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Jigsaw puzzles are a great way to stimulate your mind without having to be glued to a screen. The tiled designs offer hours upon hours of fun as you attempt to fit all of the pieces together. While jigsaw puzzles are a popular activity for children, there’s a growing trend—companies are producing unconventional and creative iterations geared towards adults. These jigsaws challenge our notion of puzzle shapes; and, they push the envelope, when it comes to what we expect in surface design.
Creative studio Nervous System is one of the best when it comes to designing jigsaw puzzles for adults. They take inspiration from the Earth and cosmos to produce games that are especially challenging. The wooden Geode Puzzle, for instance, is made using a computer program that cuts contorted puzzle pieces, making it extra difficult to solve.
If you prefer to stick to the square and rectangular puzzle formats, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. From vintage Vogue covers to colorful crystals, you can work from the edges inward and solve these jigsaws to reveal their beautiful images. Check out more of these puzzles for adults, below.
Stimulate your mind—away from the computer screen—when you solve these 20+ creative jigsaw puzzles for adults.
Herding Cats Puzzle
Nervous System | $75
Viva La Frida Kahlo Puzzle
eeBoo | $21.99
Geode Jigsaw Puzzle
Nervous System | $68
Mars Puzzle
Four Point Puzzles | $25
Elements Puzzle (1,000 pieces)
Black Dog & Leventhal | from $14.50
Great Wave Puzzle
EuroGraphics | $19.95
Milky Way Puzzle (1,000 pieces)
Better Co. | $25
Skyscraper Sea (1,000 pieces)
Bgraamiens | $15.99
Frank Lloyd Wright Double Sided Puzzle (500 pieces)
Galison | $15.99
Nautilus Puzzle
Nervous System | $90
Mushrooms (Champignons) (1,000 pieces)
New York Puzzle Company | $24
Avian Puzzle
Galison | $16.99
NASA’s Mars Poster (1,000 pieces)
New York Puzzle Company | $24
Keith Haring Puzzle (500 pieces)
MoMA | $24.95
Climate Activism Round Puzzle (500 pieces)
Petra Braun | $14.99
Moon Jigsaw Puzzle (1,000 pieces)
Four Point Puzzles | $25
3D Color Puzzle (540 pieces)
Uncommon Goods | $70
Crystals (1,000 pieces)
Cloudberries | $24.39
Succulents Jigsaw Puzzle (1,000 pieces)
Better Co. | $25
Flower Puzzle (1,000 pieces)
Cloudberries | $24.39
Ravensburger One Dot at a Time (1,500 pieces)
Ravensburger | $46.77
Ammonite Puzzle
Nervous System | $45
Vogue Spot-on Fashion (500 pieces)
New York Puzzle Company | $22
Fractal Jigsaw Puzzle
Uncommon Goods | $60
Black/White Gradient Puzzle (500 pieces)
Areaware | $25
Garden of Earthly Delights Puzzle (9,000 pieces)
Educa | $139.99
This article has been edited and updated.
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