Karl Fulves is the publisher, who also put the contributions together

Lecture notes from the 2011 "Farewell" tour.

In Designing Miracles, Darwin Ortiz continues the task he began in Strong Magic: to explore and raise the level of craft in magic. This time he presents a groundbreaking study of how laymen think and what it takes to amaze them.

Darwin has earned a reputation for creating some of the strongest card effects in modern magic. In Designing Miracles, he reveals for the first time the principles and techniques that he follows in doing so. These insights will help you choose stronger effects, create stronger effects, and strengthen those effects that you've already performing.

Acknowledgements 3
A Message to the Reader 4
Foreward 5
Close-Up Magic: The Art or The Art of Close-Up Magic 7
Card Fall 9
Berlin Swindle 10
Making the Key Card 12
Side by Side 14
Side Peek 17
Side Swindle 19
Dumb Bird 20
Bermuda Aces 23
Matrix under Glass 27
Ace Color Change 30
Snap Color Change 32
Back Door Aces 33
The Magic Figure 8 35
Special 41
Coins Through The Table (with Shell) 43
Coin Through Handkerchief (Paul Copp's) 45
Silver And Copper Double Cross 47
Okito Coin Box 48

A collection of twelve typically ingenious Annemann creations, from the pages of The Sphinx.