Contra, The Anti-Puzzle

Contra, The Anti-Puzzle 

Puzzles have long been a showcase for art, and puzzle building is a beloved pastime shared by millions. Contra flips conventional jigsaw puzzling upside down and backwards by inviting the puzzle builders themselves to become the creative artists. Each box contains 1125 pieces in a total of five different colours, but what makes Contra special is that all of the pieces are inter-compatible, and can be arranged in any manner. Rather than searching for the right piece to complete a prescribed, predesigned, tired old image, Contra invites you to engage your abstract brain and explore new shapes and patterns to create your own masterpiece. The closed task becomes an open one. The familiar experience of becomes fresh, with a new kind of challenge where the constraints of the jigsaw format create opportunities for an entirely new medium for creative expression. 

For the concerned or offended, rest assured, Contra retains much of what you already love about conventional jigsaw puzzles. There is a quiet pace to building, the calm, peaceful searching, the satisfaction of placing pieces, and the excitement in seeing a work of art emerge. Young puzzlers will find that there is less frustration involved, as every piece can be combined with every other piece. And unlike many other puzzles, Contra has immense replay value, and can be built again and again, shared cooperatively, and can even become host to creative games such as collaborative art creation where players take turns placing pieces, and so on. 

This unsolvable anti-puzzle will be available in greyscale, and in a turquoise/ orange colourway.

Details: 

• 5 colous x 225 pieces
• Weight (5 colour puzzles+ puzzle box): 850g
• Greyscale
• Black + White + 3 shade of Grey
• Turquoise/ Orange Colourway
• Red + Orange + 3 shade of Turquoise