Matthew Reinhart's Blog, page 41

It's THAT time again...

After two years of waiting, scheming, planning, and nail biting, I am excited to see that the Movable Book Society will be holding it's eight biennial conference in Portland, Oregon at the end of this month.

Established in 1993 by Ann Montanaro, the Movable Book Society has grown into the premiere organization for pop-up book enthusiasts. I had the good fortune to get involved with this non-profit group in 2000, and this will be the fifth conference I will have the pleasure to attend.

All HURTS aren't so bad, you know...

Along with everyone else in the studio, I'm a big music fan and listen to tunes ALL DAY LONG. Now, the other designers here don't necessarily have the same taste as I do, and thank goodness (for them) my desk is in a seperate room!

I've been waiting all summer for the British electronic duo HURTS to release their full length album "Happiness", and it finally arrived this Tuesday! Brilliant, moody, rich, very much 80's inspired alterna-pop - it's been on repeat non-stop. Poor Kyle and Jess.....

The Orchard

I listen to a lot of music through out my day, and while I'm not all knowing I do know this: I like Ra Ra Riot's new album 'The Orchard'. Yep. Definitely check it out, especially if you like albums that you can get lost in and repeat for a couple of hours.

TV Memories

We all have faint childhood memories that seem to come to the forefront of our minds randomly. One of mine is of a cartoon I remembered watching taped on one of my many VHS tapes. There was only one episode of the show and I vaguely remembered it had to do with flowers. Years later, looking back I knew that it was from Japan because of the style of animation. So with a lot of help of my fiancé, we found the TV show! Hana no Ko Lunlun or The Flower Angel was a Japanese cartoon that ...

Morning Stroll, Day 1 & 2

Hello Everyone -

The Labor Day weekend is behind us, autumn is rapidly approaching, and back to work for everyone (pop-up book makers included) - a bittersweet end to a FANTASTIC summer, if I do
say so myself.

So, I've been super lazy ALL summer and it's time I got back into sharing more. I often take a morning stroll before work, to gather my thoughts and look at the fantastic world around me. New York City is really amazing, you know - so many odd, funny, fabulous things to see. Inspiration ...

23 Sandy Gallery

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Been busy these past few months but...

Hello Pop-Up Studio Readers,

Sorry for the lapse in blog entries these past few months - it's been pretty hectic this summer. Lots of changes in the studio and pop-up projects to finish! Needless to say, all is well and many new books are coming in the near future, including...

DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book - to be released October 5, 2010....


and the cover art from the final book in the Encyclopedia Mythologica series - Dragons & Monsters (Spring 2011)!

And that's just a taste of w...

Smithsonian Pop-up Exhibit

I was excited to learn that June 14th marked the opening of a new exhibit from the Smithsonian Institute called "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn" ()at the National Museum of American History.

I have been following the progress of the exhibition for a few months through an informative blog they launched to showcase various books and backstage stories.

Stephen Van Dyk, the show curator, carefully considered the 1200+ collection of pop-up and movable books in the Smithsonian...

Anton and Atlas

Last month I was lucky enough to swing through BookExpoAmerica at the Javits Center in New York City. I always love to attend this book fair each year to get a sense of what new pop-up books will be released and what the dozens of publishers and printers have to show off. Sadly, my tour of the floor was cut short after a great chat with paper engineer Gene Vosough. I had to hustle off to meet with Ellen Rubin, thepopuplady, Matthew Reinhart, and Bulgarian paper engineer, Anton Radevsky. I...

I like Domino!

Even though this book came out a couple years ago, it is still probably one of my favorites! Domino: The Book of Decorating was created by the editors from Domino Magazine (which sadly is no longer with us). The book basically has all the best articles from the magazine on how to decorate a small entryway, the bedroom, living room, etc. It even has in the back how to calculate how much paint you'll need to paint a room or just a wall. But what the best part of the book is the photos...