Cobble Hill History

Cobble Hill was founded in 2005 with a desire to bring quality puzzles manufactured in North America that inspire a loving, whimsical, nostalgic feeling to jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts, and novices. The company's signature feature has always been its random cut die and quirky piece shapes. It's also recognizable by its linen print texture not only on the puzzle, but on the box as well. Made with high quality blue board using recyclable materials, the puzzles have always been made with the environment in mind.

Like other puzzle companies, Cobble Hill licenses images from artists for the majority of its collection. However, in 2010, Cobble Hill tested the waters to see if our Creative Team could design a puzzle that would be a hit with puzzlers. The test was worth it as we created a best selling puzzle that led to us producing dozens more of what we call the Truly Original Puzzle collection.

Posters were first introduced in 2018. Prior to that, puzzlers assembled the image using only the box cover. However, our logo has always been on the front of the box and while some appreciated the "hidden surprise" below the logo, others wanted that portion of image revealed to aid in completing the puzzle.

Thus, we took the opportunity to redesign the boxes and include posters. Our boxes have always been stylized by colour schemes based on the piece count, but with the redesign we extended the colour treatment from just side panels and trims to enrobing the whole box in its piece count colour. As well, we included a poster so puzzlers could use both the box cover and a reference poster to assemble their puzzle.

Although we loved the symmetry of our boxes all having a beige border, when we changed the boxes to include a poster in 2018, we took the opportunity to redesign the box. Now all of the boxes are quickly identifiable on a shelf if you're looking for a specific piece count. The 2000 piece puzzles are maroon, the 1000s are dark green, 500s are dark blue, Family Pieces 350 are light blue, Easy Handling 275 are a rust. Retail staff love the redesign because it makes it easy for them to organize on the shelves. We hope it also helps puzzlers to quickly find the piece count that they need.

Quality control measures at the factory are important in ensuring puzzlers receive a flawless product. However, before the puzzle is even manufactured, there are several processes the image needs to go through. We invite you to watch a little video featuring our Creative Art Director, Allegra, as she explains how our images are lightened, brightened, cropped, and cleaned before they go to print. This video was created many years ago, so the images seen may not be available.

With an ever growing technological market, it has become increasingly more important to find ways to bring families and friends together in a social atmosphere that lends to good conversations and quality time together. But don't feel guilty if you want to fix the puzzle by yourself...we'll understand why!

Thanks for choosing Cobble Hill puzzles! Enjoy!