ambigram: hari.raya-qurban

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Another name for Aidil Adha. 'hari': day; 'raya': big; 'qurban': sacrifice (refering to that made by Prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, p.b.u.t).. which rotates into...

ambigram: naguib-&.fadilah

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naguib & fadilah (nagfa) wishes all Muslims a Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha!

Ambigram and cryptic wordplay: an-x-na.

And..

Split.

Reacts.

Out of the ordinary..

Concept piece.

50 / 50

Two similar phrases with very cooperative formulae. The pivotal 'M' and 'H' prove very useful in distinguishing the separate words.

Duh mejeeque uv phonetics.

OUT of the box.

Still in the amateurish C-list phase.

Pretty hard to read. 'omnitary marketing'.

After a long while, an ambigram at last.

.. down and up.

Two versions of.

A nice - yet simple - play of a perceptual (letter-digit) shift [ignore the inverted '3']. Courtesy of google.com on the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street.

Which way?

Rust. Or trust. Or tryst.

Three versions of a 'right' logotype. Which one is right?

.. house rock.

Fa-inspired.

An ambitious, eclectic design. Inspired mainly by perceptual shift and logotype. Difficult to decipher, but a fun exercise indeed.

Fa's loving idea after looking at Nag's unkempt hair. Thank you, dear. I love you, but I like it unkempt.

The ugliest execution of a good concept. Run!

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An update (thanks to Sameh Khan):

Sand Ship.

... or eyesbox...

A repost on the nagfa logotype. The inverted ampersand also reads as a 'g'. The design could be read, thus, as 'nagfa' or 'na&fa' (subtly alluding to our names - naguib & fadilah - behind the moniker).

Romanized kufic: 'Why?'

Errr...

dyslexic

Kick.

Hide.

High.

Self-explanatory. We hope.

Surely, the concept had crossed most minds. A Google search had yielded similar images, but with the double-l in different colour from the other letters.

Simplest of concept. Not surprised if this had been done before. If never, perhaps due to its simplest of concept.

nagfa tries on type logos

Salam to all!
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Ever since the end of NAC, we have yet to find time to stop for a moment to reconnect with all our cherished friend. We hope that each one of you are doing okay with families and love ones, doing okay in your respective jobs and responsibilities and may you be showered with good health and love always.

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We - the three of us - are, alhamdulillah, in good health.

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This post is to 'announce' a new type-form which we have recently started to try our hands at. Being novices, we admit amateurish outputs and flaws. We welcome any feedback and critiques alike.

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Before we share our designs, we'd like to briefly explain what we're getting ourselves into. Having worked with type (or fonts / letterfonts) and logo, we have discovered a unique artform which combines both. It's a representation of types / words / brands in a way which is unique, enabling the meaning of the written word(s) to be subtly hinted by the sheer juxtaposition / placement of the letters / individual letter.

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Some examples are:

By the great Herb Lubalin.

Lochness (the subtle Nessie and its reflection with the 'loc': brilliant!) by Navy Blue Design Group. And

'i' is killed. By Geoffrey Cottenceau.

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We hope we have explained enough though there are always many more fine examples on the WorldWideWeb for those who are interested.

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Salam,

nagfa

A play on this design: here.

A Daniel Dostal's piece: Nayla Najwa

We were pleasantly surprised when we checked our emails recently. A 'Nayla Najwa' (or daughter's name) ambigram designed by our Polish friend, Daniel Dostal:

Daniel Dostal's blog: here.

As it turned out, quite ornate looking. One of our recent favourites.

Stark.

nagfa wishes all Hindus a Happy Deepavali (Diwali)!

Font-type derived from the official visitsingapore logo (inset).

Logo proposal.

Experimenting..

Inspired by WM Jas' ambigram (below):

... and a dinosaur-related logotype we're trying to come up with.

A fun project. Much had been said about Singapore's policy of welcoming Foreign Talents. And quite recently, the media - from mainstream local broadsheets to online forums - had been rife with views on this issue. One of which is how many FTs there are now in Singapore.

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From the official Uniquely Singapore logotype (inset, with web address), we rearranged and reorientated the letters to read now as 'Uniquely Foreigner'.

A near-natural ambigram. Done using MS PowerPoint WordArt. Mainly in Impact. The T's bar /g's tail in Times New Roman.

The One That Got Away

Opportunity knocks but only once.
Do not think much just grab the chance.
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We didn't follow through a request (was it due to the too sudden a dateline? maybe, too busy? just procrastination? excuses!). Our draft - which got the nod:

The (technically-not-a) client finished it himself, logo for a spanking brand new restaurant:

..the one that got away.

Inaugural ACAC: results

News Update:
The inaugural ACAC (Ambigram.com Ambigram Challenge) has just concluded.
The results: here.
The next challenge (with cash prize!): here.
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salam,
nagfa: naguib & fadilah

Two versions of S!OUT. Have to admit that while we were crazy about the concept, the execution has left much to be desired.

The pairing worked quite nicely (really love the r-. combo). We wanted to use a unique letter styling. Should still be legible, we hope.

Clues: Of Hamelin. And: not solid.