Puzzles for EveryBody™
Shapes II
Patent-pending puzzle collection designed to be inclusive of puzzlers with visual impairment.
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Waterjet cut puzzle pieces.
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Textured printing technology.
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Tactile clues.
- Piece counts: 36, 64, or 196 pieces.
- Guide Puzzle option for people with visual impairment.
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Material: Waterproof PVC.
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Ages 4+
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Shop Tax Exempt: service@thepuzzledco.com
Experience a new kind of puzzle for every body. This tactile sensory puzzle design was created so that sighted and visually impaired puzzlers can play and learn together. We’ve elevated the design of our precision Waterjet cut PVC puzzles with textured printing technology. Feel the art in each piece using tactile clues.
Puzzles for EveryBody™ fills in a missing piece in the global puzzle industry. We are empowered to evolve the future of puzzle design for all members of our community so that we may expand access to the educational, physical and mental health benefits revealed by the joy of puzzling. Our puzzles are waterproof, easy to sanitize, and almost indestructible. Adventure outside your puzzle table and experiment with assembly everywhere you’ve dreamed of puzzling!
Shapes II puzzle artwork description:
This puzzle has bright, vibrant colors with black and white accents. The composition is inspired by Piet Mondrian’s famous abstract grid paintings. Sections of varied sizes contain clusters of raised tactile shapes and symbols: circles, ovals, question marks, hexagons, pentagons, at signs (@), exclamation marks, rhombuses, triangles, number signs, and trapezoids. Back and white indicia markings offer hints to the orientation of the artwork. Wavy lines indicate the horizontal axis and thick straight lines suggest the vertical direction.
12” x 12"
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36 pieces 36 pieces- Guide Puzzle Set
64 pieces |
36 piece tactile puzzle. 36 piece tactile puzzle, plus a two-piece tactile Guide Puzzle. 64 piece puzzle. |
| 64 pieces - Guide Puzzle Set |
64 piece tactile puzzle, plus a two-piece tactile Guide Puzzle. |
| 196 pieces |
196 piece tactile puzzle. |
| 196 pieces - Guide Puzzle Set | 196 piece tactile puzzle, plus a two-piece tactile Guide Puzzle. |
About the Shapes II Guide Puzzle Set
How to play:
1. Start by connecting the two big pieces of the Guide Puzzle.
2. Familiarize yourself with the featured artwork by feeling the tactile clues.
3. Use the tactile Guide Puzzle to help you sort the tactile puzzle pieces.
4. Assemble the puzzle by matching shapes, patterns and outlines. Refer to the tactile Guide Puzzle as needed.
Post-puzzling Experiments
- Grab your assembled puzzle by the corners and ace the puzzle pick-up challenge!
- Experiment with assembling your waterproof puzzle in a new environment like a bubble bath, swimming pool, hot tub, beach, picnic or in the snow.
- Frame it and hang it! It can also be used as a placemat or coffee-table décor. Add a little painter's tape to the back of the puzzle to keep the pieces in place.
OUR STORY
We are a family business established in 1977, and revived again in 2020. The Puzzled Co. was started by Philip Einsohn, a former early-childhood educator turned Waterjet design expert. In his first year of teaching, Philip struggled to find educational puzzles especially for low-sighted and blind students and parents alike. He began crafting wood puzzles for his classroom and was one of the first to create Braille puzzles for children. Today, using innovative technologies like Waterjet cutting and textured printing, Philip has realized his vision of inventing Puzzles for EveryBody™ as a unique, patent-pending, sensory art puzzling experience and classroom resource. All products are cut and printed in-house by Waterjet Works, our Dallas-based parent company.
Braille Puzzle designs created by Philip Einsohn in 1977.