This article was first published on GMA News Online
by Aya Tantiangco/LA, GMA News
The smartphone may be ubiquitous, but books will always have that special charm.
Paper engineer Amy Nayve is using her creativity and skills to make the magnetism of the book even more tangible with an intricately designed pop-up book that’s chock-full of things to pull, slide, twist, and turn — like a stress cube, but more visually arresting.
Amy’s book, titled “Popfolio”, was recognized this August by The Movable Book Society. It received an honorable mention for the 2018 Emerging Paper Engineer Prize.
“Popfolio” is a play on words on portfolio, which her book double as.
“My portfolio presented as an interactive pop-up book with flaps and pull tabs, featuring the best of my college projects. Each pop-up and movable was carefully designed to mimic how the real object works, and some are even actual sized,” Amy explained in one of her posts. “There are clocks that move, a chair that rocks, a pop-up chessboard, bags that open and close, apps you can explore, and other wacky inventions brought to life with paper engineering!”
Amy made her first pop-up book when she was 9 years old, but her interest started long before that.
Pumapapel Pop-Up Design Studio 