Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Unreliable Idea : Ball of Whacks



The Ball of Whacks [created by Roger von Oech] is a creativity tool for innovators, artists, engineers, writers, leaders and students. The Ball consists of 30 magnetic design blocks which can take many shapes including the "beautiful 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron."
More versatile than a puzzle and lots more fun than a brain teaser.

The Ball of Whacks comes with a 96-page illustrated creativity guidebook that provides you with tips, stories, exercises, and insights into the creative process.

Each individual piece of the Ball of Whacks is a "golden ratio" rhombic pyramid. Held in place by 180 rare earth magnets, these design blocks fit together to form a perfect 30-sided rhombic triacontahedron — geometry's most beautiful shape.

Available in Red, Blue, and Multi-Color. Get all three!

I bought one in New York and plan to explore how it could be a good dynamic leadership training tool or a toy for getting people in creative mode... not cheap at $30US each!!

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