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Erno Rubik | Celebrating 50 Years of the Rubik's Cube

2025/2/4
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Erno Rubik: 我从小在父母的影响下,形成了独特的思维方式,父亲的工程思维和母亲的艺术思维对我产生了深远的影响。我童年时期的独立游戏和探索经历,培养了我对空间和几何的敏感性,为日后的发明奠定了基础。在学习雕塑和建筑设计的过程中,我逐渐领悟到艺术与技术的结合,以及细节的重要性。魔方并非偶然的产物,而是我长期探索空间和几何潜力,并尝试用最简单的几何形状来展现其复杂性的结果。它体现了简单与复杂的矛盾统一,也反映了我对三维空间的热爱和对创造过程的享受。在解决问题的过程中,我强调了“玩耍”的重要性,它能激发创造力和解决问题的灵感。我将魔方视为一个工具,它能帮助人们探索三维空间,并从中学习。魔方不仅仅是一个玩具,更是一个能够引发人们思考和学习的媒介,它能培养人们解决问题的能力,并带来成就感。我从未以速度为目标来玩魔方,更注重的是解决问题的过程和从中获得的乐趣。魔方成为文化现象是一个循序渐进的过程,它逐渐渗透到各个领域,成为一个时代的象征。 Jim: 魔方彻底改变了我的生活。作为一名自闭症患者,我过去难以解决物理难题。但通过学习魔方算法,我克服了这一障碍,并从中获得了极大的成就感。现在,我经常在会议期间或闲暇时间玩魔方,它帮助我更好地管理我的自闭症症状,并让我在公共场合感到更加自在。魔方也让我与他人建立了联系,并让我融入到更广泛的群体中。

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This chapter explores Erno Rubik's upbringing and how his parents' professions and personalities shaped his approach to design and problem-solving. It highlights the role of his father's engineering background and his mother's artistic sensibilities in his creative journey.
  • Erno Rubik's father was a glider engineer, influencing his engineering mindset.
  • His mother was artistic and poetic, influencing his appreciation for aesthetics.
  • Rubik's early interest in art led him to study sculpture and later architecture and design.

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Chances are, you’ve tried – and maybe succeeded – at the Rubik’s Cube. Patented in 1975, the Rubik’s Cube then made its international debut in 1980 at the New York Toy Fair, and quickly became the best-selling toy in history. But you may not know that Erno Rubik also patented many other successful toys and designs, including the Magic Snake and Rubik’s Magic. His book “Cubed – The Puzzle of Us All” has been published in several countries around the world. Erno Rubik studied architecture and design in Budapest, Hungary. He is the co-founder of the Hungarian Engineering Academy, the Palace of Marvels, and more recently the Aquincum Institute of Technology (AIT) where his latest public sculpture is also on display. Erno also serves on the board of the Judit Polgar Chess Foundation. A recipient of numerous national and international distinctions, Erno has acted as Ambassador to the European Year of Innovation and Creativity and was a returning member of the European Inventor Award's international jury. He lives in Budapest, Hungary with his wife. They have four children. Visit youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle) to watch this episode.