This is based on the ‘Cafe Optical Illusion’ first noticed on a cafe in Bristol, England. Someone had tiled the building with staggered black and white tiles which gives the impression of total distortion. Cool, eh?
The building shown is not in Bristol, this is in Melbourne, Australia, and it was built only very recently, in 2006.
The original cafe, where this optical illusion was first spotted, was in Bristol, at the corner of St. Michael’s Hill and Perry Road. I first spotted this in 1999, when I had a flat in the vicinity. The building is stil there, however the cafe was closed and, for a while, thre premises were turned into a shop, etc. I believe that currently it is again closed.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:19 am
who created this and where is it exactly?
September 19th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
This is based on the ‘Cafe Optical Illusion’ first noticed on a cafe in Bristol, England. Someone had tiled the building with staggered black and white tiles which gives the impression of total distortion. Cool, eh?
December 16th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I’ve lived in Bristol all my life and have NEVER seen that!! CRAZY
December 25th, 2008 at 8:34 am
To Ashley:
The building shown is not in Bristol, this is in Melbourne, Australia, and it was built only very recently, in 2006.
The original cafe, where this optical illusion was first spotted, was in Bristol, at the corner of St. Michael’s Hill and Perry Road. I first spotted this in 1999, when I had a flat in the vicinity. The building is stil there, however the cafe was closed and, for a while, thre premises were turned into a shop, etc. I believe that currently it is again closed.
January 7th, 2009 at 3:35 am
cuz it isent ther ash wots your mom wearing
January 13th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
all u ppl needalife big time im mean rly
February 17th, 2009 at 8:33 am
boring!!! it strained ma eyes
February 25th, 2009 at 9:22 am
fucking building
go here in philippines
find a museum
April 26th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
what a -STUPID- building!
June 7th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
o shutup im better than u. u get a life
June 9th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
wow….u people r so mean to each other…so…is this thing straight or what?
June 9th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
lyons Architects
it is there thing!…to test facades and interest passers by
October 25th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
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