A Celebration of Op Art is a magazine featuring a concentrated curation of illusion-based artwork.

Op Art belonged to a short-lived time period where paintings took viewers by surprise and manipulated their senses. It was an art movement that displayed some of the first signs of visually oriented behavioral design. Optical illusions created a dialogue between the artist and the viewer, with the audience's reactions completing the final touch to the artwork. This connection is something that I cherish. I decided to curate this publication so that young designers could have concentrated historical references for disruptive design, as Op Art's illusory essence had strengthened my own understanding of the subject.

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Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" | Pages: 32
Op Art has the potential to show through multiple types of physical media, which is why I sought out many artists that went beyond the flat canvas. One of these individuals is Yayoi Kusama, who had a great mastery over colors and materials in 3D space. While her Op Art works were produced as early as the 1960s, few were able to achieve a similar sense of illusory impact in the decades to come.
One of the many missed potentials for Op Art is the integration with typography. In today's day and age, there is a constant effort towards the expansion of greater typographic tools, such as generative type and grid systems. Op Art has the power to lead the eye, thus influencing the way we read. This is why I have super-sized many of these illusory pieces to interact with the featured essay.

Understanding the artistic endeavors in movements similar to Op Art is critical in design thinking—it allows us to understand that there is more than one answer in communicating one's intentions. I believe that young creatives need to grasp this concept in order to engender experiences that are truly unique.

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