Illusory New Year Videos

Since 2008 our family made a short video to welcome the new year. They started as a fun experiment and became a tradition. Each one plays with illusion, wordplay, or visual trickery in some way. They were a family project, which means the production values are charming rather than polished. The series has now come to a close but the archive lives on.

It has been a great run, something that has given us countless hours of joy as we created together, as a family. These videos will always serve as markers of time – not just of the years they welcomed, but of the moments we shared making them.

The archive (2009–2025)

Seventeen years, eighteen videos, always fusing typography with optical illusions.

A New Beginning—Welcoming 2025: A Final Reflection (& Calling an End to a 16-year Tradition)

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Reflection: Welcome 2024 (The science behind the video)

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Flip/Flop: Goodby 2022 – Welcome 2023 (The science behind the video)

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Goodbye 2021 – Hello 2022 (the science behind the video)

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Goodbye 2020 (the science behind the video)

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Reflect on 2018 (the science behind the video)

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Sliding into 2018 (the science behind the video)

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Perspective: Goodbye 2016, Welcome 2017 (the science behind the video)

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2016- The Transformation (blog post)

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2015 – Inside-Out: Floating cubes with a twist (blog post)

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2014 – Point of view: What a difference it can make (blog post)

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2013 – Dimensions: 2D or 3? (blog post)

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2012 – The tricks that color can play (blog post)

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2011 – The power of the shadow (blog post)

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2010 – Stop motion & play-doh (blog post)

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2009 (1) – Skittles, a car and a tortoise (blog post)

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2009 (2) – Shreya’s Magic Touch

The “science behind the video” posts