Illustrations from past decades / part 18 / What's in the fridge? / part one

Part two is in the July 2014 Archive

Part three is in the August 2014 archive

Philips impossible object ads

These impossible objects were popular a couple of decades ago though the ideas had been around for years through the graphic art of Dutch artist MC Escher and Swedish Oscar Reutersvard who designed these ads for Philips.  I found the five in The Economist magazine during 1986, each was part of a spread with the right-hand page singing the praises of the companies problem solving capability.  
     The clever little Lego piece was probably Photoshopped.  Google impossible objects to see plenty more.

twen issue 4 1962 / selected pages