Naef Sphaera Sphere Ball Maze Toy Game Puzzle Labyrinth Cherry Wood Designed by Sarah Ahart & Bryanna Dering

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Kurt Naef's games are the "Rolls Royce" of wooden games. In a fast-moving and electronically oriented time, they maintain their … Read more Kurt Naef's games are the "Rolls Royce" of wooden games. In a fast-moving and electronically oriented time, they maintain their permanent position in the marketplace with timeless design-loving and high-quality workmanship. The wide range of products primarily consists of puzzles and games of skill, which enable the player to experience and train in spatial imagination, geometric principles, and coordination.

With the Sphaera game, you hold a beautiful hemisphere in your hand, crafted out of maple or cherry wood. On the surface, you find a concentric labyrinth. Little steel balls are to be moved through five rings into the centrum. In the theory this is fast, yet reaching the goal demands agility and patience, as the pathways between the rings are not visible at first glance.

Naef toys are handcrafted in small numbers and undergo a level of care rarely found with other manufacturers – when it comes to cutting and hand-sanding the wood, which comes from sustainable Central European timber farming. The exactness of the angles and planes allows us to experience the beauty of geometry in a satisfying way that we are denied with lesser quality materials and fabrications.

Manufacturer: Naef Spiele Ag
Toy: Sphaera (Cherry wood)
Designers: Sarah Ahart and Bryanna Dering
Originally designed in the year 2014
Handmade in Germany
Material: Cherry wood
Age: 6+

CONDITION: NEW IN ITS ORIGINAL WHITE BOX

SIZE: ⌀4.92 x 2 inches / ⌀12.5 x 5.2 cm

WARNING: THIS GAME IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS DUE TO SMALL PARTS THAT CAN BE SWALLOWED!

ABOUT Naef: The Swiss cabinetmaker and furniture builder Kurt Naef began to produce his timeless, high-quality wooden games in the late 1950s, developing them on his own and with designers. He reproduced a number of classic games by celebrated designers of the Bauhaus. Naef's games are represented in the collections of important museums, for example in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and in Japan.
The design language of minimalism and functionality runs through the entire Naef assortment. Naef stands for top-class toys made of wood fascinating both children and adults.

In the last 6 decades, Naef Spiele AG widened its range of products through collaboration with well-known designers such as Peer Clahsen, Verner Panton, Xavier de Clippeleir, Jo Niemeyer, and Yasuo Aizawa, among others.

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