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Interview with SHCH graphics group

Jul 15th, 2010 | By Nikita | Category: Artists, Feature

The feature artist today is not just an ambigram designer, graphic designer or typographer. He is all of the above, with amazingly precise hand-lettering ability and a unique talent which is rarely seen.



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“Where In The World?” Ambigram Challenge Results

Jun 16th, 2010 | By Nikita | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature, News

What do Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco and New York City have in common? The names of those cities produce some of the best ambigrams we could find in our world-wide hunt.

The exquisite “Philadelphia – City of Brotherly Love” ambigram by John Langdon garnered the highest score, and took our top prize. Congratulations to John and to Philadelphia!



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ACAC Music Challenge

Apr 21st, 2010 | By Editor | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature

Both the seasoned ambigram artists and the rookies turned out for the Music ambigram challenge.
 
We saw some great musical submissions, but this highly detailed “Chopin” ambigram from consistent top 5 finisher Daniel Dostal snatched the gold medal.



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Meet the Artist: Sebastian Lester

Apr 7th, 2010 | By Nikita | Category: Artists, Feature

The new “Heaven in Blazing Sunshine” (“Blazing”) limited edition ambigram print has been turning heads since its recent release.

We caught up with the artist, Seb Lester, to find out more about this excellent piece of work.



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ACAC Valentine’s Day: Results

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Nikita | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature

The Valentine’s Day ambigram challenge brought out some amazing ambigram designs centered around the themes of love and romance, and the number of submissions for the contest continues to increase, which means that the competition is heating up.
 

For the first time ever, the contest was won by a first-submission rookie.



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ACAC Holidays 2009: Results

Jan 13th, 2010 | By Nikita | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature, News

Happy (belated) Holidays to everyone! The results are finally in! The writers at Ambigram.com are proud to start of the year with some fantastic ambigram work from artists all around the world. Once again, the submissions did not only meet, but most certainly exceeded expectations. For the first time in ACAC’s short history, we have [...]



ACAC Sadiq/Shana: Results

Nov 24th, 2009 | By Nikita | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature, News

The results are in for the challenging ambigram design of Sadia/Shana, and it was a tough decision for the sponsor of the challenge. The $100 prize brought out some excellent submissions, even though the words were not entirely cooperative at first glance.

It was a close finish, but Bastian Pinnenberg snatched the purse with his unique letter contortions and a few unexpected twists. See the full article for the other fantastic entries.



ACAC Resurrection: Results

Oct 9th, 2009 | By Nikita | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature, News

The results are in for the Resurrection Ambigram Challenge! The submissions were excellent, the big dogs showed up and the bar was set really high for the first Ambigram.Com Challenge.
 
It was a close finish, but John Langdon snatched the first place position with his “Reincarnate ” ambigram.



Ambigram Challenge – Resurrection

Aug 28th, 2009 | By Nikita | Category: A.C.A.C., Feature

We’re proud to introduce the new Ambigram.Com Ambigram Challenge (ACAC). The ACAC is a contest to produce the best ambigram within a given theme.
 
Since the ACAC was born from the ashes of the NAC, the first theme is “Resurrection”.
 
Think you have what it takes to win? Read more for the details on how to enter…



Meet the artist: NAGFA

Aug 8th, 2009 | By Nikita | Category: Artists, Feature

The ambigram community has been growing quickly over the last couple of years, having been brought together by a husband and wife team who call themselves NAGFA.
 
In addition to their detailed knowledge about the ambigram space, Naguib and Fadilah have also designed hundreds of ambigrams. Naturally, we talked them into sharing some of their secrets.