ambigram: stephen.king-shakespeare

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Borned amidst the whirlpool of two wakes: the recent massive Kevin Pease's Shakespeare NAC and the completion of reading Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.

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Note to self (and a challenge to visitors, too). Elusive ambigram designs:

1. Katet (Susannah, Eddie, Jake, Oy, Roland) ambigram

2. Jack the ripper - serial killer ambigram / reflection

3. Juxtaposition/juxtapose ambigram / concept pieces

4. Bombshell-heart throb ambigram

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...and counting

ambigram: 54 months

ambigram: manchester

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Inspired by Ed Xander conceptually exceptional piece: here. Overawed by his ambigram-churning fountain these days.

Seen it HERE. Superb design.

ambigram: carpe.diem-...-we'll.be.dead

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After John Langdon's wondrous 'carpe diem' ambigram (the one with the intricate and ornate c-m solution), many other designers had given their own take of it, us included. This time, we wanted to try to rotate the whole phrase/axiom into a new phrase.

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Though lacking in the aesthetic department (getting busy these days), we feel this looks reasonably well, particularly with the tongue in cheek response to why we should 'carpe diem'. Looking at this again, putting a 'for' - ambigram of course - in the middle might help in the semantics rather than the nondescript, suspense-milking '...'.

'All's well that ends well' by John Langdon

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What could be better than learning from the best? A quality design submitted by John Langdon for the recent NAC (Kevin Pease's Shakespeare Challenge). He apologized for not meeting the submission date. Better late than never, dear sir..

ambigram: analyse-&-believe
ambigram: analyse-&-achieve
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Two designs borne from one basic foundation.

nagfa spinonym by Ed Xander

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Still admiring the 'g' and 'f' solutions. Thanks, Ed!

... on his passing ...

spinonym: funk

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Another solution for a favourite word.

ambigram/spinonym: saunas

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A draft. After looking at the vague 'a', maybe it'll stay that way. The first intention was to tile this. A nod to the superb SUNS' logo.

rotational: sin

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After the recent fine works by Ed Xander and Tom Banwell from the Flickr Ambigram Group, our own take, this time kufic-looking poor man's version of the SUNS' logo.

nagfa's ambigram challenge (NAC) March 2008

May Peace be by you.

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After a brief interlude, we present you the next NAC Challenge, brought to you by the latest Guest Challenger - the designer with the winning entry for the last Kevin Pease's NAC - NastyBasty from Germany.

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"Hello everybody!

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My name is Bastian Pinnenberg (a.k.a NastyBasty) and I'm a communication/web designer, flash programmer and musician from Germany. Like most people I stumbled upon ambigrams while reading Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" ("Illuminati" in Germany) and fell in love with the concept at first sight. I have been designing ambigrams for about two years now and am not planning to stop doing so :-)

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You can find my designs on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasty_basty) and on my myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/nasty_basty).

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So, with many thanks to Kevin Pease and Nagfa - here's my Nagfa's Guest Challenger's theme:
"Mirror, mirror on the wall"

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One nature of this theme is that I would like to see reflective designs. On the other hand there is much more to mirrors, just think of Alice through the looking-glass... And of course there is an overall fairy tale connection to this theme. So, good luck everybody. I'm looking forward to see your solutions.

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Cheers from Germany,
Bastian ( NastyBasty)"

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Please submit designs to:
nagfa_ambigram@hotmail.com
hopefully before 15th of April (for allowance for us to compile them before May). Please also include the chosen word for the design, your name (pseudonym allowed), country of origin, and website/blog (if any). *Designers are allowed to send in more than one design/entry..
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All the best,

Salam,
Nagfa: Naguib & Fadilah
Singapore

reflection: animal-haiwan

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This came while waiting for Fa attending her course (Effective Learning of using Zoo Publications in Malay Language) at the Singapore zoo. 'Haiwan' is the Malay word for 'animal'.

ambigram: a.winter-je.taime

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(Err... whatever that means!)

ambigram: nastybasty-ambigram
ambigram: nastybasty-ambigram (draft)
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Two versions of. Something for NAC's latest Guest Challenger, NastyBasty of Germany. His challenge will be posted within the next two days.

ambigram: anything

ambigram (chained/link): cog

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Inspired and instigated by the famous SUNS logo.

reflection: australia

oscillation: I.love.you!

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The strokes in 'I love' also read as 'you!' on closer observation. There seem to be numerous ways to present this ever-popular phrase. Maybe an informal invitation/mini-challenge here to share other solutions..

reflection: naguib.fadilah

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Into our 7th month as husband and wife.

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Design wise: the nagfa banner, tied in together by the heart shape. This was done exclusively using only MS PowerPoint. Had the formula for quite a while now. The presentation is a nod to NastyBasty of Germany, the Guest Challenger for the coming NAC, known for his stark contrast of black and white and distinctly sharp pieces.

ambigram: all.star

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We've gone for the more technical presentation, leaning more towards overall shape than fluidity. Looking at this again, a flowy design, based on a 70s-style font, with the almost-'customary' ribbon would look even more beautiful. And could even be iconic. ("For later," / says the procrastinator.)

Let's take a guess what this says...

reflection: bedok

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An eastern Singapore living estate, one of the oldest too. It's name - 'Bedok' - is derived from the Malay word 'beduk' which is a type of big drum used to signal the five daily prayer times (below).

* notice too the 'drum-stick'; it is made of two pieces of bamboo stick, maybe intended to amplify and resonate the 'echo' or 'twanging' of each drum-beat.

ambigram: stephen.king-the.dark.tower

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A continuation after the previous post.

ambigram: stephen.king-the.dark.tower

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Something we have wanted to create for a long time now; the artist and his magnum opus. A draft.

ambigram: library

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For nag's school's Library Committee; a rough hand-drawn draft done in 10 minutes.