About Us

About

Oakland Puzzle Company is a woman-owned puzzle brand with deep Bay Area roots. 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 a manufacturing partner we chose for their social and environmental standards. Either way, every puzzle starts here at home.


The Puzzles

Every puzzle begins with art we love, mostly by people we know. The printing for our puzzle faces and packaging happens at Community Printers, a worker-owned cooperative and union shop.

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

Our in-house puzzles are mounted on 100% recycled Eska blue puzzle board 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. Each one is packed in a locally sourced, hand-assembled box.

Our imported puzzles have the same quality standards. They're built on 1.75mm board that's also 100% recycled and come in a sturdy rigid box, produced by a manufacturing partner certified for social and environmental responsibility. 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 the company together as a partnership in 2023. By 2025, demand had outgrown the factory floor, so we began working with a manufacturer holding multiple certifications for social and environmental responsibility to supplement what we produce in-house.

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.