Rubik’s Cube – Erno Rubik

Erno Rubrik is an Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is known for the invention of mechanical puzzles. One of the best known puzzles is the  Rubik’s Cube, which was invented in 1974. His mechanical puzzles involved the promotion of science in education.

In 1974, Erno developed the Rubik’s Cube, also known as the magic cube, a movable art piece for his students. He also added 54 stickers of six different colours, which gave the puzzle an iconic look. The first cube he did took over a month to solve. After a year, he patented the Magic Cube as a puzzle. In 1980, the cube became global by the ideal Toy Company, the owner of the company Tom Kremer had the vision to commercialize the Cube and sell it to the world.