Inc.
Target Consumer: Ages
3+
Designer: Rand
Problem Statement: A local office furniture
manufacturing
company throws away tens of thousands of scrap ¾”
hardwood
cubes that result from its furniture construction processes. The
material is
expensive, and the scrap represents a sizeable loss of
profit.
Design Statement: Fine Office Furniture, Inc.
would like to return value to its waste product by using it as the raw
material
for desktop novelty items that will be sold on the showroom floor.
Design,
build, test, document, and present a three-dimensional puzzle
system that is
made from the scrap hardwood cubes. The puzzle system must
provide an
appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years
of age or
older.
Criteria:
1. The puzzle
must
be fabricated from 27 – ¾”hardwood cubes.
2. The puzzle system
must
contain exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each individual puzzle
piece must
consist of at least four, but no more than six hardwood cubes
that are
permanently attached to each other.
4. No two puzzle pieces
can be the
same.
5. The five puzzle pieces must assemble to form a 2
¼”
cube.
6. Some puzzle parts should interlock.
3D Puzzle Cube Parts
Puzzle cube parts IDW