17 Beautiful Examples Of Ambigram Art

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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

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Designed by Raja Sandhu. Brilliant.

2. Bunq

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Another Raja Sandhu creation.

3. Ann

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This ambigram spells out the name “Ann”.

4. Tunnel

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This one spells out the word “Tunnel” (could also be “Tonnet”). But, it’s beautiful :)

5. Honey

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Honey, anyone?

6. Alice

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This one is by Keith Enevoldsen. It spells out “Alice”.

7. Christmas

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By Brett J. Gilbert, this one spells out “Christmas”. Notice the central star like “t”.

8. Amelie

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This one spells out “Amelie”.

9. Wikipedia

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This ambigram is a rotational one. Forms the word “Wikipedia”.

10. Maui

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Spells out “Maui”.

11. Vegas

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Spells out “Vegas”.

12. GOES

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The logo for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (or GOES). Designed by Scott Kim.

13. Blacksmith

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The logo for the Blacksmith company.

14. Grid

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This one spells out “Grid”.
By Brett J. Gilbert.

15. Silas

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An example of a rotational ambigram. By Brett J. Gilbert

16. “Neil and Karen”

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Spells out “Neil & Karen”. By Brett J. Gilbert

17. Ole

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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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9 Responses

  1. 1

    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.

    January 5th, 2009 at 10:37 am
  2. 2

    i think 1,2 and 5 are most readable and therefore my favs :)

    January 5th, 2009 at 10:44 am
  3. 3

    @aqeeliz you’re right… #2, #3, #5 and #6 are beautiful :)

    @stratosg thanks for dropping by :D [I love #1 :D ]

    Sure, the readable ambigrams are good, but ambrigramy is an art, and art is beautiful! :)

    January 5th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
  4. 4

    @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 :P

    Anyways, that’s a great list of popular ambigrams around Thanks for sharing !

    January 6th, 2009 at 5:44 am
  5. 5

    Here’s the famous french fashion NEW MAN logo: http://www.newman.fr

    February 8th, 2009 at 7:14 am
  6. 6

    hey, thanks for dropping by… that logo is amazing :D

    February 8th, 2009 at 8:36 am
  7. 7

    Muhammad – I appreciate the posts and link backs, thank you!

    February 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am

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