Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books
Influences
A course by Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) , Editorial Designer
Joined September 2019
About the video: Influences
Overview
“You have before you the most versatile and durable invention in history. Talking about mobile books is talking about the history of the book. It is often surprising to discover that this type of book has been made for centuries and that its typology at first was totally different from the one used today.”
In this video lesson Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos) addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books. Learn different mechanisms to create your own three-dimensional book with multiple settings.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences This invention before you is one of the most versatile and resilient in history: the book. This is one I had when I was little, it belonged to my mum. We often think that pop-up books are something modern, but the real reason I wanted to learn to make them was because of the old books that I discovered studying book history. This book is from 1950, but we can go back many more years. In the Middle Ages, they were already making pop-up books that were used as medical or astrological treatises, I love the "Book of Flowers" which has some helixes that explain the whole universe, and...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Techniques for Creating Pop-Up Books
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Bookbinding, Creating with Kids, Editorial Design, Paper Craft

Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos)
A course by Silvia Hijano Coullaut (Libracos)
Libracos es una empresa de diseño y producción editorial, fundada por Silvia Hijano Coullaut, que lleva desde 2008 convirtiendo en realidad las ideas de muchos. Su trabajo es totalmente artesanal, lo que hace que el taller se convierta en una especie de puente entre pasado y presente, ya que realizan piezas con técnicas de siglos de antigüedad combinadas con las más modernas para conseguir todo tipo de acabados y volúmenes.
Han trabajado para agencias de publicidad, productoras de cine, alumnos de diseño, entre otros, además de hacer productos propios en los que vuelcan toda su creatividad.
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