1+1=3

Similar to Felice Varini and his geometric shape illusions, the final-year students in Product Design at Beckmans College of Design have created an alternative meeting place in Greenhouse at the Stockholm Furniture Fair.The students have created an optical illusion from one perspective, but from the others it just seems like a pile of junk. The space inspires informal gatherings of people, where the students have encouraged the visitors to interact with the furniture and the space.


I find optical illusions that play around with one's eyes or mind very intriguing. The message I get from perspective optical illusions is that everyone views everything in different ways but there is only one perspective where something is displayed the most clear. My analysis behind the way the students arranged the objects to form '1+1=3' is that there is a possibility for everything. Obviously, 1+1=2, but how do we mathematically prove that? It makes us think about the different possibilities or think of what the trick is to achieve the answer.

Source:  http://www.yatzer.com/1669_one_plus_one_equals_three