Searching history, like the first ones were maps and the shapes of contents with others being tangrams.
Not seeing how they got the standard square shape with 4 sides. A hexagon shape for example would be just as efficient as square.
Had a very small handful of puzzles that weren’t your standard square, so not saying they don’t exist. Some were cut in shapes matching the puzzle pic, eg. shape of a spider. Those seem very far and few in-between tho. Much harder tho.
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Only the cheap dollar store ones. Look up some high quality jigsaw puzzles and you’ll find all kinds of interesting shapes and tessellations.
When you say “just as efficient”, are you talking about from the consumer standpoint or manufacturing?
Less sides/corners is likely to be more efficient from the manufacturer’s perspective.
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