Here is a ambigram with a simple and clean design. It was featured in Ambigram Showcase section of the book Ambigrams Revealed by Nikita Prokhorov published by New Riders in 2013. It clearly spells out the word CHEAP and is designed in such a way that it could be rotated 180 degrees and still spell […]
John Langdon just e-mailed me a new brand new ambigram that he created for a project that he is currently working on. The ambigram features the word “Wonderland” and reads exactly the same if you flip the image upside down. I particularly like the way that the W forms the N & D when inverted. […]
Kelly Ripa has been in the news quite a bit lately. It appears that there is a lot of drama between her and her former Live! With Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan. In what he called a “career move”, he abruptly quit the show (without telling her, which is why she is angry) and […]
John Langdon painted this figure-ground ambigram, which he titled Us, way back in 1996. What is the first thing that you see when you look at this painting? Do you see the words Me or You? It’s impossible to see both at once since the word You occupies the negative space inside the word Me. […]
John Langdon designed this ambigram titled Philosphy, Art, & Science in 2009 as a personal project. When rotated 180 degrees, the text reads exactly the same. Here is the rotated version of this design. To see more of John’s designs, have a look at his True/False ambigram and Love figured/ground design. (via John Langdon)
The Blu-Ray+DVD cover of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the movie The Princess Bride features an ambigram. The romantic comedy adventure movie, originally released in 1987, was directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and received a rating of “two thumbs up” from Siskel & Ebert. The text in the middle of the cover reads the […]
Scott Kim created this ambigram specifically for the epilogue that he contributed to the book The Art of Deception: Illusions to Challenge the Eye and the Mind. When viewed this way, the word ‘art’ can be seen in middle of the image in all lower case letters but the rest of the words are upside […]
