Paper engineering offers a variety of clever ways to present a story line, and includes pop-up books as well as other visually interactive works, such as those using flaps, dimensional structures, pull-tabs, wheels, and removable ephemera. Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart are well-known paper engineers.
Introduction The Ologies series includes many volumes of beautifully illustrated fictional encyclopaedias on various fantasy topics. Each of the books is given a fictional author, and is presented as a “lost” journal of these fictional investigators. The large-format books contain many items of ephemera, from removable maps and postcards, to Read more…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAcZfKrE_k8Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Shahnameh, The Epic of the Persian Kings | Beautiful Books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAcZfKrE_k8) Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King by Ferdowsi Paper engineering: Simon Arizpe | Illustrator: Hamid RahmanianPublication: Fantagraphics 2018► Where to buy: Book Depository or Amazon (US) About the book: This gorgeous pop-up book is based on the incredible illustrated Read more…
Interactive Children’s Classics https://youtu.be/hivVwTemHbw Note: updated January 2021 with new books in the series! Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima are the graphic design duo affectionately known as MinaLima. Best known for their design work on the Harry Potter franchise, they have also committed to producing a 12 volume series of Read more…