Ambigrammia - Between Creation and Discovery

On the history and creation of ambigrams, by a pioneer of the practice

About the author

Douglas Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington. His books include the Pulitzer Prize–winning Gödel, Escher, Bach; Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies; Le Ton beau de Marot; I Am a Strange Loop; and Surfaces and Essences. Aside from being a cognitive scientist focused on analogy-making, he is engaged in art, music, and translation. Scott Kim (scottkim.com) is a puzzle creator and graphic designer who has been making ambigrams since the 1970s. His 1981 book Inversions: A Catalog of Calligraphic Cartwheels was the first book of ambigrams ever published.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Assisted by: Kim Scott (Foreword)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.07.2025
• EAN: 9780300275438
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27543-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Illustration, Popular Culture, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Typography, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, ART / Popular Culture, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Typography & lettering, Typography and lettering