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RUBIK, Ernő
RUBIK, Ernő
architect, interior architect, designer
(13 July, 1944, Budapest) 1967: Technical University of Budapest, diploma in architecture; 1971: Applied Arts College of Budapest, Architecture Faculty; diploma in interior design. 1978: International-Fair Award of Budapest (for his magical cube), 1979: 1st award of the Game Tender of the Ministry of Light Industry and the KISZ Central Committee; the award of the Ministry of Culture (Magical Cube); 1980: Game of the Year Award in the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, France, and the USA. 1981: The Game of the Year Award in Finland, Sweden, Italy, and Great Britain (for the second time). 1982: the Golden Award for Work Honor; 1983: National Award; 1988: Juvenile Award; 1995: Dénes Gábor Award; 1996: the honorary doctor of the Technical University of Budapest; the honorary doctor of the College of Applied Arts, Budapest; Ányos Jedlik Award; 1997: Award for the Fame of Hungary; In 1969 he was a lecturer at the Drawing Faculty of the Technical University of Budapest, between 1971 and 1979 he was a professors’ assistant at the Architectural Faculty (later the Interior Design Faculty) of the College of Applied Arts in Budapest, where later, from 1979 to 1982, he was an adjunct then docent. Rubik was the director of the Master’s Training Institute from 1984 to 1986, and the editor in chief of the review entitled …és játék (… and game) from 1982-1983. In 1983 he founded and was the head (until 1990) of the Rubik Studió, which dealt with research, design, prototype and trial series production, and has been the managing director of Rubik Stúdió Kft. (Ltd.) since 1990. Between 1990 and 1996 he was the director of the Office of Hungarian Engineers, in 1992-1993 he was one of the founders of the Gyermekvilág Alapítvány (Child’s World Foundation), and the chairmen of its board of trustees. Between 1990 and 1998 he was the deputy chairman of the board of directors of A & D Studio architectural designing Rt., which he was the managing director of from 1998 onwards. From 1996 he was the president of the Androsoft Rt., and one of the founders of the Csodák Palotája (Palace of Wonders) in 1994. From 1999 onwards he was the managing director of the Trocadero Kft. (Ltd.). His most famous work is the logical game entitled Bűvös Kocka (Magical Cube), later called Rubik’s Cube (1975), the idea of which came to him during his work as a University lecturer. The idea came from imagining how one could force his imagination to picture the unseen side of a known object/form. The variations of his work are the Mini bűvös kocka (Mini Magical Cube), composed of eight units, a spatial logical game, in an octahedron form, Bűvös Domino (Magical Domino) and the Bűvös Sajt (Magical Cheese) (both in 1980). Further games developed by him are the sliding block logical game (1980), the wooden game composed of blocks (1981-1986), the Rubik’s Magic (Magical cubes, 1985), and its display-incorporated version (1986), the logical games called TRIAMID DICE, FIFTEEN PUZZLE, and TANGLE in 1989, then HAT and MAZE in 1993, and the NEW TANGLE in 1996. Rubik was a co-developer of the videogame named Android, and the building block game named LINKS in 1997.
Realized Projects:
1971: MÉM Center of the Economic and Statistic Analysis, interior architecture
1972: Studio Gallery (Budapest, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road 62., demolished)
1972-1973: house with two flat, Budapest, Rügy Street
1975: holiday house, Kővágóörs (HU) (rebuilt)
1976: holiday house, Klastrompuszta (HU)
1978: offices of the Sopron Mining Memorial Museum, interior architecture
1984-1986: family house, Budapest, Virágárok
1986-1988: Redevelopment of the Rubik Studio, Budapest, Városmajor Street [with Ödön Lehoczky].
Books:
A bűvös kocka (edit.), Budapest, 1981
Bűvös négyzetek, Budapest, 1986
Rubik's Cubic Compendium (co-author), Oxford University Press, 1987.
architect, interior architect, designer
(13 July, 1944, Budapest) 1967: Technical University of Budapest, diploma in architecture; 1971: Applied Arts College of Budapest, Architecture Faculty; diploma in interior design. 1978: International-Fair Award of Budapest (for his magical cube), 1979: 1st award of the Game Tender of the Ministry of Light Industry and the KISZ Central Committee; the award of the Ministry of Culture (Magical Cube); 1980: Game of the Year Award in the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, France, and the USA. 1981: The Game of the Year Award in Finland, Sweden, Italy, and Great Britain (for the second time). 1982: the Golden Award for Work Honor; 1983: National Award; 1988: Juvenile Award; 1995: Dénes Gábor Award; 1996: the honorary doctor of the Technical University of Budapest; the honorary doctor of the College of Applied Arts, Budapest; Ányos Jedlik Award; 1997: Award for the Fame of Hungary; In 1969 he was a lecturer at the Drawing Faculty of the Technical University of Budapest, between 1971 and 1979 he was a professors’ assistant at the Architectural Faculty (later the Interior Design Faculty) of the College of Applied Arts in Budapest, where later, from 1979 to 1982, he was an adjunct then docent. Rubik was the director of the Master’s Training Institute from 1984 to 1986, and the editor in chief of the review entitled …és játék (… and game) from 1982-1983. In 1983 he founded and was the head (until 1990) of the Rubik Studió, which dealt with research, design, prototype and trial series production, and has been the managing director of Rubik Stúdió Kft. (Ltd.) since 1990. Between 1990 and 1996 he was the director of the Office of Hungarian Engineers, in 1992-1993 he was one of the founders of the Gyermekvilág Alapítvány (Child’s World Foundation), and the chairmen of its board of trustees. Between 1990 and 1998 he was the deputy chairman of the board of directors of A & D Studio architectural designing Rt., which he was the managing director of from 1998 onwards. From 1996 he was the president of the Androsoft Rt., and one of the founders of the Csodák Palotája (Palace of Wonders) in 1994. From 1999 onwards he was the managing director of the Trocadero Kft. (Ltd.). His most famous work is the logical game entitled Bűvös Kocka (Magical Cube), later called Rubik’s Cube (1975), the idea of which came to him during his work as a University lecturer. The idea came from imagining how one could force his imagination to picture the unseen side of a known object/form. The variations of his work are the Mini bűvös kocka (Mini Magical Cube), composed of eight units, a spatial logical game, in an octahedron form, Bűvös Domino (Magical Domino) and the Bűvös Sajt (Magical Cheese) (both in 1980). Further games developed by him are the sliding block logical game (1980), the wooden game composed of blocks (1981-1986), the Rubik’s Magic (Magical cubes, 1985), and its display-incorporated version (1986), the logical games called TRIAMID DICE, FIFTEEN PUZZLE, and TANGLE in 1989, then HAT and MAZE in 1993, and the NEW TANGLE in 1996. Rubik was a co-developer of the videogame named Android, and the building block game named LINKS in 1997.
Realized Projects:
1971: MÉM Center of the Economic and Statistic Analysis, interior architecture
1972: Studio Gallery (Budapest, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road 62., demolished)
1972-1973: house with two flat, Budapest, Rügy Street
1975: holiday house, Kővágóörs (HU) (rebuilt)
1976: holiday house, Klastrompuszta (HU)
1978: offices of the Sopron Mining Memorial Museum, interior architecture
1984-1986: family house, Budapest, Virágárok
1986-1988: Redevelopment of the Rubik Studio, Budapest, Városmajor Street [with Ödön Lehoczky].
Books:
A bűvös kocka (edit.), Budapest, 1981
Bűvös négyzetek, Budapest, 1986
Rubik's Cubic Compendium (co-author), Oxford University Press, 1987.
