An splendid showcase of the flip book, from its origins until present-day authors and trends. With a refreshing perspective, The Art of Pop-Up shows the designs of pop-up creators all around the world with some of their most innovative designs and practical examples to construct them. Full of colour illustration and inspiring force, The Art of Pop-Up: The Magical World of Three-Dimensional Books reveals the techniques of such a peculiar craft. It gathers a splendid showcase of three-dimensional books, from its origins until present-day authors and trends. AUTHOR: Born in Paris, Charles Trebbi is an urban architect, designer, artist and writer. A Renaissance man who specializes in the infinite possibilities of folding, cutting and assembling using paper, cardboard, textiles and even wood and metal, influenced by Bruno Munari, Katsumi Komagata, et Masahiro Chatani he creates his own art books, which are often inspired often by urban spaces and architecture, and produces completely original structures with pop-up and cutting techniques. He is author of several books on cutting, folding and pop-up techniques for all sorts of materials and on near-natural architecture. SELLING POINTS: . There is no other book which gives such a complete, in depth going historical overview over the development of this art and of all pop-up types, techniques and themes. . The book includes lists of private and public pop-up items collections. . The book includes also an unfoldable time line describing the history of pop-up and a chart describing systematically the different pop-up techniques.