Although Giertz says the table is “over-engineered,” its complexity makes for a clean, simple design. Heck, we’d even just sit there turning the table’s knobs for fun.

When they did the math, the Bonsma-Fishers predicted that the ideal table size is just under two times the area of the final assembled puzzle. Then, they did nine real puzzles, ranging from nine ...

How large does your table need to be when doing a jigsaw puzzle? The answer is the area of the puzzle when assembled multiplied by 1.73. This creates just enough space for all the pieces to be ...

A series of furniture designs by Bulgarian design studio Praktrik adapts famously difficult Burr puzzles into tables, chairs and chandeliers that are as handsome as they are challenging to build.