Scott Kim's Inversions - Symmetry

You may not have heard of him. But you will surely be amazed by his works.

Scott Kim is an American puzzle and computer game designer, artist, and author. He created hundreds of other puzzles for magazines as well as thousands of puzzles for computer games.

He had an early interest in mathematics, education, and art, and attended Stanford University, receiving a BA in music, and a PhD in Computers and Graphic Design. In 1981, he created a book called Inversions, words that can be read in more than one way. His first puzzles appeared in Scientific American in Martin Gardner's "Games" column. He is one of the most well-known masters of the art of ambigrams.

Selected recent works of Scott Kim:

Joy to the World (The snowflakes are special.)

Alphabet Tessellation (Amazing!Click on any letter to start tessellating.)

Fantasy (Scott Kim is true someone.)

GALLERY of his recent works
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES for teachers
CLASSROOM GALLERIES of inversions by students
LINKS to other ambigram artists