A BRIEF TOUCHBASE

His business ‘card’ was a cube: six faces, six names, six numbers.

"There's more of me inside, just in case," he explained. "Break it open if you can't find who you're looking for."

Her business ‘card’ was a sphere: names and numbers wrapped its surface in an endless spiral. No matter how long he spent turning it in his fingertips, there were always more, and every last line was disconnected.

Never once did he think to break it open.


Rotating cubes can also result in geometric surprises.

There are other ways to read when reading letters in sequence fails.

It’s only a spiral when read in order. When viewed as a whole structure, it’s more like this.


A BIT OF A STRETCH

ON EARWIGS