17 Beautiful Examples Of Ambigram Art
An ambigram (or an inversion) is a graphical representation that “spells out one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation”. For reference, ambigrams were made very popular by Dan Brown, in his bestseller Angels and Demons (aff).
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Ambigrams are not easy to create, and a finished ambigram is a piece of art. Here are 17 beautiful ambigrams (some are logos). Enjoy!
1. VAVA
Designed by Raja Sandhu. Brilliant.
2. Bunq
Another Raja Sandhu creation.
3. Ann
This ambigram spells out the name “Ann”.
4. Tunnel
This one spells out the word “Tunnel” (could also be “Tonnet”). But, it’s beautiful
5. Honey
Honey, anyone?
6. Alice
This one is by Keith Enevoldsen. It spells out “Alice”.
7. Christmas
By Brett J. Gilbert, this one spells out “Christmas”. Notice the central star like “t”.
8. Amelie
This one spells out “Amelie”.
9. Wikipedia
This ambigram is a rotational one. Forms the word “Wikipedia”.
10. Maui
Spells out “Maui”.
11. Vegas
Spells out “Vegas”.
12. GOES
The logo for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (or GOES). Designed by Scott Kim.
13. Blacksmith
The logo for the Blacksmith company.
14. Grid
This one spells out “Grid”.
By Brett J. Gilbert.
15. Silas
An example of a rotational ambigram. By Brett J. Gilbert
16. “Neil and Karen”
Spells out “Neil & Karen”. By Brett J. Gilbert
17. Ole
Spells out “ole”. Simple, but does the job.
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Feeling Ambigramish?
The art of making ambigrams is difficult to master. Here are a few tips from the famous John Langdon on creating your own ambigrams. Enjoy
So, which ones of the above ambigrams were your favourites?
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IMO, best ambigrams are the ones that are easy to read. Sometimes designers get too carried away and it become very difficult to read them.
So, I would say I loved #2, #3, #5 & #6.
i think 1,2 and 5 are most readable and therefore my favs
@aqeeliz you’re right… #2, #3, #5 and #6 are beautiful
@stratosg thanks for dropping by
[I love #1 
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Sure, the readable ambigrams are good, but ambrigramy is an art, and art is beautiful!
@siyab heheh yeah art is beautiful but what if you dont know what art is all about Or if either its an art or something else ? i mean sometimes we dont know if its an art
Anyways, that’s a great list of popular ambigrams around Thanks for sharing !
Here’s the famous french fashion NEW MAN logo: http://www.newman.fr
hey, thanks for dropping by… that logo is amazing
Muhammad – I appreciate the posts and link backs, thank you!