Ambigrammia Between Creation and Discovery

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

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Douglas Hofstadter, Douglas R Hofstadter
• Con la collaborazione di: Kim Scott (Prefazione)
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 22.07.2025
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura d'interni, design
• EAN: 9780300275438
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27543-8
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Categorie: Illustration, Popular Culture, Perception, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Typography, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Illustration, ART / Popular Culture, History of art / art & design styles, ROTATION, History of Art, words, Letters, Typography & lettering, Typography and lettering, Reflection, distortion, mirror symmetry, wordplay, reversible, rotational symmetry, Legibility, Readability, Letterforms