In NYC’s hidden landmark, Amster Yard, is an extraordinary optical illusion: a mirror framed inside an overgrown arch to evoke expansive garden beyond. An idea to steal.
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A Mirror Makes a Corner Window with a Big View
Placing a window adjacent to the Laboratory’s window gives the illusion of a corner window and reflects the spectacular view.
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nihalani’s geometric tape illusions: home decor idea?
We’ve long been fans of Aakash Nihalani‘s geometric tape illusions and wonder how we might apply the idea to our Laboratory. Could we make simple 3-D looking illusions out of tape on our ceiling to make it look higher, or on a wall to make it look like there is another room…? (Much of the…
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sneak peek: improvised life’s new space + our cool optical illusion design solution
I thought it would be fun to give a sneak peak of the new space I’ve been renovating – the secret project that has run me ragged for months. It will be a sort of laboratory for many ideas we want to explore on ‘the improvised life’. Although it will probably never be ;finished;, this…
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