Paris City of Love

by | Saturday, November 14, 2015

Paris has been on my mind for the last 24 hours (as it has been for many others around the world). I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to spend some time in the city – and Paris is one of my favorite places in the world.

parisParis, anyway you look at it
(a new 180 degree rotationally symmetric ambigram)

The events of Friday the 13th, 2015 have troubled me deeply. I wanted to create something that would capture my feelings towards Paris. Here is a new design, created specially for the City of Love.

paris-city-of-love

Paris, city of Love (new ambigram) – where Paris becomes Love
and vice versa upon rotation by 180 degrees.

 

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