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Subject:	Re: If MC Escher played with Lego Technic...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic
Date:	Sat, 1 Jun 2002 16:59:52 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ronald Vallenduuk writes: > The Lugnet logo is an adaptation of Opus 1 by Oscar Reutersvard: > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Duq/Impossible/opus1.jpeg Actually, it was inspired by the Penrose triangle and not by the Reutersvärd triangle: http://www.worldofescher.com/misc/penrose.html http://www.stats.uwaterloo.ca/~cgsmall/penrose.html http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gershon/EscherForReal/ http://www.lugnet.com/admin/logo/ The first sketches of the LUGNET logo had several more studs than the final version, which resulted in an open area in the center -- like this (except for the blacklight effect): http://www.lugnet.com/admin/logo/lugnet-blacklight.jpg Applying Occam's razor, it turned out that the center could removed. This allowed some other cool variants, such as the following design, which was inspired by Escher's "Verbum" piece: http://www.lugnet.com/admin/logo/lugnet-hex-fade.gif I was pleasantly surprised when someone pointed out Reutersvärd's triangle in 1998 -- it's beautiful -- and I have to wonder how many times the basic design has been discovered independently. Reutersvärd apparently discovered the design in 1934. Was he the first? BTW, I really like this particular refinement of Reutersvärd's: http://www.palmyra.demon.co.uk/illusion/oscar/opus2b.gif but I'm not sure when he discovered it. And this is kinda a cool photo: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/iso7ns.jpg --Todd

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		Re: If MC Escher played with Lego Technic...
"Todd Lehman" <todd@lugnet.com> skrev i meddelandet news:Gx1Dvs.B4D@lugnet.com... (...) discovered (...) I think I'm 'someone' :-) According to my book: "Oscar Reuterswärd, Omöjliga figurer" the Opus 1 from 1934, is "the first known case in Art (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)

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		Re: If MC Escher played with Lego Technic...
I think you've the wrong picture in mind. The one Thomas was inspired by was this one: (URL) Lugnet logo is an adaptation of Opus 1 by Oscar Reutersvard: (URL) used this idea in this picture: (URL) got world famous. Reutersvard somehow missed the (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.technic)

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