Chuck Hoberman
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Chuck Hoberman is an inventor of folding toys and structures, most notably the Hoberman sphere. He won the Chrysler Design Award for Innovation and Design in 1997 and was a finalist for the 2000 Smithsonian National Design Award.
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[edit] Creations
In addition to toys such as the Hoberman sphere, Hoberman created the BrainTwist, a hard plastic tetrahedron that folds, stellates, and becomes self-dual while having a component that rotates similarly to a Rubiks Cube, and the Switch Pitch color-flipping ball, which "magically flips colors when kicked or thrown".
Hoberman also has designed folding structures ranging from the Hoberman Arch, the centerpiece of the medals plaza for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, to a retractable dome featured at the World's Fair 2000 in Hanover, Germany. His artwork has been exhibited at international museums including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Mycal Otaru Bay in Hokkaidō, Japan.
[edit] Education
Hoberman studied liberal arts at Brown University, and went on to earn a Bachelor's degree in sculpture from Cooper Union and a Master's degree in engineering from Columbia University.
[edit] Business
In 1990, he formed Hoberman Associates. In 1995, he co-founded Hoberman Designs with his wife and business partner, Carolyn Hoberman.
Today, Hoberman Associates is a multidisciplinary practice that specializes in transformable design—the development of products, structures, and environments that change their size and shape.
