Two pop-cultural icons from the 1980s have come together for one awesome project: the Rubik’s Cube and Mario as he appeared in the original “Super Mario Bros.” game.

One YouTube user, zoitrok, has created a portrait of everyone’s favorite 8-bit mustachioed plumber using 49 Rubik’s cubes. A time-lapse video shows how ...
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Hardly any of us has grown up without some time playing with the Rubik’s cube. Since its first introduction in 1980, the world’s most popular toy has evolved ...
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If you were to ask someone which is the most famous puzzle in the world, the answer has to be Rubik’s Cube, for until now more than 350 million Rubik’s ...
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Rubik’s Cube originally developed by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik in the year 1974, as the famous 3-D mechanical puzzle which on January 2009 became the world’s top selling puzzle and is also considered to be the world’s best selling toy. ...
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Super Mario Brothers strike once again and this time, Mario is in the form of a mosaic created completely out of 24 Rubik’s cubes, which are arranged in a frame in 4 x 6 pattern, making beautiful video game artwork.

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The creator ...
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It’s needless to say that Rubik’s cube has garnered way too much appreciation around the globe, and to add to its prestige, it was touted as the Best Puzzle in the world in January this year. Off late, I have seen a lot of creative folks experimenting with this cube ...
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The Rubik’s Cube has frustrated so many over the years since it was first released, and here is another way for it to make people crazy, as a print stamp.

In this artwork created by Jas Bhachu, the Rubik’s Cube can be formed and changed, so its sides can be made ...
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Kasper Sonne is a Danish artist who explores the connection between culture and everyday usage of words. This is perhaps why he has designed the Nine Letter Words (Rubik’s Cube revisited), where one could try and solve the cube using letters printed on the tinier cubes. Kasper tries to search ...
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