The Amazing Star Cube
Dublin Core
Title
The Amazing Star Cube
Subject
Fidget Puzzle
Description
The Amazing Star Cube is made of plastic and designed with 12 different colored stickers: red, dark blue, white, dark green, orange, yellow, light blue, light green, grey, brown, purple, and pink. The Amazing Star Cube is based on a mechanical puzzle invented in 1971 by Naoki Yoshimoto when he discovered that two stellated rhombic dodecahedra could be fit together into a cube. His invention was called the Yoshimoto Cube and in 1982 the puzzle was included in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. When fitted together the puzzle is a 2 x 2 x 2 cube but when dissected there are two 12-point stars. This puzzle is considered a fidget puzzle because there are endless ways to fold and unfold the interconnected cubes making it a great stress reliever rather than a puzzle to be solved.
Creator
Naoki Yoshimoto (吉本直貴, Yoshimoto Naoki)
Source
5.71 x 5.71 x 5.71 cm (2 ¼ x 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ inches) - in cube form
22.86 x 5.71 x 11.43 cm (9 x 2 ¼ x 4 ½ inches) - 4 x 2 x 1 flat
22.86 x 5.71 x 11.43 cm (9 x 2 ¼ x 4 ½ inches) - 4 x 2 x 1 flat
Publisher
California Creations
Date
1971
Contributor
Laura DuPont (Photo)
Laura DuPont (Metadata)
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
PUZ_StarCube_001
PUZ_StarCube_002
PUZ_StarCube_003
PUZ_StarCube_004
PUZ_StarCube_005
PUZ_StarCube_006
PUZ_StarCube_007
PUZ_StarCube_008
PUZ_StarCube_002
PUZ_StarCube_003
PUZ_StarCube_004
PUZ_StarCube_005
PUZ_StarCube_006
PUZ_StarCube_007
PUZ_StarCube_008
Collection
Citation
Naoki Yoshimoto (吉本直貴, Yoshimoto Naoki), “The Amazing Star Cube,” PuzzleEd: 3D Puzzle Digital Library, accessed September 21, 2024, https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp21/group9/items/show/9.