|
|
Ambiguous Objects
|
 |
The cover page of Douglas Hofstadter's international bestseller is probably one of the best known examples of ambiguous objects. Each of the wooden blocks casts three shadows : the first letters of Gödel, Escher and Bach. The author calls them trip-lets. |
Apparition of a Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach - Salvador Dali, 1938 |
 |
Maybe you don't like this painting at first sight. But it's a work of a genius. There are four scenes in one : you can see an Afghan dog, a face, a table with a fruit dish in the middle and a desert landscape looking out on the sea. The bridge in the landscape is the dog's collar, the figure in the desert is nose and mouth of the face. |  View on Allposters.com |
ABC 12 13 14 |
 |
Starting from the left you can read A B C. Starting from the top you can read 12, 13 and 14. So the meaning of the middle character depends on where you start reading. |
Kitchen Utensils, 1998 |
 |
The outline of the black utensils looks a lot like . . . white ones! |
Maasai |
 |
Few people know the Landrover Freelander has been developed after studying Maasai tribes. Part of a ad campaign for Landrover. |
|
|
 Related Books
|
|
|
