Rubik's Cube
Puzzle
ca. 1985 (manufactured)
ca. 1985 (manufactured)
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| Place of origin |
The Rubik's Cube was a major craze of the early 1980s. Invented in Budapest, Hungary by Erno Rubik the first cubes were sold locally. The toy company Ideal picked up on the craze and manufactured cubes for the Western market. Rubik's Cube won prizes for innovation and design and in 1981 became an exhibit at the New York Museum of Modern Art.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Rubik's Cube (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Plastic, moulded |
| Brief description | Plastic Rubik's cube puzzle made in England in 1980 |
| Physical description | A plastic cube with nine smaller coloured cubes making up each side of it; these can be moved laterally or vertically; red, white, green, blue, yellow and orange. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Object history | Invented by Erno Rubik, a lecturer of Interior Design in Budapest. |
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| Summary | The Rubik's Cube was a major craze of the early 1980s. Invented in Budapest, Hungary by Erno Rubik the first cubes were sold locally. The toy company Ideal picked up on the craze and manufactured cubes for the Western market. Rubik's Cube won prizes for innovation and design and in 1981 became an exhibit at the New York Museum of Modern Art. |
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| Accession number | MISC.524-1988 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2000 |
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