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Awards Nob Yoshigahara Design Competition: 2002 First place and People's Choice Award Block Box 2003 Honorable Mention Decorated Box 2004 Grand Prize and People's Choice Award Dodecahedron Box 2006 Grand Prize and People's Choice Award (Puzzle of the Year) Maze Burr Sam Lloyd Award: In 2009 I received the Sam Lloyd Award, a lifetime achievement award by the Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors.
Links Akio Kamei and the Karakuri Group have pioneered puzzle box making into the 21st century. I heard about Akio Kamei's work when I started making puzzles. The Karakuri Group has been a very huge inspiration for me. Mike has a very extensive site about all types of puzzle boxes. You will find lots of photos and information about both new and traditional Japanese boxes. He has many boxes for sale. Nob Yoshigahara Design Competition My puzzle boxes have won many awards in this worldwide annual competition. Think of this as the Olympics for puzzle designers! John Rausch has set up a database full of information on puzzles and puzzle collecting. It hosts other very interesting puzzle sites like the IPP design competition page. Eric Fuller's runs Cubic Dissection. Cubic Dissection features many very fine puzzles, he makes along with work by Robert Yarger, Mark McCallum, and many others. Oscar has inveted more amazing puzzles than anyone I know. See more of his work on Shapeways. This is Edi Nagata's site. It feature's a variety of playful puzzles along with his famous packing puzzles. Here is where I first started selling puzzles. Cleverwood has sold over two hundred of my boxes. You can see some beautiful photos of my work here. Frank Potts runs this site. On it you will find the latest puzzles and info about puzzles in England.
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