Wordplay: Ambigrams and Reflections on the Art of Ambigrams

by John Langdon

Book Overview

Wordplay is a book of ambigrams words that can be read from more then one point of view. But these are not just any words. They are carefully chosen to communicate principles of western physics and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0151984549
• ISBN13: 9780151984541
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

As if sketches in GEB were not amazing enough ....

Were you amazed by the sketches and diagrams by Scott Kim and Hofstadter in "Godel Escher Bach" ? If yes, this book will amaze you even further. And the "reflections" are no less philosophical!

Just a thought.

Although I have not read this book, I was introduced to it on author Dan Brown's website. He has written a book entitled"Angels & Demons" and it deals quite a bit with ambigrams. If you are intrested in ambigrams(as well as history, the Vatican, the Illuminati, or any thriller story) I would strongly recomend that you read "Angels & Demons".

A surprising book!

I definitely recommand it to any Graphic Designer, Artist, Art Student, or just Art Lover! It's a completely different way to look at things...

TURN YOUR WORLD UPSIDE - DOWN

Want to stretch your imagination? Get Wordplay and you'll never look at words the same again! John Langdon's intriguing ability with ambigrams will astound you. I find myself picking up my copy time and time again. Wordplay is a great conversation piece... worthy of a place of honor on any coffee table.

AMBIGRAMS and Reflections on the Art of Ambigrams

Graphic thrills, wordplay and cosmic philosophy. This book is packed with the author's history of discovery of calligraphic possibilities, an reflections on similar structural themes. If you like Escher, you will enjoy Langdon.