ERNO RUBIK
Name: Erno Rubik
Born: 14 July 1944 Budapest, Hungary
Erno Rubik (born July 13, 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor
of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles
including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic and Rubik's Snake.
Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. His Jewish Parents
were in hiding from the Nazis. His father was a flight engineer at the Esztergom
airplane factory, his mother a poet. He graduated from the Technical University,
Budapest (Műszaki Egyetem) in 1967 as an architectural engineer and began
postgraduate studies in sculpting and interior architecture. From 1971 to 1975
he worked as an architect, then became a professor at the Budapest College of
Applied Arts (Iparműveszeti Főiskola). He has spent all his life in Hungary.
"Space always intrigued me, with its incredibly rich possibilities, space
alteration by (architectural) objects, objects' transformation in space (sculpture,
design), movement in space and in time, their correlation, their repercussion on
mankind, the relation between man and space, the object and time. I think the
CUBE arose from this interest, from this search for expression and for this
always more increased acuteness of these thoughts..."
In the early 1980s, he became editor of a game and puzzle journal called ...És
jatek ("...and games"), then became self-employed in 1983, founding the Rubik
Stúdio, where he designed furniture and games. In 1987 he became professor with
full tenure; in 1990 he became the president of the Hungarian Engineering
Academy (Magyar Mernöki Akademia). At the Academy, he created the International
Rubik Foundation to support especially talented young engineers and industrial
designers.
Presently he is mainly working on video game development and architectural
topics and is still leading the Rubik Studios.
He is known to be a very introverted and hardly accessible person, almost
impossible to contact or get for autographs. He typically refuses to attend
speedcubing events. However, he attended the 2007 World Championship in Budapest.
Name: Erno Rubik
Born: 14 July 1944 Budapest, Hungary
Erno Rubik (born July 13, 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor
of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles
including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic and Rubik's Snake.
Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary during World War II. His Jewish Parents
were in hiding from the Nazis. His father was a flight engineer at the Esztergom
airplane factory, his mother a poet. He graduated from the Technical University,
Budapest (Műszaki Egyetem) in 1967 as an architectural engineer and began
postgraduate studies in sculpting and interior architecture. From 1971 to 1975
he worked as an architect, then became a professor at the Budapest College of
Applied Arts (Iparműveszeti Főiskola). He has spent all his life in Hungary.
"Space always intrigued me, with its incredibly rich possibilities, space
alteration by (architectural) objects, objects' transformation in space (sculpture,
design), movement in space and in time, their correlation, their repercussion on
mankind, the relation between man and space, the object and time. I think the
CUBE arose from this interest, from this search for expression and for this
always more increased acuteness of these thoughts..."
In the early 1980s, he became editor of a game and puzzle journal called ...És
jatek ("...and games"), then became self-employed in 1983, founding the Rubik
Stúdio, where he designed furniture and games. In 1987 he became professor with
full tenure; in 1990 he became the president of the Hungarian Engineering
Academy (Magyar Mernöki Akademia). At the Academy, he created the International
Rubik Foundation to support especially talented young engineers and industrial
designers.
Presently he is mainly working on video game development and architectural
topics and is still leading the Rubik Studios.
He is known to be a very introverted and hardly accessible person, almost
impossible to contact or get for autographs. He typically refuses to attend
speedcubing events. However, he attended the 2007 World Championship in Budapest.