Noted advertising agency Leo Burnett enlisted the magic of paper artist Helen Musselwhite to help with an ad campaign to promote reading and awareness of the natural world for McDonalds in the UK. Musselwhite created a stunning pair of intricately carved ''Happy Meal" boxes! For the reading box McDonalds partnered with DK Publishing and actually put a book inside the 'Happy Meal" box. h/t DesignTAXI
Life inside a toilet paper roll
Anastassia Elias brings the art of paper cutting to a whole new level. Her canvas is used toilet paper rolls and she sure does make the most out of it. A monograph on her "rolls" has just been published featuring 67 works from 2009-20012. Enjoy! So cool. I'm wiped out. Preview or buy book here More images Elias' website h/t Colossal
The Trees of Julie Dodd
Forest: Lungs of the WorldJulie Dodd is a friend of the earth. Much of her work is devoted to raise awareness of the perilous nature of our approach to, among other things, trees.Her Year in Trees project is "a response to our involvement in the destruction of trees, concentrating on the importance and impact they have on the planet."One component, Forest: Lungs of the World tackles carbon dioxide. "Inspired by lung tissue, this miniature forest canopy emphasizes how trees are the lungs of the World."Then it is on to logging and the incredible piece Illegal Logging. Illegal Logging and finally, Pores for Thought where Dodd considers...
Paper and The Pleasure of Pattern
Claudia Cohen is one of the better bookbinders around. She has done work for the likes of the Houghton Library, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, Pennyroyal Press, Heavenly Monkey Press and the Whitney Museum among others. She is currently in the midst of a stunning multi-book collaboration with noted author Barbara Hodgson.Cohen also collects paper. Really cool decorated paper from all across the globe. Cohen then uses them to create covers, endsheets and box linings for her bindings and boxes.For the month of May, the Paper Hammer Gallery in Seattle has transformed itself in a...
Waldo Hunt and Pop-Up Books: A Brief Overview
Meggendorfer, Lothar. Travels of Little Lord Thumb and His Man Damian. London: H. Grevel, n.d. [1890s]. The pop-up or moveable book has come a long way since the groundbreaking work of Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925), the gifted Munich-based illustrator who brought visual sophistication, innovative paper engineering with complex mechanics, and humor to movable books. The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book. New York: Random House , 1985. After Meggendorfer, the form declined amongst artists and faded from the general public’s consciousness. The skills were at risk of becoming lost. Much, if not most, of the credit for the revival...