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Optical illusions in buildings and architecture

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Post: # 3,365,545
View Profile Robert Gentel
 
Reply Tue 19 Aug, 2008 06:30 pm
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1152/1475954678_0551ad1548.jpg?v=0

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And here's a video from a building in Japan that illustrates this even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVNs2xIzdY
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Post: # 3,365,546
View Profile Robert Gentel
 
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Reply Tue 19 Aug, 2008 06:32 pm
Here's a good one, Folding House:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uf0Gj3sX8Y
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Post: # 3,365,575
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Reply Tue 19 Aug, 2008 07:01 pm
That's insane! Now I want to invest some time and $ in some bright tape and mess up my apartment.
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Reply Tue 19 Aug, 2008 07:36 pm
I like it!
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Reply Tue 19 Aug, 2008 07:42 pm
Wow! This kind of interior decoration that makes me want to applaud when I visit it. (If I lived in it, I'm afraid it might drive me crazy.)
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Reply Tue 19 Aug, 2008 07:48 pm
Ok, speaking of driving...

http://de-war.de/eurekacarpark.html

In that parking lot the signs are done this way, and I wonder if they've ever had someone crash after an optical illusion of "stop" materializes in front of their car.

http://de-war.de/IMAGENEU/et2.png
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Reply Sat 30 Aug, 2008 11:45 pm
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/814065113_4512d1bf4b.jpg

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