Danese Milano 16 Pesci Puzzle | Solid Oak

16 Animals / 16 Fishes are limited edition puzzles, skillfully created by Enzo Mari in 1956 for the Danish brand. They were created in such a way as to obtain, from a single rectangular oak wood board and with a single continuous cut, the silhouettes of monkeys, snakes, camels, elephants, alligators, fish and other animals. Perfect for your children as it is a highly educational game. Suitable as a gift idea.
16 Animals and 16 Pisces is almost a book, to create stories about the world as children perceive it. Italian designer Enzo Mari believed that the creative process had a lot in common with the concentration of a child intent on playing. The game was commissioned to Mari in 1956 in collaboration with his wife Iela, a specialist in visual perception and communication in early childhood. While studying Scandinavian wooden games, Mari was fascinated by the idea of creating a number of many animals from a single line. To strongly influence him were the rigors of the rationalist thought of Gestalt psychology, proposed by his wife. A subsequent collaboration between the Danish brand and Ezio Mari led to the creation of 16 Pesci, a polyurethane puzzle of various fish shapes.
16 pesci is a wooden puzzle, cleverly designed to produce 16 different fish shapes, with just one continuous cut, from a single piece of wood. It is one of the most famous examples of design applied to the field of didactic objects.