De Stijl Tumbling Tower

This stacked block game is like an interactive work of art. It features the primary colors and geometric shapes of De Stijl, an art movement founded in the early 20th century by a group of Dutch artists and architects, including Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg, and Bart van der Leck. 

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The game begins with the full tower, assembled as stacked layers of three blocks each, rotated 90 degrees from one another. You create your own tower design with each game, arranging the lines and colors however you like. Players take turns, removing a single block from the tower and placing it on top, shifting the composition with each move. The game ends when the tower collapses, and the player who is the last to successfully complete a turn is the winner. 

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The Tumbling Tower was designed by Monica Albornoz as part of MoMA’s collaboration with the School of Visual Arts MFA Products of Design program.