9-Minute History of a City As a Pop-Up Book

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Animator Rob Carter made this short film which shows the development of Charlotte, North Carolina over two and a half centuries, compressed into nine minutes of papercraft. Buildings appear and move around in a style reminiscent of a pop-up book.

via Fast Company | Carter's Website

UPDATE: The YouTube video was yanked, so I've put up another one. This is only the last three minutes of the presentation, but it's still quite good.

The video has been removed... :-(

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here ya go

http://vimeo.com/4360666

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brilliant!

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At first I thought there was a fair dose of "wishful thinking" on display as far as the future of Charlotte goes, as the final product is rather more like Dallas, TX than present-day Charlotte. However, a perusal of the artist's website reveals that it's actually intended as "bleak" and "hubristic".

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