ERNŐ RUBIK - creator of the Rubik Cube

July 13, 1944, Budapest –

Engineer, inventor, creator of the Rubik Cube

Rubik graduated college as an architectural engineer, and then studied interior design. He worked as an architect and designer, and was a professor at the Academy of Applied Arts from 1970 to 1988. He was awarded a senior professorship in 1987.

In 1975, Ernő Rubik designed the Rubik Cube, which conquered the world. It was Toy of the Year in many nations in 1980–1981, and there was even a Rubik Cube world championship at the time. He set up his own workshop, called Rubik Studio in 1983, and it has been in operation under his leadership ever since.

Rubik has designed several other successful toys, such as the Rubik snake, but none were as groundbreaking as the cube. In 1988, Rubik established the Rubik International Foundation, in 1990 he became president of the Academy of Hungarian Engineers, and he has been its honorary president since 1996. Rubik received the State Prize in 1983, and the Dennis Gabor prize for his innovations in 1995.

Ernő Rubik is currently interested in computers. He is seeking interfaces to change the relationship between the computer and the user.

Erno Rubik, inventor, designer, Rubik Cube