Illusion

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Project • By B² ArchitectureOffices

Creative Agency Office

With anamorphosis at the core of the design, DDB's unique office in Prague leaves viewers with thrilling visual experiences from different vantage points.B² Architecture has created a dynamic office design for global marketing agency DDB, located in Prague, Czech Republic. The main the design concept is based around anamorphic optical illusion. The viewers entering the DDB offices enter at the unique vantage point from which the DDB logo is visible in its perfect form. As their journey continues, the viewers can see that the illusion was formed by color applied throughout the whole space of the agency. Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point (or bot... More

Product • By PLANKTON”MOCAP “ wall clock > time is an illusion

”MOCAP “ wall clock > time is an illusion

Product: ”MOCAP “ wall clock > time is an illusion Design: J.P.Meulendijks for Plankton description: Most wall-clocks have the same basic shape: round. Also the same looking time-indication by numbers or stripes. "MOCAP" steps away from the basic.. It's appearance leans more to a piece of conceptual art ,then to a basic time-telling clock. The big wall clock will catch your eye by changing shape when you walk around it. When you stand in front of the clock: the numbers are clear and visible. When you walk around it: numbers slowly dissolve, and seem to fall apart in little floating white balls. This optical illusion results in a striking and intriguing piece of wall-art. Inspired by "MOTION CAPTURE" technique used in movies suc... More