" I design physical optical illusions and impossible objects for museums, TV and research labs.
Featured in BBC’s Operation Ouch! Best Illusion of the Year, and international science museums".
Olivier Redon
Olivier Redon is an award-winning creator of optical illusions, recognized as a finalist in the Best Illusion of the Year competition in 2021 and 2024, with his work “Oh La La Box” acclaimed as Best Illusion by "The Sun". He has received gold medals at international art and mathematics events, including Gathering for Gardner (G4G), the Bridges Conference, and the National Museum of Mathematics Festival.
His work has been featured widely in scientific and public venues, including BBC’s Operation Ouch!, major science museums worldwide, and publications such as Double Take. His illusions are also part of the Science is Magic product line (ages 8 to adult) distributed by The Magic Factory, the world’s leading producer of magic kits, reaching audiences in 52 countries. His creations have been exhibited at institutions such as the Science and Industry
Museum in Manchester. In addition to his artistic work, Redon contributes to recreational mathematics, collaborating with Alex Bellos for The Guardian. His work has also been
recognized in academic circles: Annalisa Crannell, editor of The American Mathematical Monthly, features a mathematical analysis of three of his illusions in a recent MIT Press book, highlighting their connection to projective geometry and the intersection of art and mathematics.
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optical illusions designer, inventor, and research-based artworks
"Olivier is one of the world's leading inventors of illusions"
Mark Setteducati, American magicien and inventor of illusions, games and puzzles.
"He is one of the smartest and most inventive people in the field of optical illusions"
Prof Richard Wiseman, Professor of the public understanding of psychology
“I've been devouring your website. How very wonderful! I'm very much interested in the work you're doing.”
Annalisa Crannell, American mathematician, Editor, The American Mathematical Monthly and an expert in the mathematics of geometric perspective.
Special thanks to my magician friends, my neuroscientist friends, mathematicians, and artists who recognize each other.
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Science is Magic (ages 8 to adult) distributed by The Magic Factory reaching audiences in 52 countries.
" Olivier your artworks are indeed unique and remarkable"
Christopher William Tyler is a neuroscientist, creator of the autostereogram ("Magic Eye" pictures),and is the Head of the Brain Imaging Center at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
"My work demonstrates that visual illusions are not
errors of perception, but essential tools for
understanding how the brain constructs reality".
Olivier
Brain Imaging Center
at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (San Francisco)
"Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You" was an exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester that ran from 14 February 2025 until 4 January 2026.
Olivier Redon and Chloe Redon are featured as illusion designers for interactive exhibits in the Science and Industry Museum's Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You exhibition in Manchester. Their work includes participatory sensory illusions such as the "You’ve been shrunk!" interactive, where visitors can take photos using optical illusions designed by Olivier and Chloe Redon. Other exhibits, like face-flip illusions and negative image stares, further explore brain and perception science, connecting Redon's expertise to the core of Operation Ouch!'s educational experiences in Manchester.
Maths and Puzzles column
The Guardian.
My work is published:
Three illusions appear in the 2027 MIT Press book edited by Annalisa Crannell.
Kinetic spider
Oh la la Box
Kinetik star
EUROPE
Gold Medal
USA
Gold Medal
USA
Gold Medal
University of Hertfordshire
SLIDER
Nuremberg trade fair 2025
Los Angeles toy trade 2025
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Scott Richards gallery San Francisco
Justin Flom Las Vegas
GENEVA
PARIS
Gold Medal
Gold Medal
Science Museum Lab
"Don't trust your eyes" is an optical illusion-themed contribution to the 100th anniversary celebrations of Oakland's Magic Circle.
An ordinary day on a Wix website
"My work demonstrates that visual illusions are not errors of perception, but essential tools for understanding how the brain constructs reality".
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