▁institutions , ▁Sar con e ▁was ▁a ▁jur or ▁at ▁the ▁Third ▁Ann ual ▁" Best ▁Ill usion ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁Cont est " ▁held ▁in ▁Sar as ota , ▁Florida ▁( USA ). ▁His ▁optical ▁ill usion ▁projects ▁' Mask ▁of ▁Love ' ▁and ▁' Aut ok in etic ▁Ill usion ' ▁were ▁named ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁best ▁optical ▁ill us ions ▁respectively ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁" Best ▁Ill usion ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁Cont ests ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁third ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁contest ▁for ▁his ▁‘ Dynamic ▁Müller - L yer ▁Ill usion ’ . ▁ ▁Among st ▁other ▁notable ▁projects , ▁he ▁created ▁and ▁designed ▁an ▁“ h yp no pt ical ” ▁visual ▁ill usion ▁that ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁logo ▁and ▁institution al ▁sign age ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁G rec ▁Festival ▁of ▁Barcelona , ▁a ▁cultural ▁event ▁of ▁importance ▁that ▁features ▁avant - gar de ▁musical , ▁dance ▁and ▁the ater ▁performances . ▁ ▁Hon ors ▁and ▁awards ▁ ▁Edu c ational ▁project ▁ ▁G . ▁Sar con e ▁has ▁written ▁and ▁published ▁several ▁educational ▁text books ▁and ▁illustrated ▁books ▁in ▁English , ▁French ▁and ▁Italian ▁on ▁brain ▁training ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁mechanism ▁of ▁vision . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁Arch im edes - lab . org ▁a ▁consult ing ▁network ▁of ▁exper ts ▁special izing ▁in ▁impro ving ▁and ▁developing ▁cre ativity ▁-