1989 Vintage Kurt Naef Ornabo Cubes Blocks Game Toy Puzzle Wooden 1980s Swiss Made Hubert Zimmermann

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Rare & Highly collectible vintage Naef Ornabo toy from 1989!

Manufacturer: Naef Spiele, Switzerland
Toy: Ornabo
Nr: 9410
Designer: Hubert … Read more Rare & Highly collectible vintage Naef Ornabo toy from 1989!

Manufacturer: Naef Spiele, Switzerland
Toy: Ornabo
Nr: 9410
Designer: Hubert Zimmermann
Originally designed back in the year 1960
High-quality, made in Switzerland (marked Swiss made)
Original from the year: 1989 (marked inside the box)
Contains: 25 cubes
Material: wood & paint

CONDITION: 37 Year old toy set
Within its original damaged box, one corner is damaged
Normal signs of use
Two cubes have one corner damaged - see pictures
Overall, in good condition for its age

Puzzle size: 6.88 x 6.88 x 1.37 inches / 17.5 x 17.5 x 3.5 cm
Cube size: 1.37 x 1.37 x 1.37 inches / 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

Kurt Naef's games are the "Rolls Royce" of wooden games.

Ornabo was designed in 1960 by Hubert Zimmermann and illustrates not only to children the creative potential of the simplest design elements: Triangle, Rectangle, Square, Circle, Semicircle, and Quarter Circle. On a grid of only five by five squares, these simple elements and two colors create an amazing variety of images and patterns.

The fascinating patterns are possible thanks to the precise workmanship of the wooden building blocks. 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.


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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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