There is something peculiar about the construction of this pergola created by István Orosz.  Can you figure out what it is?

Presented below is a video that was another finalist for the 2013 Best Illusion of the Year contest hosted by the Neural Correlate Society.  The video shows four yellow circles spinning at the same speed around both the Roadrunner and and the very hungry Coyote.  Watch what happens when the four circles spinning around the […]

This grouping of impossibly-connected hexagons was created by tee shirt designer Flying Mouse (aka Chow Hon Lam).  This design was originally submitted for a tee shirt design on the Threadless community in 2007.  Flying Mouse’s tees have proven to be tremendously popular and have won many prestigious awards. Nearly 100,000 people have purchased a tee […]

The following video was created by Guy Wallis and David Lloyd from the University of Queensland in Australia.  It was selected as a finalist for the 2013 Best Illusion of the Year contest hosted by the Neural Correlate Society.  The video presents an ambiguous pair of cubes that can be interpreted in multiple ways.  As […]

Ben Heine mixes drawing and photography to create a scene that is half real and half imaginary.  In a past interview, he stated his works in this series (called Pencil Vs Camera) are “…all about illusion, 3D, dreams, augmented reality, and fantasy.”  On this empty street, he creates the illusion that a non-existent trolley is […]

In 2012, Marlin Peterson created a large trompe l-oeil mural on the roof of a building in Seattle, Washington.  When viewed from a high vantage point, it appears that a pair of extremely large daddy long legs spiders are sunning themselves on top of the building.  The mural was designed to be viewed by visitors […]

Ambigrams Revealed is a new book from graphic and ambigram designer Nikita Prokhorov.  The book features a series of ambigram case studies that are judged by a panel that includes the author, John Langdon, Scott Kim, and five others.  It also features a 40 page “Ambigram Showcase” toward the back of the book that contains […]