About Us

About

Oakland Puzzle Company is a woman-owned puzzle brand with deep Bay Area roots. Our mission and promise is to support Bay Area artists and organizations through fair licensing and real partnerships. We team up with local artists and organizations to turn their work into puzzles worth losing an afternoon to. Some are cut and mixed by hand in our Eastlake neighborhood factory in Oakland, CA. Others are produced by an overseas manufacturing partner we chose for their quality, social, and environmental standards. Either way, every puzzle starts here at home.


The Puzzles

Hand holding a large puzzle piece with scattered puzzle pieces in the background

Every puzzle begins with art we love, mostly by people we know.

Our in-house puzzles are printed at Community Printers, a worker-owned cooperative and union shop, on materials from FSC certified sources. We mount each print on Eska blue puzzle board, made from 100% recycled material in a zero waste facility, with a fructose-based glue from a family-owned business here in the East Bay. We cut on our die press one batch at a time, and each puzzle is packed in a locally sourced, hand-assembled box.

Our imported puzzles meet the same quality standards. They're printed with vegetable-based inks by an FSC certified manufacturer and built on sturdy 1.75mm board, packed in a rigid box. Our manufacturing partner is independently audited for fair labor practices and worker safety (BSCI).

All of our puzzles come with a reusable bag.

Innosanto Nagara is our packaging designer. Todd Zimmer designed our logo.

Our History

Two people in a puzzle workshop looking at the camera in a friendly way and wearing black T-shirts featuring the Oakland Puzzle Company logo.

Siblings DeAnna and Dave Tibbs spent years researching how to make puzzles that were both high quality and ethically made before founding Oakland Puzzle Company together in 2023. By 2025, demand had outgrown our factory floor. We partnered with an FSC-certified, independently audited manufacturer for some of our titles, keeping our own press available for short-run local and custom puzzles.

We received early support from Kevin Poorman, Larry Tessler (of SCORE), and Ross from Community Printers.

Where to Buy

  • Online Store We ship and offer factory pickup by appointment. Get free shipping with a purchase of $90 or more.
  • Bay Area Street Festivals and Craft Fairs We participate in events with 10K participants and larger. Events are listed near the bottom of our Homepage and LinkTree.
  • Local Retail Stores Some of our puzzles can be found in many local retail stores throughout the Bay Area. Due to inconsistent stocking, we no longer list the stores on our site. Shoot us an email to ask about stores near you. 

We are operating on unceded Ohlone land and encourage all to learn about Shuumi Land Tax and the rematriation of land in the East Bay.