The Making of the World’s Most Amazing Pop-Up Books

By Queuebot in Art on Feb 4, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Online magazine Babble has a neat look at inside the studio of Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, who are single-handedly (okay, with four hands) are making pop-up books cool again.

Here’s the interview with Babble’s Gwynne Watkins:

Robert Sabuda kicked off the pop-up renaissance in 1996 with Christmas Alphabet, a series of elegantly constructed pop-up images that scaled the New York Times bestseller list, despite its then-staggering price tag of $19.99.

Matthew Reinhart began working alongside him and creating his own work when the two became a couple, twelve years ago.

Now, working from their Tribeca studio with four assistants, Robert and Matthew start from scratch with each new book, crafting elaborate, intricately colored structures that leap from the pages, then sending the books off to be hand-assembled overseas.

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  1. Daz
    Feb 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    ooh… could sadly not see the article suggested from that link, and a search doesn’t show a recent entry…
    can you make a direct link?

  2. renderanything
    Feb 4th, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    Flop the whole pop!
    My only gripe about pop-ups is with their delicacy. They always wind up mangled, especially in the hands of children.

  3. devin
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 1:38 am

    really? gay guys making a book about fairies? i’m not a bigot, but that’s kind of funny…
    their dinosaur book was off the hook though seriously. did they do that nutso star wars one?

  4. LisaL
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 1:49 am

    I couldn’t view all of it, but what I saw was pretty amazing.
    I’ve wanted to make a pop-up book for a long time now… don’t think I could do anything that complicated though lol… maybe one day :D

  5. scifiiiiinite!
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    I HEART POP UPS
    I own two Robert Sabuda pop up books & their quality is top notch and hard to surpass.

    I am saving my growning collection for a child down the lane, when they are old enough to not rip it apart :)

  6. Jen Diggity
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Pop-ups have never NOT been cool! My favorite is one called Mommy? by Maurice Sendak.
    http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11450000/11454620.jpg

  7. Jen Diggity
    Feb 5th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    Oh yeah. And you can’t forget the pop-up Book of Sex!
    http://www.amazon.com/Pop-up-Book-Sex-Melcher-Media/dp/0061129747
    It’s really, really naughty, though. I mean, far naughtier than I thought it would be. Don’t look through it with your grandma.


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