Curt becomes Bonk (and vice versa)

by | Thursday, May 30, 2013

Curt Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University. Curt is one of the most fun academics I know. He is also a good friend. That’s us at the COSN conference earlier this year.

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What I didn’t remember was that quite a few years ago, I had played around with his name and had created an animated ambigram of his name – an animato-ambigram if you may.  While looking for something else I stumbled upon it again.

Essentially this design shows that the “curt” is actually hidden in “bonk!” Just roll your cursor over the image below to see the transformation!

Another way of looking at it is seeing both images together… like below. What a magical name he has!

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  1. Shufang

    Way cool!

    Two of the most fun academics I know. And best advisors.

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