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Scott Kim, Puzzlemaster
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Onomatopoeia (180 degree rotation, 1996)
Created at Mathcounts 1996, a mathematics competition for junior high school students. "Onomatopoeia" refers to a word like "boom" or...
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ORIGAMI (1988)
SYMMETRY. Reflection about a vertical axis.INSPIRATION. Commissioned by high school mathematics teacher David Masunaga for a talk about...
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Synergy (1981)
SYMMETRY. Tessellation with two 90° centers of rotation. INSPIRATION. Inspired by the work of R. Buckminster Fuller, STORY. R....
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VENTURA (1997)
SYMMETRY. 180 degree rotation. Turn this design upside down and it reads the same both ways. INSPIRATION. Created for a week of...
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EGYPTIAN (1997)
SYMMETRY. 180 degree rotation. Turn this design upside down and it reads the same both ways. INSPIRATION. Created for a performance by...
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STANFORD (1990)
SYMMETRY. Rotation by 180 degrees. This design looks the same when turned upside down. INSPIRATION. Created for the Stanford Computer...
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Bach / Faure (180 degree rotation, 1996)
Title lettering for a piano concert performed by Margaret Fabrizio in Bombay, December 1996. Margaret Fabrizio is a wonderful...
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Evan & Becky (1998)
SYMMETRY. Rotation by 180 degrees. INSPIRATION. Commissioned by Michael Morton on the occasion of the wedding of his brother Evan...
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LESTER KIM (1997)
SYMMETRY. 180 degree rotation. Turn this design upside down and it reads the same both ways. INSPIRATION. Created on the occasion of my...
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Meir Yedid (1998)
SYMMETRY. Rotation by 180 degrees. INSPIRATION. Created at the Gathering for Gardner, January 1998. STORY. I first heard about magician...
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Inversions / Scott Kim (180 degree rotation, 1981)
Title lettering for book published by Byte Books, a division of McGraw Hill, currently out of print. This inversion has become my...
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Montgomery (1999)
SYMMETRY. Rotation by 180 degrees. INSPIRATION. Created for a dance performance in Montgomery, Alabama. STORY. In November 1999 I...
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TEACH/LEARN (1988)
SYMMETRY. Reflection about a horizontal axis. TEACH reflects to become LEARN. INSPIRATION. For the companion book to The Visual Almanac,...
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Mathematics (180 degree rotation, 1997)
Rendered for a performance of "Dances for the Mind's Eye" at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama, January 23, 1997....
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METASQUARES (1997)
SYMMETRY. 180 degree rotation. INSPIRATION. Logo for an online board game I designed for software publisher MetaCreations. STORY. About...
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Jimmy Stewart (1997)
SYMMETRY. Rotation by 180 degrees. Turn this design upside down and it reads the same. INSPIRATION. Revised version of a design created...
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Peter Gabriel (2002)
SYMMETRY. 180° rotation INSPIRATION. At the request of Kai Krause STORY. While some musicians are happy to write songs and tour, Peter...
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Robert-Houdin (2000)
SYMMETRY. 180° rotation. INSPIRATION. Commissioned by Daniel Rhod for his magic magazine Imagik. STORY. In February 2000 I attended the...
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Superteacher (1998)
SYMMETRY. Reflection about a vertical axis. Looks the same in a mirror. INSPIRATION. Commissioned by Key Curriculum Press, publisher of...
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Arthur / Benjamin (rotation)
SYMMETRY. 180 degree rotation. Turn this design upside down and each name reads the same both ways. INSPIRATION. Created during a...
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