National Trust Scotland first started stocking retail outlets on their heritage properties with the hugely popular Tim Bulmer ‘Scotland’ stock jigsaw. |
This highly illustrated ‘Scotland’ jigsaw proved a successful new retail line being purchased and enjoyed by National Trust Scotland visitors. |
National Trust Scotland (NTS) then decided to expand their jigsaw collection with custom jigsaws featuring iconic property images.
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NTS HQ worked together with our Sales Manager on a custom jigsaw project. Images, text and assets were provided by NTS to allow our in-house design team to produce stunning jigsaw box concepts for consideration. Once the box designs had been carefully viewed, tweaked and signed off, the artwork was sent to print on our state of the art UVGel Colorado printer which uses vegan inks and FSC certified paper. The prints were then glued to luxury blue millboard which is made from 100% recycled material, cut into 1000 piece jigsaws, scrambled into 100% recyclable polybags and placed into the designed and customised jigsaw boxes. Our handmade ‘Shoulder Boxes’ are white lined for a luxury touch and are a perfect retail product size at just 22 x 19 x 5 cm. |
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Once ready, the NTS orders are then dispatched via our courier service direct to the specific property featured on the custom jigsaw. We ship on a 24 hour service and always provide courier tracking details via an automated email. |
A recent addition to the NTS custom jigsaw collection, the completed Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh’s ‘Sleeping Princess’ jigsaw is proudly displayed in the reception of National Trust Scotland HQ. |
Catherine Redgate is an illustrator based in Scotland; in 2023 she was searching for a UK jigsaw manufacturer.
She contacted All Jigsaw Puzzles through our Instagram page
to explore the idea of using her illustrations for custom jigsaws. She was looking for information on pricing, piece sizes available, specifications, and minimum order quantities.
Melanie worked with Catherine to navigate the easy and simple process of manufacturing quality custom jigsaws. Through collaborative decision making, a ‘launch’ collection of 3 jigsaws were decided on; 2 x 1000 piece jigsaws and 1 x 500 piece jigsaw.
Digital artwork proofs, including high resolution 3D mock up images were provided to Catherine for careful checking and signing off. Production doesn’t commence until clients are 100% happy with artwork.
As a new client, payment of a pro forma invoice was required before Catherine’s order could be processed. Once paid, Catherine had a range of 3 fantastic custom jigsaws delivered 4 weeks later to add to her portfolio and for her customers to enjoy puzzling.
'Stay Pawsitive Dogs’ 500 piece by Catherine Redgate
Illustrators like Catherine, love our print quality, handmade boxes and our planet friendly ethos which aligns with their own business ethics.
Quote from Catherine:
‘I’m so impressed with your service, I’m looking to expand the jigsaw collection with several new designs in 2024!’.
Are you an illustrator wanting to turn your images into a jigsaw?
Call Melanie on 01837 357023 or Email Melanie
We met Haynes Motor Museum at the Autumn Fair, NEC Birmingham. They were looking to launch a range of custom jigsaws using the iconic Haynes Manual images, which they owned the copyright to.
They were looking to add new retail products to a newly refurbished retail shop within their museum.
The Museum was impressed with our sustainability ethos of using eco-friendly materials in the production process.
During the production phase of their jigsaws, we sent them photo and video updates which their marketing department used on social medal platforms.
Watch the Museum’s 1000 piece ‘Austin Mini’ jigsaw image being glued on to 100% recycled quality blue millboard in this video
Assisting the Museum’s Retail Manager with creating a collection of custom jigsaws was an honour, as it had been a long aspiration to achieve for the Museum. They hope to add to more images to their jigsaw range in the future.
These have proved a popular retail product with their visitors and re-orders are regularly being placed for more! The Museum likes the flexibility of being able to re-order in a low minimum order quantity of just 25 to keep their stock levels fluid and stock cupboards less crowded.
You can visit https://haynesmuseumshop.org to see the whole jigsaw collection.
You can visit Play Shed Puzzles - handmade jigsaw puzzles for children to see what other custom made kids puzzles Jacqueline launches for the rest of the year.
Josie is a mixed media artist based in Wales and images of her textile pictures translate perfectly onto jigsaws.
Josie has ordered several custom jigsaws from All Jigsaw Puzzles which are proving really successful and popular with her customers.
When Josie was working on a new SQUARE textile picture, she wondered if this would work well as a jigsaw so she contacted the sales team.
She sent an image of her new picture via the sharing platform ‘WeTransfer’, and it was check for suitability.
The image was the correct resolution of over 300 dpi, which meant that when blown up to full jigsaw size, full sharpness and definition is kept. Blurry images do not make a good puzzling experience for customers, so it is important to start with a lovely sharp and crisp image.
Josie’s custom box design was then decided upon. A more traditional jigsaw box layout was chosen, where the image sits on the lid top and informative information is set out around the box lid and edges. Information such as a website address, logo, social media icons, QR codes, bar codes, copyright tags, completed jigsaw size and piece size are all considered when discussing box design with our sales team.
Lead time on custom jigsaws is 4 weeks from artwork sign off and a paid pro forma invoice (for first time orders only). Josie received regular production updates during the four week production process and is now selling her gorgeous 500 piece SQUARE jigsaw to her customers. It’s been so popular, that she’s placed a re order already!
If you’d like to purchase any of Josie’s custom made jigsaws, contact her on Facebook @jarussell87.
Square jigsaws are 49 x 49 cm when completed and come in our planet friendly, space saving ‘shoulder box’. Unit price is £8.90 plus VAT with discount pricing over 1000+ units.
If you have been inspired by this case study and wish to move ahead with your own custom trade jigsaw project, please contact us on:
T: 01837 811301
E: melanie@alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk
]]>He was looking for a new product to show case his detailed artwork and add to a growing online retail range, selling on Etsy and Redbubble.
We’ve been working with Samuel since 2021; his first custom jigsaw, a 1000 piece puzzle, was called ‘The Chasm’. This was Samuel’s first ‘toe dip’ into jigsaw manufacturing and we helped make this process as easy as possible for him. Every part of the process was explained with prompt and clear communication.
Samuel provided his artwork in a high resolution format and our graphics designer produced digital artwork proofs for sign off. As this was Samuel’s first jigsaw with All Jigsaw Puzzles, we provided a pro forma invoice for payment; all first orders are paid for up front.
‘The Chasm’ was a great success for Samuel, so three more designs were created, manufactured and added to his collection during 2022. ‘Crumbling Creek’, ‘Cybergunk’ and ‘Strange Cityscape II’ have all been popular with the illustrator’s fans.
Samuel now has five puzzles designs in his collection; a further custom jigsaw has been added recently, in 2023 – Midnight Metropolis.
All jigsaws in the collection have been well received by the client, who sent us these reviews from his Etsy selling page:
All these custom jigsaws are available to purchase from SRH Illustration here.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SRHillustration
If you have been inspired by this case study and wish to move ahead with your own custom trade jigsaw project, please contact us on:
T: 01837 811301
E: sales@alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk
]]>East Neuk Beach Crafts is the passion of Louise Stocker; her cottage industry was inspired by her cheerful seaside artwork that features magical birds and animals with whom she shares the Scottish coastline.
Louise was looking for a sustainable jigsaw manufacturer to work with who shares her ethos as she wanted to add a new product line to her retail offering for 2023. We had been recommended to her by her sister, Elizabeth, who had already had two trade jigsaws manufactured by us.
With an image already created, it was simply a case of making contact with us at our Devon jigsaw factory, to obtain pricing, lead times and understanding the process of manufacturing your own custom jigsaw.
Happy with all the information provided, Louise supplied her image via the file sharing platform ‘WeTransfer’ which allows large files like artwork and photos to be sent without email firewall issues. Once we had checked the image for suitability, we worked together to create a matching jigsaw box. Colour representation was really important to Louise, so we worked very closely to ensure that this met expectations. Several versions of the artwork were made until everything was perfect.
Once the final artwork was signed off, Louise’s custom jigsaw went into production.
During the production process, our sales team updated East Neuk Beach Crafts with progress photos and videos, which she could share on social media channels to her fans!
East Neuk Beach Craft’s first jigsaw, is a 1000 piece rectangle jigsaw in our space saving shoulder box. We listened to our clients who wanted smaller boxes, which minimise storage space and are ‘handbag friendly’ for shoppers! Our shoulder box measures only 19.5 x 22 x 5 cm and yet fits a 1000 piece jigsaw snugly.
These jigsaws have been well received by the client who sent us this testimonial:
“I just wanted to tell you how thrilled I am with the jigsaws. They’re wonderful. I just keep looking at all the pieces. It’s really strange seeing my own artwork like this!! I’m fascinated. Anyway, thank you so much for all your help and enthusiasm. Hopefully I’ll be back soon to order some more. Thanks again, Louise”.
These gorgeous custom jigsaws are available to purchase from East Neuk Beach Crafts here.
If you have been inspired by this case study and wish to move ahead with your own custom trade jigsaw project, please contact us on:
T: 01837 811302
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Always on the lookout for new product lines for their shop and online store, Sheffield United’s Retail Supply Chain Manager visited our All Jigsaw Puzzles stand at the Autumn Fair, NEC, Birmingham. They had an image of their iconic Brammall Lane football stadium and wondered if it would translate into a jigsaw. After we checked the image for suitability, we asked the Club to supply their logo and asked questions about how they wanted their custom jigsaw box to look and feel. This allowed our graphics team to produce a design concept for their consideration. After deciding to add a barcode to the jigsaw box, the Club signed off the design. The Club’s first jigsaw, which is a 1000 piece jigsaw in our shoulder box, went into production and four weeks later, Sheffield United were selling jigsaws to their fans.
During the production process, our sales team updated Sheffield United with progress photos!
Custom jigsaws are so collectable as memorabilia and gifts for companies with large fan bases, that it was no surprise this Premier League football Club saw their jigsaw sell out almost straight away and was an overnight success. Regular re-orders are now placed.
Following the success of their first jigsaw, Sheffield United decided to extend their collection and add a new jigsaw to the range. Their new jigsaw is a view from inside Brammall Lane Stadium with the sun just appearing onto the pitch. This is another winning product line for Sheffield United’s retail shop.
Click here to buy these jigsaws https://www.sufcdirect.co.uk/listing.php?criteria=jigsaw
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It all started with a painting of a foal named Icon. This is a familiar story as there is often a good story behind images used for custom jigsaws. Equine artist and local Newton Abbot resident, Rosalind Summers, is a loyal and dedicated supporter of the Devon based Mare and Foal Sanctuary. A visit to the Sanctuary and her meeting of the gorgeous foal, Icon, inspired her to paint a wonderful watercolour. Rosalind generously donated her beautiful painting to the Sanctuary for use as the image for their first ever jigsaw.
The Sanctuary approached us to create a custom jigsaw to sell on their website and feature in their 2022 mail order catalogue. This was to help raise funds for their vital work of rescuing, rehabilitating and retraining horses and ponies. Sustainability was at the forefront of our initial conversation, with a request to complete an ‘eco audit’ to reinforce our planet friendly ethos. Having a jigsaw factory in the same county meant their jigsaw had a low product footprint which was important to the Sanctuary.
Their custom jigsaw contains no plastic. The Sanctuary opted to replace the recyclable polybag with a cloth bag to contain their 1000 piece jigsaw. The millboard jigsaw is made from 100% recycled board and no shrink wrap is used.
Rosalind Summers is so proud of her painting being used for a jigsaw. She told the Sanctuary … “I have been telling friends in the village here that I feel I have finally arrived as an artist because people everywhere will be putting together one of my watercolours when they tackle the jigsaw”.
The Mare and Foal Sanctuary is celebrating its 30th Anniversary of becoming a fully fledged charity this year. They have told us …”Our jigsaw has been selling amazingly well and the feedback from our supporters has been fab”.
This is a great example of how manufacturing a custom jigsaw for your business can not only bring in much needed revenue, but galvanise a community and supporters to try new ideas and renew fresh interest.
See the great work of the Mare and Foal Sanctuary at www.mareandfoal.org
]]>Helping bring new products to market for clients is such a privilege and working with Nia Ballerina was no exception. They had a vision to produce a diverse kids puzzle for retail to sell on online platforms.
They wanted us to manufacture two 48 piece kids millboard jigsaw puzzles in our ‘smallest box’, which at 23cm * 17.5cm * 3cm is a perfect kids size jigsaw box.
Once we had their fabulous images and design brief, our graphics team went to work and suggested a design concept which was agreed.
The Managing Director’s young daughter was chief product tester and nothing was signed off until we got her approval! “My daughter has taken the puzzles out of boxes and played with them.”
During the production process, our sales team updated the Nia Ballerina team with progress photos:
These kids jigsaws were then sent to be Fulfilled By Amazon on behalf of Nia Ballerina. We are always happy to send clients jigsaws to Amazon, distribution or fulfilment centres and will work with clients to make this happen.
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Edinburgh Zoo is just one of many wildlife trusts who have custom jigsaws made by us at our jigsaw factory in Devon. They had seen Yorkshire Wildlife Park’s range of jigsaws made using bespoke imagery and were interested in talking to us about doing something similar. |
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They dropped by our stand at the Spring Fair, NEC, Birmingham and spoke to us about developing a 1000 piece jigsaw featuring four photos of their animals; red panda, penguin, sloth and giraffe. They were very keen to customise the tray base to include some information about the animals. |
We worked closely with Edinburgh Zoo to design their custom jigsaw box and provided them with digital mock up designs. They were interested to know that as members of ‘Made in Britain’, we could add this prestigious logo on the tray base and they were very keen to showcase their product as being manufactured in the UK.
Click to find out more about ‘Made in Britain’ - madeinbritain.org
During the production process, our sales team updated Edinburgh Zoo with progress photos:
“It’s really exciting to see the jigsaws in the final stage of production”
To support Edinburgh Zoo and buy this jigsaw – click here shop.rzss.org.uk
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The Museum was hosting a Tudor exhibition and wanted to create two 1000 piece jigsaws to sell in their retail shop as part of their ‘Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I’ merchandise package to compliment the exhibition. They particularly liked our compact and almost square ‘shoulder box’ for its space saving qualities on the shelf.
When working with historic artwork, images are invariably all shapes and sizes. Our graphics team have to put their skills to the test and problem solve to produce design concepts that are sympathetic to original masterpieces.
Some clients know exactly how they wish their custom jigsaw boxes to look, while others are happy for our graphics team to make suggestions. In this case, we had autonomy over the design concept with text and logos provided by Liverpool Museum. The resulting designs were modern with a traditional twist.
“They do look good” - Liverpool Museum |
We manufacture custom jigsaws for many museums and heritage sites. In May 2022, we exhibited at the Museum and Heritage Show at Olympia, London. We were very pleased to meet and catch up with existing clients at the Show, plus have new jigsaw chats with many other museums and heritage properties.
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Online retailers, like UK based Wild Star Hearts (WSH), are always looking for unique product ideas to help them stand apart from competitors. WSH is working in collaboration with a Japanese artist and was looking for a UK manufacturer to produce a range of custom wooden jigsaws using their illustrations.
WSH wanted a collection of four 2mm wooden jigsaws with 300 pieces, in a semi-gloss finish with the jigsaw pieces kept in a black cloth bag inside a black luxury square box. They were looking for a high end product to compliment their current range of millboard jigsaw puzzles (If you’d prefer a personalised cloth bag, or an alternative coloured bag, we can supply this too).
WSH were pleased to learn that we elevate our custom wooden jigsaws further by adding a poster print of the jigsaw inside the box as standard, plus offer the ability to customise not only the lid and one side of the box, but the tray base too. |
All our clients agree that their favourite thing about custom wooden jigsaws is the ‘whimsie’ pieces which we can cut out of the wood. Any whimsie shape is possible and WSH chose to stick with the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ theme. Throughout the design process, we offer digital proofs for clients to consider and this includes offering whimsie designs to sign off.
During the production process, our sales team updated Wild Star Hears with a progress video of one of their custom wooden jigsaws being laser cut!
Click to browse the Wild Star Hearts online shop - wildstarhearts
]]>Barry is a volunteer for the "Friends of the Great Central Main Line" (FoGCML), the membership of the Great Central Railway based in Loughborough, Leicestershire. He contacted us at All Jigsaw Puzzles as he’d been considering adding bespoke jigsaws to their range of merchandise. | |
He explained that the railway is an eight mile long heritage railway which runs from Loughborough to Leicester North, with a project underway to extend to Nottingham. One of his roles is to generate funds for railway projects such as this. |
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He was looking for a product that was not only of good quality but would be popular with their members and supporters, would sell at an affordable price and also generate a margin for their fundraising. |
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As with all railway enthusiast organisations, there is never any shortage of experienced photographers on hand to offer their good quality photographs for use. It was easy for Barry to send us 3 images which we then turned into fabulous custom jigsaws for him. |
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Their three custom puzzles are 1000 pieces in a shoulder box. They proved so popular that another two jigsaws, one of which is a 500 piece, were very quickly added to the collection and remain popular with local and global supporters. |
During the production process, our sales team updated Friends of the Great Central Railway with progress photos!
Find out more about the Great Central Railway - www.gcrailway.co.uk
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Sarah Meade from SisterSister is a Shropshire based illustrator with a quirky small business selling her art, cute handmade pins, painted ceramics and tea towels. During lockdown Sarah decided to add jigsaws to her product offering and wanted an eco-friendly British made puzzle on a short run, so she dropped us an email. We just loved the fresh modern design and we are always keen to promote small independent producers, especially women. Starting with a short run order allowed Sarah to test the market and see how successful the puzzle would be…and I am glad to say we have since had several re-orders!
The result is a beautiful, contemporary and very colourful 1000 piece puzzle that reflects a quiet family home with her cats. Sarah opted for an eco friendly cream cotton cloth bag and our ‘e-commerce box’ which is long and thin, to add to the modern feel, and which makes for easy dispatch of her online orders!
After a 2-year hiatus, Tenby Bookshop is again able to offer a beautiful 500-piece jigsaw of the Harbour scene - thanks to a collaboration of local Tenby talent.
There has been an independent Bookshop in this ideal location in Tenby town for decades - and for many of those years, the shop sold 1000s of traditional Tenby jigsaws, then produced by national suppliers Gardners and Ravensburger.
At once, both suppliers decided to discontinue the popular jigsaws, leaving the Bookshop with gaps on their shelves.
Shop owner Julie Jones took matters into her own hands and contacted us at All Jigsaw Puzzles because we are a British puzzle manufacturer. We were so keen to work with Julie, especially given the stunning location she was seeking to portray. Julie's next challenge was sourcing the perfect image. "There are so many brilliant and beautiful photographs available of Tenby that the problem was deciding upon The One! "I immediately thought of local professional photographer Gareth Davies as I always follow his work on social media. For this puzzle I chose what I call the 'chocolate box' shot of the harbour from Gareth - one that would resonate with customers locally and around the world." |
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Julie then called on Andrew Lowe of Signature Design - who worked with us to produce a beautiful fully-bilingual Welsh-English box, complete with the Bookshop's logo and a short history of Tenby on the base, bringing added value to the gift at no extra cost to the shop. Julie added "We couldn't be happier with the end result, and now that we have found the perfect manufacturer for this type of bespoke project, we shall continue to work with other local photographers, so that visitors can take home a different "Tenby'' jigsaw when they visit. We look forward to working with the lovely team at AJP on our next puzzle." The jigsaws are available exclusively at Tenby Bookshop and at HARBWR Brewery's new merchandise shop in Sergeants Lane. |
When you run the gift shop for a 200 acre tourist attraction in Cornwall, you are always on the look out for new products that represent the work you do and appeal to the abundance of tourists and locals who visit regularly. |
The retail outlet buyers spotted our stock puzzle ‘Tim Bulmer’s Cornwall’ at a trade fair and recognised that the humorous and modern illustrated map jigsaw of Cornwall would sell well in their store. With a trade discount of 40% and a low minimum order quantity of only 24 units they could have it delivered quickly and trial its success.
However they also wanted to make their own puzzle and after trying a few different images they decided to go for a montage photo puzzle. They realised that a single image didn’t represent the whole of what they do at the gardens, but the montage did and so ‘A Year at Heligan’ 1000 piece puzzle was born. Their puzzle is made close by at our Devon jigsaw factory and as environmentally conscious as possible.
Joe is a Yorkshire based artist whose oil paintings convey his love of telling tales of the 1950s culture he grew up in – the allotment, the harbour, the crisscrossed railway streets teeming with people. Joe chose to turn his four bestselling paintings into 500 piece puzzles, to extend the life of his paintings and grow his brand. It was a great idea, as a successful puzzle always starts with a good image.
His box design matched his artistic sensibility perfectly as he wrapped his artwork around the complete box lid. This was made possible because we always include a folded up poster of the painting inside the box, so his customers used it as a guide to piece the puzzle together.
Stacked side by side on the shelf, the 4 jigsaws form an elegant and premium range of puzzles, that are reassuringly planet conscious, boasting FSC paper and 100% recycled board. A thoroughly British artist, has now got a thoroughly British puzzle and we can’t wait to see which image he chooses next.
See Joe’s art at joescarboroughart.co.uk
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Lovers of Scotland’s west coast and its wildlife will know the work of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust and their Discovery Centre at Tobermory. They came to us with a really beautiful painting of whales, dolphins and porpoises that they wanted to turn into a 1000 piece puzzle to add to their small, but select, collection of bespoke online gifts. The image was a large mural in their office and it’s not often we get given an image of such quality, so we jumped at the chance at helping them turn it into a puzzle. Being a conservation charity it was very important to them that the jigsaw was British made and an environmentally friendly choice. The cardboard box and pieces are recyclable and the poly bag the pieces come in recyclable. However, both are robust enough to be reused many times, as they hope that the puzzle will be educational to people too, showing the different whale species off our shores that we need to treasure. In this way the puzzle comes into its own, as it works in ‘slow time’ where you pour over every piece to decide where it goes and learn about the whales at the same time. |
We work with lots of charities as we specialise in ‘short runs’ so they can test the puzzle market easily without too much outlay or stock holding.
See their work here at hwdt.org
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Robert Ducker at Langlands knows good puzzles. He has been creating British made bespoke jigsaw for many years with us, and has created a collection of 30 local image puzzles to date, which are sold across his 3 gardening stores in York, Leeds and Sheffield. |
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We love getting a call from Robert with his new ideas for a puzzle. He supplies good quality regional photographs of local scenes and buildings, such as images of St Helen’s Square in York, Autumn in bloom at Rosedale and Burnby Hall Gardens. Their custom puzzles are extremely successful and they regular re-order right up to December, with our short run policy allowing them to restock easily (our minimum order is only 25 units) and test new lines each year. It is Langlands very experienced understanding of their countryside and customers, that makes his range a success. We take his quality crisp photograph and design his branded box, with digital proofs at every stage, so he knows exactly what his new puzzle will look like before he buys. Garden centres come into their own at Christmas and when his customers buy a Langlands’ puzzle they know they are getting something unique, that isn’t available in every other garden centre or on Amazon. It’s a distinctive bespoke product, for people who love to puzzle the Yorkshire way of life in all its glory.
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This magnificent jigsaw puzzle has been designed by Maliha Abidi and celebrates amazing women from across the globe and history that have inspired us all. Included are such inspirational women as Frida Kahlo, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Emmeline Pankhurst, Wilma Rudolph, Rosa Parks, Duleep Singh, and many more. Included in this beautifully designed, planet-conscious box is a list of the names of all 100 iconic women.
Maliha Abidi, is herself an inspirational woman. Maliha’s family moved from Pakistan to California when she was 14, and she draws on her experiences of being an immigrant in her artwork and literature. She produces art and literature that shines a light on social issues such as women’s rights, anti-racism, domestic violence, and mental health.
Not only is Maliha an author and artist, but she is also studying Neuroscience and is the founder of The Story of Mental Health, an organization that provides resources to give women a safe space to discuss and work through their mental health challenges.
Maliha is already a young iconic woman, and we are incredibly proud to have the honour of working with her.
Maliha has a popular social media following and she will be promoting the 100 Iconic Women Jigsaw puzzle on her Twitter, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook pages as well as her website. Maliha will be running a competition through her social media and with a following of over 93k on TikTok alone, this could be an extremely popular jigsaw puzzle.
Our wooden jigsaw is available as a 300 piece only (finished size of 30.5 x 45.7cm) and has a lovely weight to it. It has a semi-gloss finish and a ‘premium gift’ feel. It is often purchased as an heirloom and really stands out on the ‘gift shop floor’ next to the standard millboard puzzles.
The black linen effect box can have your bespoke artwork on the top of the box lid, one side and tray base.
The custom wooden jigsaw comes with pieces in a black cloth bag and an A3 size poster guide print as standard. If you would prefer an alternative colour bag and/or have your logo printed on the cloth bag, we can supply a separate quote.
Our client’s favourite thing about custom wooden jigsaws is the ‘whimsie’ pieces which we can cut out of the wood. Any whimsie shape is possible, we have even cut out a ‘moustache’ shape!
It adds a special fun appeal that your customers will love and when the whimsie pieces are slotted into place, it provides a very satisfactory puzzle moment!
]]>Radiohead felt very strongly that they wanted to create an environmentally friendly jigsaw, which is something we excel at here at Map Marketing. The paper for both the puzzle and box is from an FSC source, the millboard (the cardboard bit of the puzzle) is made from 100% recycled material and we use water based inks. For the puzzle we also swapped out the single use plastic bag, that the jigsaw pieces are normally housed in, for a natural cotton cloth bag. We did not shrink wrap the box in clear plastic either, or add seal stickers. It went also out to fans in a recyclable cardboard wrap. Aside from having a planet friendly jigsaw the box artwork they produced was to die for, with witty phrases and striking graphic design. This was a modern jigsaw for the discerning fan, that shifts jigsaw design into a highly collectable item!
Chris has a popular social media following and he promoted his new jigsaw on Twitter with a competition to see who could post a photo of their finished 1000 piece puzzle first. It was great to see the response he received and everyone sharing photos of their puzzles in progress on the Twittersphere. We look forward to creating a new jigsaw from his easel in future, adding to his budding puzzle collection and helping an artist reach out further to his audience of fans.
He came to us as he wanted to create a quality 1000 piece jigsaw, manufactured in Britain, as a Christmas e-retail gift. His ample Twitter and Instagram following had been asking him for a jigsaw for quite some time and he responded with true colours creating ’Hellscape’ in December 2019.
As an artist Cold War Steve was keen to have complete design control over the look and feel of the box lid design that the jigsaw came in, which we always support, and we gave him our template to design against. He chose our ‘Standard White Box’ shape to house the puzzle in, as it has that traditional chunky jigsaw box look and feel that he was after. We then created a test print and hand made one puzzle as a sample, which he then approved. He took his own photos of the puzzle to fit in with the aesthetic of his website and social media channels for promoting the product.
To support our client, we took photos of his jigsaw going through our warehouse during the production process… the boxes being made up…and especially a short video of his jigsaw being cut and dropped into their bags. This went down really well with his social followers and added value to the order.
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