“Humor is reason gone mad.”
— Groucho Marx

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Rows of eggs appear to move horizontally. An anomalous motion illusion.

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Source: A. Kitaoka

Client: CBRE
2006 Marketing Presentation Creative
2005

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”
— C.S. Lewis

Client: Hydromex Americas
Christmas Card
2005

Hydromex Americas is a company that is completely revolutionizing our ideas of how we dispose of waste on our planet. For the last ten years, a team of 15 scientists have developed a technological system of solutions to improve our world. Very exciting stuff, and a company to root for.

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Named for a children’s ring throwing game, the outer ring appears to expand while the inner ring appears to contract. Moreover, the rings appear to rotate when observers approach or move away from the figure while fixating at the center. Furthermore, the color of the outer ring appears to be different when appoaching and when moving away.

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Source: A. Kitaoka

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
— Albert Einstein

Rows of ellipses appear to move horizontally. An anomalous motion illusion.

Source: A. Kitaoka

Hot day in SoCal today, and here we go again.

The first Santa Ana winds of the fire season fanned eight brush fires across Southern California on Wednesday, burning at least one home and several outbuildings near Chatsworth and threatening communities in Moorpark and in the hills above Redlands.

Andreas took the following photos from his house, on the Mullholland ridgeline facing WNW towards Chatsworth.

Photography by Andreas Wettstein