Adrian Fisher
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Adrian Fisher is internationally recognised as one of the world's leading maze
designers. His mazes can be found in all corners of the globe.
Named by The Guardian
newspaper as one of Britain's top 50 designers, Adrian Fisher has designed half the world's mirror mazes since 1990, the world's first corn maze, and over 500 mazes across 30 countries. He devised a new Bus Map concept for London Transport
, invented the Mitre Tiling system and the 7-sided Fisher Paver system, has earned six entries in the Guinness Book of Records, won twelve design and export awards, and is an international garden design Gold Medallist. He was the 2003 recipient of the Resorgimento Award at the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville
, USA. His Mazematics puzzle appears every day in Britain's The Times
, his Navigati puzzle in Britain's Daily Mail
, his Mandali puzzle in the BBC
's Radio Times
, and he designs puzzles for the World Puzzle Championships.
Adrian's challenging report "Stamford 3000" applied his holistic approach to the future development of Stamford, Lincolnshire
, an English market town with over 500 historic buildings.
Adrian Fisher and his wife Marie are Directors of Adrian Fisher Design Ltd, and is based in Durweston
, Dorset
, England
. In 2009, Adrian celebrated his Pearl Jubilee for 30 years of Maze Design, 1979 - 2009.
Maze
A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...
designers. His mazes can be found in all corners of the globe.
Named by The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper as one of Britain's top 50 designers, Adrian Fisher has designed half the world's mirror mazes since 1990, the world's first corn maze, and over 500 mazes across 30 countries. He devised a new Bus Map concept for London Transport
Transport for London
Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London...
, invented the Mitre Tiling system and the 7-sided Fisher Paver system, has earned six entries in the Guinness Book of Records, won twelve design and export awards, and is an international garden design Gold Medallist. He was the 2003 recipient of the Resorgimento Award at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
at Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, USA. His Mazematics puzzle appears every day in Britain's The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, his Navigati puzzle in Britain's Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
, his Mandali puzzle in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's Radio Times
Radio Times
Radio Times is a UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, owned by the BBC. It has been published since 1923 by BBC Magazines, which also provides an on-line listings service under the same title...
, and he designs puzzles for the World Puzzle Championships.
Adrian's challenging report "Stamford 3000" applied his holistic approach to the future development of Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
, an English market town with over 500 historic buildings.
Adrian Fisher and his wife Marie are Directors of Adrian Fisher Design Ltd, and is based in Durweston
Durweston
Durweston is a village in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour where it flows out of the Blackmore Vale through a steep, narrow gap between the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase hills, two miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 429...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. In 2009, Adrian celebrated his Pearl Jubilee for 30 years of Maze Design, 1979 - 2009.
Locations of selected Mosaics designed by Adrian Fisher
- The George Jackson Mosaic, SciTec Building, Oundle School, Northamptonshire, England
- 'Tree of Life' Mosaic, Private Garden, Roxbury, Connecticut, USA
- 4 Mosaics within the Millennium Maze, Higginson Park, Marlow, England
UK, Mirror Mazes
- Birmingham Sea Life Centre Mirror Maze, Birmingham, England;
- Brighton Sea Life Centre Mirror Maze, Brighton, England;
- Edinburgh Dungeon Mirror Maze, Scotland;
- London Dungeon Mirror Maze, England;
- Longleat House Mirror Maze, Wiltshire, England;
- Louis Tussauds Mirror Maze, Blackpool, Lancashire, England;
- Warwick Castle Dungeon Mirror Maze, Warwickshire, England;
- Woodlands Mirror Maze, Woodlands Park, Devon, England;
- Wookey Hole Caves Mirror Maze, Somerset, England;
- York Dungeon Mirror Maze, York, England;
UK, other mazes
- Alnwick Water Gardens Bamboo Maze, Northumberland;
- Adventure WonderlandAdventure WonderlandAdventure Wonderland is a family theme park situated in the village of Hurn, near Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The park offers rides and attractions aimed at families with children up to the age of 12. It draws much of its theme from the novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Alice, Mad...
Hedge Maze, Dorset, England; - Beatles Maze, 1984 International Garden Festival, Liverpool;
- Bicton Park Fence Maze, Devon, England;
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach Hedge Maze, Lancashire, England;
- Blenheim Palace Hedge Maze, Oxfordshire, England;
- Capel Manor Hedge Maze, Hertfordshire, England;
- Escot Park Hedge Maze, Devon, England;
- Greys Court 'Archbishop's Maze', Oxfordshire, England;
- Higginson Park Maze, Marlow, Buckinghamshire;
- Holywell Bay Fun Park Fence Maze, Cornwall, England;
- Kentwell Hall Pavement Maze, Suffolk, England;
- Leeds Castle Hedge Maze, Kent, England;
- Legoland Hedge Maze, Windsor, Berkshire, England;
- Leicester University Pavement Maze, England;
- Newquay ZooNewquay ZooNewquay Zoo is a zoological garden located in Newquay, England. The zoo was opened in Cornwall on Whit Monday May 26, 1969 by the local council , it was privately owned by Mike Thomas and Roger Martin from 1993 until 2003...
Hedge Maze, Cornwall, England; - Parham Park Maze, West Sussex, England;
- Scone PalaceScone PalaceScone Palace is a Category A listed historic house at Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. It was constructed in 1808 for the Earls of Mansfield by William Atkinson...
Hedge Maze, Perth, Scotland; - Hedge Maze, Speke HallSpeke HallSpeke Hall is a wood-framed wattle-and-daub Tudor manor house in Speke, Liverpool, England. It is one of the finest surviving examples of its kind.-History:...
(National Trust), Merseyside, England, 2011; - Staunton Country Park Hedge Maze, Hampshire, England;
Jersey
- Castle View Gardens Water Maze, St. PeterSaint Peter, JerseySaint Peter is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the west central part of the island. It is the only parish with two separate coastlines, stretching from St. Ouen's Bay in the west to St. Aubin's Bay in the south, and thereby cutting St. Brelade off from other...
, Jersey, Channel Islands
Netherlands
- TexelTexelTexel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark...
Island Maize Maze; - Amsterdam Dungeon Mirror Maze, Netherlands;
- Amsterdam Forest Hedge Maze, Netherlands;
- Three Lands Point Hedge Maze, Vaals, Netherlands
France
- Chateau de Thoiry Hedge Maze, near Paris, France;
- Chateau de Colombier Hedge Maze, near Rodez, France;
- Peaugres Safari Park Mirror Maze, Annonay, France
Germany
- Berlin Sea Life Centre Mirror Maze, Berlin, Germany
- Hamburg Dungeon Mirror Maze, Hamburg, Germany
Czech Republic
- Castle Loucen: collection of 10 varied mazes and labyrinths within the landscape
United States
- Davis Megamaze Maize Maze, Sterling, MassachusettsSterling, MassachusettsSterling is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 7,808 at the 2010 census.- History :Sterling was first settled by Europeans in 1720 and was officially incorporated in 1781....
, USA; - Amazing Chicago's Funhouse Maze on Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
- Skyline Caverns Mirror Maze, Front Royal, Virginia, USA;
- Mall of Georgia Paving Mazes, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;
- Noah's Ark Water Park Mirror Maze, Wisconsin Dells, USA;
- Norton Museum of Art Pavement Maze, West Palm Beach, USA;
- Norton Museum of Art Serpent Mound and Turf Labyrinth, West Palm Beach, USA
- Magical Mystery Mirror Maze, Mission Beach, San Diego, California, USA
- Cannery Row Mirror Maze, Monterey, California, USA
- 'Palace of Sweets' Mirror Maze, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA
Mexico
- Colour Maze, Wol-Ha Children's Museum, Mexico
- Coral Reef Mirror Maze, Gran Plaza Mall, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2011
- Candy Mirror Maze, Chetumal, Mexico, 2011
- Egyptian Mirror Maze, Monterrey, Mexico, 2011
- Pirate Mirror Maze, Pachuca, Mexico, 2011
India
- Imax Theatre Mirror Maze, Hyderabad, India
- Disco Club Mirror Maze, Gurgaon, Delhi, India, 2011
Japan
- Huistenbosh Park Mirror Maze, Japan;
- Seibu Park Mirror Maze, Japan;
- Spanish Village Mirror Maze, Japan;
- Tobu Zoo Mirror Maze, Japan
- Tokyo Dome Mirror Maze, Japan
External links
- Adrianfisherdesign.com - Adrian Fisher's official maze website
- Alnwickgarden.com - Alnwick Garden
- Beatles Maze - 1984 International Garden Festival, Liverpool
- MaizeMaze.com - Fisher's Maize Maze Website
- Glasgow Green Trials - American cornfield maze for MG sports cars inspired by Adrian Fisher