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==Recent Work and Engagements==
==Recent Work and Engagements==
Rubik has recently spent much of his time working on Beyond Rubik's Cube, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) based exhibition, which will travel the globe over the next six years.<ref>[[http://brc.lsc.org/ "Beyond Rubik's Cube"] Liberty Science Center, N.D. Retrieved 6 May, 2014</ref> The grand opening of the exhibit was held on April 26, 2014 at the [[Liberty Science Center]] outside New York City. At the exhibition, Rubik gave several lectures, tours, and engaged with the public and several members of the [[speedcubing]] crowd in attendance, including [[Anthony Brooks]], a world-class speedcuber.<ref>Barron, James. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/nyregion/rubiks-redux-a-colorful-cube-puzzles-anew.html?hpw&rref=nyregion "A Cube With a Twist: At 40, It Puzzles Anew"]. The New York Time, 25 April, 2014. retrieved 6 May 2014</ref><ref>Matheson Whitney. [http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/04/25/rubiks-cube/8141175/ "Forty years later, the Rubik's Cube still puzzles"]. USA Today, 25 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014</ref>
Rubik has recently spent much of his time working on Beyond Rubik's Cube, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) based exhibition, which will travel the globe over the next six years.<ref>[[http://brc.lsc.org/ "Beyond Rubik's Cube"]] Liberty Science Center, N.D. Retrieved 6 May, 2014</ref> The grand opening of the exhibit was held on April 26, 2014 at the [[Liberty Science Center]] outside New York City. At the exhibition, Rubik gave several lectures, tours, and engaged with the public and several members of the [[speedcubing]] crowd in attendance, including [[Anthony Brooks]], a world-class speedcuber.<ref>Barron, James. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/nyregion/rubiks-redux-a-colorful-cube-puzzles-anew.html?hpw&rref=nyregion "A Cube With a Twist: At 40, It Puzzles Anew"]. The New York Time, 25 April, 2014. retrieved 6 May 2014</ref><ref>Matheson Whitney. [http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/04/25/rubiks-cube/8141175/ "Forty years later, the Rubik's Cube still puzzles"]. USA Today, 25 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014</ref>


Rubik will be present at the Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala 3.0 in New York City on 9 May 2014, which will feature the [[Empire State Building]] lit up like a Rubik's Cube in honor of Liberty Science Center and our new exhibition, "Beyond Rubik's Cube".<ref name= "lsc">[http://lsc.org/support-us/annual-gala/tables-and-tickets/ "Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala 3.0". Liberty Science Center. N.D. Retrieved 6 May 2014</ref>
Rubik will be present at the Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala 3.0 in New York City on 9 May 2014, which will feature the [[Empire State Building]] lit up like a Rubik's Cube in honor of Liberty Science Center and our new exhibition, "Beyond Rubik's Cube".<ref name= "lsc">[http://lsc.org/support-us/annual-gala/tables-and-tickets/ "Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala 3.0". Liberty Science Center. N.D. Retrieved 6 May 2014</ref>

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For his father, see Ernő Rubik (aircraft designer).

The native form of this personal name is Rubik Ernő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ernő Rubik
Inventor of the Rubik's Cube
Born (1944-07-13) 13 July 1944 (age 79)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Education1958-1962 Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts; Specialization in Sculpture

1962-1967 University of Technology, Budapest; Architecture

1967-1971 Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts; Interior Architecture and Design
Occupation(s)Inventor, Designer, Board Executive
EmployerRubik Brand ltd. (UK)
Known forPuzzle designer, Rubik's Cube, Inventor, Architect, Professor
TitleChairman
Board member ofJudit Polgar Foundation
SpouseÁgnes Hégely
ChildrenÁgnes, Anna, Ernő Jr, Szonja

Ernő Rubik (Hungarian: [ˈrubik ˈɛrnøː]; born July 13, 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, Rubik's Magic: Master Edition, Rubik's Snake.

Early Life

Childhood and Parental Influence

Ernő Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary, July 13, 1944, during World War II, and has lived all his life in Hungary. His father, Ernő Rubik, was a flight engineer at the Esztergom aircraft factory, and his mother, Magdolna Szántó, was a poet.[1]

His father, Ernő Sr., was a highly respected engineer of gliders. His extensive work and expertise in this area gained him an international reputation as an expert in his field. Ernő Rubik has stated that:[2]

Beside him I learned a lot about work in the sense of a value-creating process which has a target, and a positive result too. Both figuratively and literally he was a person capable of 'moving a hill‘. There was nothing that could prevent him from doing what he decided or bringing a project to a completion, if necessary even with his own hands. No work was unworthy or undeserving for him.

University

From 1958 - 1962, Rubik specialised in sculpture at the Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts. From 1962 - 1967, Rubik attended the University of Technology, Budapest where he became a member of the Architecture Faculty. From 1967 - 1971, Rubik attended the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts and was on the faculty of Interior Architecture and Design.[2]

Career

From 1971 to 1975 he worked as an architect, then became a professor at the Budapest College of Applied Arts (Iparművészeti Főiskola). It was during his time there[contradictory] that he built designs for a three-dimensional puzzle and completed the first prototype of the Rubik's Cube in 1974, applying for a patent on the puzzle in 1975. In an interview with CNN, Rubik stated that he was "searching to find a good task for my students." [3]

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...

Rubik's Cube

In the early 1980s, he became editor of a game and puzzle journal called ..És játék (...And games), then became self-employed in 1983, founding the Rubik Stúdió, 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 Mérnöki Akadémia). At the Academy, he created the International Rubik Foundation to support especially talented young engineers and industrial designers.

He attended the 2007 World Championship in Budapest.[4][5] He also gave a lecture and autograph session at the "Bridges-Pecs" conference ("Bridges between Mathematics and the Arts") in July, 2010.[6]

Rubik is a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board.[7]

Recent Work and Engagements

Rubik has recently spent much of his time working on Beyond Rubik's Cube, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) based exhibition, which will travel the globe over the next six years.[8] The grand opening of the exhibit was held on April 26, 2014 at the Liberty Science Center outside New York City. At the exhibition, Rubik gave several lectures, tours, and engaged with the public and several members of the speedcubing crowd in attendance, including Anthony Brooks, a world-class speedcuber.[9][10]

Rubik will be present at the Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala 3.0 in New York City on 9 May 2014, which will feature the Empire State Building lit up like a Rubik's Cube in honor of Liberty Science Center and our new exhibition, "Beyond Rubik's Cube".[11]

On Friday, 10 May 2014, Rubik will attend annual Liberty Science Center's Genius Gala with honorees inventor Dean Kamen, ocean explorer Sylvia Earle, genomics pioneer Craig Venter, and special guests Erno Rubik. Susan Sarandon, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, David Blaine, Charles Yang, and Anthony Brooks, speedcubing superstar.[11]

Influences

Ernő Rubik has listed several individuals who, as he said, "exerted a great influence over me through their work." These include Leonard da Vinci who Rubik regards as the Renaissance Man, Michelangelo who he respects as a polymath, painter, sculptor, and architect, M.C. Escher, an artist who built impossible constructions and grappled with the explorations of infinity. As regards to philosophers and writers, Rubik admires Voltaire, Stendhal, Thomas Mann, Jean-Paul Sartre, Hungarian poet Attila József, Jules Verne and Isaac Asimov. In the field of architecture, Rubik is an admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier.[2]

Prizes and Awards

  • 1978 – BNV Prize (BNV-díj)
  • 1978 - Budapest International Trade Fair, Prize for the Cube [2]
  • 1980 - Toy of the Year: Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom, France, USA [2]
  • 1981 - Toy of the Year: Finland, Sweden, Italy [2]
  • 1982 - Toy of the Year: United Kingdom (second time)[2]
  • 1982 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York selected Rubik's Cube into its permanent collection [2]
  • 1983 - Hungarian State Prize for demonstrating and teaching 3D structures and for the various solutions that inspired scientific researches in several ways [2]
  • 1988 - Juvenile Prize from the State Office of Youth and Sport[2]
  • 1995 - Dénes Gabor Prize from the Novofer Foundation as an acknowledgement of achievements in the field of innovation[2]
  • 1996 - Ányos Jedlik Prize from the Hungarian Patent Office [2]
  • 1997 - Prize for the Reputation of Hungary (1997) [2]
  • 2007 - Kossuth Prize the most prestigious cultural award in Hungary[2]
  • 2008 - Moholy-Nagy Prize – from the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design[2]
  • 2009 - EU Ambassador of the Year of Creativity and Innovation[12]
  • 2010 - USA Science and Engineering Festival Award (Outstanding Contribution to Science Education)[13]
  • 2010 – The Hungarian Order of Merit Commanders Cross with the Star
  • 2010 – Prima Primissima Prize
  • 2012 – My Country Awards

References

  1. ^ International Who's Who 2000. Europa. 1999. p. 1342. ISBN 1-85743-050-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Europa Interview with Ernő Rubik Retrieved 5 May 2014
  3. ^ The little cube that changed the world Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  4. ^ John Nadler, "Squaring Up to the Rubik's Cube", Time, 9 October 2007.
  5. ^ "25 years on" Erno Rubik interview at the Rubik's Cube official website, retrieved 9 May 2010
  6. ^ "Bridges Conference" List of Plenary speakers, retrieved 26 July 2010
  7. ^ USA Science and Engineering Festival Advisors Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  8. ^ ["Beyond Rubik's Cube"] Liberty Science Center, N.D. Retrieved 6 May, 2014
  9. ^ Barron, James. "A Cube With a Twist: At 40, It Puzzles Anew". The New York Time, 25 April, 2014. retrieved 6 May 2014
  10. ^ Matheson Whitney. "Forty years later, the Rubik's Cube still puzzles". USA Today, 25 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014
  11. ^ a b [http://lsc.org/support-us/annual-gala/tables-and-tickets/ "Liberty Science Center’s Genius Gala 3.0". Liberty Science Center. N.D. Retrieved 6 May 2014
  12. ^ Rubik's cube and EU Politics: The Manifesto for Creativity and Innovation in Europe Retrieved 5 May 2014
  13. ^ Ernő Rubik Awarded with the Outstanding Contributions to Science Education Award Retrieved 5 May, 2014

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