Here’s a toy that just completely won me over just by looking at it: Oblo by Marko Pavlovic was conceived as three dimensional, didactic puzzle. In order to obtain a successful progress from one level to the next, one needs to find the right extracting position for each removable piece to enable its smooth passage through the fixed shape open space provided. I want to play with it!
(via @behance)
Love the toy, would love to know more about out it – the Oblo link doesn’t work.
Thanks,
Christina
PS: Love your blog – it’s my favorite =)
Dec 1st, 2009 / 7:01 pm
Christina, I fixed the link. Sorry about that.
Dec 1st, 2009 / 8:35 pm
This looks like great fun until I stumble over a piece barefoot in the dark. Pointy!
Dec 1st, 2009 / 11:21 pm
Great job! Where can you buy it?
Dec 2nd, 2009 / 6:23 am
Looks like a trinomial cube – a piece of Montessori teaching material. Would have been designed back in 1915 or so!
http://www.infomontessori.com/sensorial/montessori-trinomial-cube-1.jpg
In fact, all the Montessori materials are beautiful objects – would look great in a studio!
Dec 8th, 2009 / 10:25 pm
Hi guys,
Oblo is not in production because the project is not finished yet.
At this point am working intensively on resolving production issues and documentation so it’s hard to give any release date.
Matt, how can sphere look like a cube? :D
regards,
Marko Pavlovic
Dec 28th, 2009 / 7:18 pm
The dreaded trinomial cube! It about drove my 3 year old crazy!
Jan 11th, 2010 / 7:28 pm
Soon available !
http://www.greatcircleworks.com/
http://www.oblospheres.com/
Regards,
Marko Pavlovic
May 5th, 2010 / 9:40 am