How This Guy Makes the World's Best Puzzle Boxes | Obsessed | WIRED

Kagen Sound is an artisan of remarkable skill, engineering and constructing incredibly intricate puzzle boxes made entirely of wood. WIRED brings you inside his workshop as he breaks down the design process behind his wonderful creations, and the woodworking skill he leverages to make everything snap together perfectly.

Director: Charlie Jordan
Director of Photography: Colin Witherill
Editor: Jordan Calig
Expert: Kagen Sound
Creative Producer: Wendi Jonassen
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Tucker Neary
Sound Mixer: Ted Thacker
Production Assistant: Jay Boersma
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell


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[demeter-the-great]

This guy is 100% the definition of a genius. To come up with these mechanisms, have the skills to craft them, and do so exclusively out of wood… genius 200 IQ mastery.

[princequestly]

I love that people like this exist in the world.

[Puzzleguy]

Kagen's puzzles are awesome. Exceptionally well made.

[TheOriginalJohnDoe]

Creating a clicking sound out of wood. What a genius, I love it.

[Shika_]

I have been following Kagan Sound for more than five years now, he's been a real underdog and it's so good to see him get so much recognition now!

[mattypants]

The sheer talent here is incredible. This is a Da Vinci level of genius.

[willcookmakeup]

These are amazing. My brother and I are hobbyists and make much much MUCH simpler puzzle boxes. These are absolutely next level, and so beautiful. The engineering is crazy

[soul-candy-music]

so happy to see puzzlemakers like Kagen be celebrated in videos like these. It's such a pleasure to see this passion shared and grown via communities like youtube.

[SnarkHunter]

Kagen is not only an amazing craftsman and a puzzle box design genius, but he is also a wonderful human being. A genuine gentleman, whom I am feeling privileged I ever got to know.

[mattwilson]

Finally, someone who can build the Lament Configuration.

We have such sights to show you.

[BertLiu]

Magnificent. Not only are the puzzles and mechanisms breath-taking, but the boxes themselves can also be quite functional as they tend to have very large spaces inside, which is not always true with many other puzzle boxes.

[AnimecrazySakura]

Honestly incredible that he had all these puzzle making ideas since he was a kid and carried that passion over to adulthood. You can tell how much he loves his craft and creating. Kudos to him 👏

[collin]

This man is evidently a genius and as a veteran woodworker his craftsmanship is impeccable and unmatched.

[andreykrylov]

Just imagine how awesome this workshop of his should smell.

[Misteribel]

This is real art, and mind boggling at the same time! Escher would be proud ❤

[tarsbremer]

You can easily imagine his house, completely neat, beautifully organized, everything in its place, and not a grain of dust around.

[janetf]

I love the way this took me right back to the moment of joy I felt as a small child the first time I solved a puzzle box in the 50s - time travel rocks❗ Thanks, Kagen‼

[MESTER]

Just amazing, me as a woodworker I found this a delight to watch.

[songindarkness]

I love how happy he is talking about it. To have so much passion and purpose and joy in what you do: life goals.

[OrangeSectorFN]

Now this is thinking outside the box. 😉