A comprehensive by-year listing of the Movable Book Society Meggendorfer Award finalists, honorable mentions and winners, with full-color photographs of books and paper engineers. For twenty years, the Movable Book Society has honored those paper engineers who have designed the most outstanding movable or pop-up trade books. In the spirit of German paper engineer Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925), the Meggendorfer awards represent innovation, ingenuity and unparalleled excellence in movable book creation. This guide is the official history of the award and includes: Complete listing of all the biennial nominees, honorable mentions and winners Four categories: best paper engineering for a trade publication, outstanding emerging paper engineer, best artists book, and lifetime achievement Full-color photographs of prize-winning books and memorable inside spreads Short bios and photographs of award recipients Index of more than 100 paper engineers and book artists. Pop-up book lovers, bibliophiles, librarians, parents and young readers will find this guide an essential help in building a complete collection of contemporary, three-dimensional books.

A comprehensive by-year listing of the Movable Book Society Meggendorfer Awards finalists, honorable mentions and winners, with full-color photographs of books and paper engineers.For twenty years, the Movable Book Society has honored those paper engineers who have designed the most outstanding movable or pop-up trade books. In the spirit of German paper engineer Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925), the Meggendorfer Awards represent innovation, ingenuity and unparalleled excellence in movable book creation. This guide is the official history of the award and includes:?Complete listing of all the biennial nominees, honorable mentions and winners?Four categories: best paper engineering for a trade publication, outstanding emerging paper engineer, best artists book, and lifetime achievement?Full-color photographs of prize-winning books and memorable inside spreads?Short bios and photographs of award recipients?Index of more than 100 paper engineers and book artists including Simon Arizpe, Andrew Baron, Marion Bataille, Anouck Boisrobert, David A. Carter, James Roger Diaz, Nicholas Danish, Corina Fletcher, Bruce Foster, Colette Fu, Sam Ita, Yoojin Kim, Ray Marshall, Courtney Watson McCarthy, Kees Moerbeek, David Pelham, Matthew Reinhart, Louis Rigaud, Robert Sabuda, Ken Wilson-Max, Yevgeniya Yeretskaya and Dorothy YulePop-up book lovers, bibliophiles, librarians, parents and young readers will find this guide an essential help in building a complete collection of contemporary, three-dimensional books.

DIVEnter the enchanting world of pop-ups and handmade paper crafts. Join author Helen Hiebert as she guides you through materials, tools and pop-up basics including parallel folds, angle folds, combinations and variations, and layered pop-ups. Enjoy creating 20 projects to play with ranging from cards and books to buildings, graphic design pieces, and more. Featuring a high-end gallery of artists, whose beautiful work will inspire you to make your own amazing paper art, Playing with Pop-Ups will teach you to create interactive pieces that everyone will enjoy./div

For the first time ever, a tale from the Persian Book of Kings springs to life in this stunningly produced and ingeniously crafted pop up book. Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King retells the myth of the misguided Prince Zahhak who is easily swayed by the devil to murder his father and usurp the thrown. Cursed with monstrous snakes that grow out of the king's shoulders, the Serpent King grows infamous throughout the land for his treachery and oppression. He rules for one thousand years before a noble and valiant Feraydun gains the strength and army to defeat the unjust King. The fantastic world of Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King literally pops off the page with intricately crafted spreads, two pop-up folds per page, and complex construction that will delight readers young and old with every turn of the page.

Santa Claus has a complicated and sophisticated Christmas operation, which includes the training of and numerous jobs for his elves to the celebrations at his own Christmas Day party.

The magnificent prints of Ernst Haeckel, who captured the amazing forms of the natural world, spring to life in this exciting pop-up book that reveals the vibrant intricacy of his work. The book Art Forms in Nature is a collection of prints, made by the scientist Ernst Haeckel, of an enormous variety of flora and fauna from the sea–including microscopic Radiolaria, starfish, and jelly fish. Since Prestel published it in 1998, the book has been a favorite with artists, designers, illustrators, and anyone who enjoys the wondrous forms of the natural world. Now paper engineer Maike Biederstaedt has transformed Haeckel’s transcendent work into a three-dimensional book that allows readers to appreciate Haeckel’s vivid colors, exceptional precision, and fascination with patterns and geometry. This stunning book features seven pop-ups that allow readers to see nature’s brilliance the way that Haeckel did—as marvelous, mathematically based creations that support his theory of the unity of all living things. Certain to appeal to his huge variety of fans, this pop-up version of a timeless classic will be treasured for years to come.