Looking for a clever way to build a Phenakistoscope? Maybe you’re more familiar with its other names; Fantoscope, Phantasmascope, or perhaps its close cousin the Zoetrope? If you’re sti… ...

Phenakistoscope disc, Fores (publisher), Moving Panorama, England, 1833. Richard Balzer’s love affair began about 40 years ago, when he saw his first magic lantern — an early image projector ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Joseph Plateau's 218th birthday, but who was he and why is he famous? Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian scientist known for inventing the ...

If you like movies, you will appreciate Monday’s Google Doodle celebrating the 218th birthday of Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau.

Kenny Sing is a graphic designer and ceramist who creates zoetrope designs on ceramics. As the piece spins under an extremely fast strobe light, the shapes look like they're moving and changing.