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Inversions

by Scott Kim · first published 1985

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  • DonHopkins · Oct 25, 2017 · Recommends

    Scott Kim has a wonderful talent at designing "ambigrams". Check out his classic book "Inversions" and his gallery of more recent work! http://www.scottkim.com.previewc40.carrierzone.com/inversion... An inversion is a word or name written so it reads in more than one way. For instance, the word…

    on “Boustrophedon” ↗
  • Stratoscope · Aug 29, 2019 · Recommends

    If you like this, check out Inversions by Scott Kim. https://www.google.com/search?q=scott+kim+inversions&tbm=isc... The book is out of print, but you can find used copies. It has a Foreword by Douglas Hofstadter and a Backword by Jef Raskin.…

    on “Words that do Handstands” ↗
  • DonHopkins · Nov 30, 2023 · Recommends

    …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15547162 DonHopkins on Oct 25, 2017 | prev | next [–] Scott Kim has a wonderful talent at designing "ambigrams". Check out his classic book "Inversions" and his gallery of more recent work! http://www.scottkim.com.previewc40.carrierzone.com/inversion... An inversion is a word or name written so it reads in more than one way. For instance, the word…

    on “Visual Anagrams: Generating Optical Illusions with Diffusion Models” ↗
  • DonHopkins · Dec 26, 2022 · Mentions

    …the greatest logos of all time is the SGI logo, designed by none other than Scott Kim! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kim http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/sgi_logo.html https://www.amazon.com/Inversions-Scott-Kim/dp/1559532807 https://scottkim.com/

    on “The Dawn and Dusk of Sun Microsystems [video]” ↗
  • DonHopkins · Feb 12, 2023 · Mentions

    …the greatest logos of all time is the SGI logo, designed by none other than Scott Kim! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kim http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/sgi_logo.html https://www.amazon.com/Inversions-Scott-Kim/dp/1559532807 https://scottkim.com/

    on “Sun: The Network Is the Computer” ↗

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