A Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Cognitive Scientist and Ambigram Artist
2025-07-26
Douglas Hofstadter, a cognitive scientist and Distinguished Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach, and his work in art and translation, will collaborate with Scott Kim, a puzzle creator and graphic designer who has been creating ambigrams since the 1970s. Kim's 1981 book, Inversions: A Catalog of Calligraphic Cartwheels, was the first book ever published on ambigrams. This collaboration brings together the expertise of two masters in cognitive science, art, and wordplay.