Wordplay The Art and Science of Ambigrams
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Wordplay The Art and Science of Ambigrams by John Langdon
An ambigram is where language, science, philosophy and illusion come together in the design of a word which is manipulated to create an illusion. The author shows how we can expand our understanding of terms and concepts by looking at ambigrams - words designed to be read upside down, back to front, or in a mirror as well as left to right.
'If you've not experienced the artwork of John Langdon, you're in for a treatA brilliant alchemist of symbols and language.' - Dan Brown. 'I can imagine no reader of this delightful, fantastic volume who cannot enjoy the magic of Langdon's creations and the Taoist insights of his commentaries' - Martin Gardner. 'John Langdon is a marvellous creator and a consummate artist. The combination yields some of the most beautiful trompe l'oeil lettering ever designed. Wordplay sparkles with elegant visual discoveries and conveys Langdon's deep love of both pattern and illusion' - Douglas R. Hofstadter
Graphic designer John Langdon has won numerous awards from Philadelphia Art Directors Cub, New York Type Directors Club, Print magazine, and other advertising design organizations. He has had work published in U&lc, Graphics Design USA, American Corporate Identity, Verbatim, Cryptologia, Typographic I, OMNI, Diagraphics, The Design Journal of the Art Center of Seoul, Korea, Inversions by Scott Kim and Can You Believe Your Eyes by Block and Yuker. In 1987 he had a one-man show at Moore College of Art, and he contributed to the 1988 show sponsored by American Crystallographic Association. He teaches at the Nesbitt School of Design Arts at Drexel University and lives in Phiadelphia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593055694 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593055691 |
| Title | Wordplay The Art and Science of Ambigrams |
| Author | John Langdon |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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