Innovative CD packaging designed by Jeff Harrison of Rethink Communications. This is easily the most creative CD packaging I have seen! He actually built scale models and photographed each panel/scene! Check it out after the jump, it looks like he had a ton of fun on this project! Thanks Jeff!
Pop up birthday cards are a delight to watch, with something interesting popping up the moment the receiver opens it. Making them at home is no mammoth task, and one …
Unnis papirhobby
CAROUSEL BOOKS Carousel books, sometimes called 360° books or 3D pop-up books, are a sub-category of pop-up books, but they're so distinct that they deserve their own list here on the site. Carousel books are bound like regular picture books, but the front and back covers are designed to touch so that the book opens all the way into a 360° circle (they usually have ribbons or magnets to connect the front and back covers). click on a book cover to see more ...and don't forget to check out my other favorites lists: The Carousel of Animals By Gérard Lo Monaco This book is not only a pop-up book, but it's also a carousel book, which means that it can be opened accordion-style so that it forms a circle around the spine of the book. Read more about this book here. Our World: A First Book of Geography Written by Sue Lowell Gallon and illustrated by Lisk Feng This innovative board book is also a 360° book: both ends meet to form a 360° experience, or in this case a globe!. The ends stay connected to each other with soft magnets, which is brilliant, so the book can stand up on its own as they travel around the world to experience all types of geography. 360° Book: Snow White Illustrated by Yusuke Oono and Seigensha This 3.5" x 3.5" book essentially captures the essence of "Snow White" by showing a 360° view of one scene. This kind of book is called a carousel book––or a 360 book––because you touch the front and back covers to form a circle with the book (some carousel books even have ribbons to tie the front and back together). The cut-outs are exquisite, and the book sticks with a simple color palette of green, white, and red to keep everything universal and concise, with one side of each page green and one side white. The book itself comes inside a slightly larger container for easy storage. The Enchanted Tiara Written by Chaumet and illustrated and engineered by Hélène Druvert This beautiful six-scene carousel book has a ribbon to tie both boards together and a beautiful story in between about a mother and daughter. The images are layered laser cuts (Druvert's specialty) so there are a ton of details to explore on every "spread" as readers turn the book and take in the story. Many of the images are comprised of gold foil or covered in a faux glitter, too, to give the book an extra gifty feel. A Year in Nature Written by Hazel Maskell and illustrated by Eleanor Taylor Experience the four seasons in carousel form with this nature-loving book. Divided into four sections that each feature facts about animals and plants during each of the four seasons. Peep-holes and layered pop-ups create depth and detail, giving readers an excuse to pull the book out time and time again and twirl it to see how flora and fauna survive and thrive throughout the year. Little Fish By Emily Rand Primarily featuring shades of blue and orange, this five-scene pop-up takes readers below the ocean's surface and into the life of a little fish who's swimming home as best he can. The images are all heavily patterned and bright, and the pop-ups are expertly cut to look like coral and seaweed, with die-cuts that allow for peeping. Friendship Carousel By Suzy Ultman Hop on board the friendship carousel! Ultman's latest ingenious book for babies has readers flipping through brightly patterned, die-cut, paper-over-board pages that can be tied together with a yellow ribbon. Each page celebrates friendship and friends, both big and small. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page.
Artists use either angled surfaces like shutters or lenticular lenses with holographic images to create 'trick' art that can only be seen from certain angles.
Awesome hand-drawn typographic illustrations by Lex Wilson, a graphic designer based in London. More typography inspiration via Abduzeedo
Portals: a Networked Mixed-Reality Playground: Portals is a prototype of a tangible and networked system/interface for interacting with a virtual world. A portal, according to Wikipedia, is a magical or technological doorway that connects two distant locations separated by spacetime. Places tha…
This style of fancy fold card has been "popping up" lately on Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube. I've enjoyed the many variations I've seen, but I was looking for directions to make a standard size card (4.25" x 5.50") with the simplest steps and technique to use. I liked Joy Tracey's YouTube video the best (thanks Joy!) I changed the sizing a bit to create mine as the standard size I was looking for. See instruction photos at the end of this post. I used the bright and cheerful colored papers from Little Dreamer, plus a sheet of Thistle and Lagoon cardstock. The "HUG" letters are from the word Laugh in the May Stamp of the Month Set ~ Live, Laugh, Love. I just used the last three letters and spelled HUG. "HUG" Flowers colored with Peony Purple, Pastel Green, Turquoise, Light Orange ShinHan Touch Twin markers. Leaves stamped on Lagoon cardstock, shade with Turquoise Blue marker. For a touch of sparkle, add some Clear Shimmer Brush and a Little Dreamer Glitter Gem or two! Isn't she the cutest? I colored her hair with the Clay marker and heart with Peony Purple marker. Skin is with a flesh colored pencil. Dress and cheeks are with a Bubble Gum CTMH Watercolor pencil. I added touches of shimmer to everything on the card with the Clear Shimmer Brush. LOVE it! D1711 True Love - Operation Smile Stamp Set $7 of every purchased stamp goes to Operation Smile! This set retires July 31, 2017. S1705 Live, Laugh, Love ~ May 2017 Stamp of the Month set Cut and score the pieces as shown. You can skip the scoring on the 2nd piece by folding it in half, then opening it and folding each end in to meet the your first fold in the center. Does the trick without the scoring time! Use a bone folder to get good crisp folds. This will help the Twist and Pop mechanism to work smoothly. NOTE: Adhere two patterned pieces 4" x 5 1/4" to the inside of your card base before attaching the pop out mechanism (house). See my card opened up at the top of page. Lay the 3" x 10" piece flat on top of the attached mechanism, lining up the center fold with the 2 1/8" markings. Fold back the two ends and add adhesive as shown. Carefully close the card and rub over the top to reinforce the folds. Open and close it a few times to ensure it works properly. Add 2 1/4" x 2 3/4" pieces of patterned paper to the 3" x 10" pop out piece. Decorate as desired. Other CTMH supplies used: Oval Thin Cuts Hearts Thin Cuts Bone Folder
