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By Benjamin Sachs

The Suprising Origins of Waves Puzzle

Step behind the scenes with me, because you’re about to find out where the idea behind Waves Puzzle came from.

Full disclosure: I’m a real-life architect.

And back when I was in graduate school, I was busy designing towering skyscrapers and flowing domes.

Sounds cool, right?

Well it was…until I hit the job market.

Instead of living a life of artistic ambition, I was reviewing shop drawings and coordinating HVAC ducts with structural beams.

And if those details are starting to put you to sleep…

Just imagine how I felt!

I began to miss how immersed I felt in design…

When time would just fade away and the creative juices were coursing through my veins.

So I decided to rebel – in the nerdiest way possible.

One lonely night in my tiny Brooklyn apartment, I fired up Rhino, my favorite 3D design software.

But instead of dreaming of more cities and towers, I did something totally different – I designed a puzzle!

I was playing with different curves that looked like puzzle joints, and just like that, the original Waves Puzzle was born as a digital sketch.



After some design refinements, I laser-cut the puzzle from walnut, and then from blue lucite.

As I clicked each piece into place, something magical happened…

That old immersive feeling I’d been missing came rushing back.


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Only later did I learn there was actually a word to describe what I was feeling:

Flow state.

Have you ever felt so absorbed in an activity that everything else seems to melt away?

That’s flow.

And flow is why I keep making new puzzles.

Because I want YOU to feel that same sense of flow, focus, and fun I first felt all those years ago.

So I’m curious…

Have you ever experienced a “flow state” while puzzling?

Let me know in the comments, I’d love to hear your story!

Happy puzzling,
Ben
Co-Founder, Waves Puzzle

P.S. Ready to experience the Waves difference yourself? Our iridescent lucite puzzles are more than just a challenge—they're a gateway to your personal flow state. Check out our collection and find your perfect puzzle match. Your coffee table (and your mind) will thank you!

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