The world is so big, let's go and see-
On October 28, 2023, in Anyang City, Henan Province, the 2023 International Pop-up Book Invitational Exhibition of "Standing in the Contemporary, Beauty in Huaxian County" opened in the West Paper Mill International Animation Art Park, Daokou Town, Huaxian County, attracting many tourists. (Photo by Wang Zirui)
Pop-up books, also known as pop-up books, are a very special type of book family, through the use of cardboard, paper, stickers and other materials to make a variety of three-dimensional shapes, so that readers can feel a more vivid and three-dimensional reading experience when flipping through books, and have been liked by more and more readers.
Pop-up books are usually suitable for children's books, popular science books, storybooks and other fields, and can increase readers' reading interest and participation through three-dimensional scenes, characters, props and other elements.
Pop-up books can not only display static scenes, but also achieve dynamic effects through mechanisms, buttons and other elements, such as popping, flipping, rotating, etc., so that readers can feel the storyline more immersively.
Pop-up books are a unique form of books that attract many readers with their vivid, three-dimensional presentation. Here are some of the charms of pop-up books:
Strong visual impact: pop-up books are made into various three-dimensional shapes by using cardboard, paper scraps, stickers and other materials, such as three-dimensional scenes, characters, props, etc., so that readers can feel a strong visual impact when flipping through the books.
Increase interactivity: Pop-up books can not only display static scenes, but also achieve dynamic effects through mechanisms, buttons and other elements, such as popping, flipping, rotating, etc., so that readers can feel the storyline more immersively.
Stimulate imagination: Pop-up books are presented in a way that stimulates the reader's imagination and gives them a deeper understanding of the storyline and characters.
Suitable for children: Pop-up books are suitable for children to read because they can attract children's attention and stimulate their interest in reading through vivid scenes and characters.
Collectible: Some beautiful pop-up books are not just a book, but also a work of art that is collectible.
Pop-up books, with their unique presentation and reading experience, have attracted many readers and become a popular form of books.
Pop-up books are also called Movable Books, and it is appropriate to call all modern pop-up books as play books or tov books.
As a very special type of book family, pop-up books have a unique artistic charm and a sense of craftsmanship, as well as its ability to bring a multi-dimensional and multi-sensory interactive reading experience, so it has been more and more sought after by readers.
Although pop-up books entered the domestic book market relatively late, and due to various reasons for the development of troubles, they have always been in the stage of niche toys or only as reading materials for early childhood education.
It is only in recent years that pop-up books can finally be said to have ushered in their spring in China.
Not only domestic publishers have introduced a large number of pop-up books in foreign languages, but also a steady stream of original pop-up books independently designed by Chinese people, which have won awards at home and abroad.
And these excellent works gathered in Huaxian West Paper Factory - International Pop-up Book Invitational Exhibition, and there is a sense of "fate will meet, destined to meet", I hope that this exhibition will help Huaxian West Paper Factory to turn around gorgeously and continue the different story about "paper".
Tourists (readers) are watching the pop-up book "Open the Forbidden City".
"Open the Forbidden City" was created by Wang Wei in 2019, and after its publication in 2020, it sold more than 350,000 copies that year and won the 2020 Children's Book of the Year in the Knowledge Book category (the highest award for children's books in China).
In 2021, "Open the Official" won the Megendorf Award for Best Paper Art Design.
What is the charm of pop-up books?
To put it simply, a pop-up book is a magic trick that you can control. The only thing you have to do is open the book.
You can move the paper on the book to open and close, or you can move it quickly or slowly.
The paper masters who design pop-up books are like doll-makers, they put the dolls in the hands of the readers, and let the readers manipulate them as they please.
Although children's literature is the subject of most pop-up books, the world's wide variety of works with spinning, turning, flipping, pulling, inserting, and biaxial vertical development has also caused a frenzy of adult gamers to collect.
Nowadays, pop-up books can show more and more themes and contents, whether it is pedagogical, interesting, or even literary, which has received great responses.
In terms of style, pop-up books not only change the traditional three-dimensional paper art, but also add different materials, such as plastic, cloth and even electronic components, whether it is to increase children's physical flexibility or enhance multiple intelligences, or to appeal to paper art precision, exquisite illustrations to attract professional collections, etc., pop-up books show its diverse and malleable future. This is what this exhibition wants to present to all audiences.