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Good Design: Pass it On.  Vintage book is by Austrian architect-trained illustrator Vojtech Kubasta.  Kubasta is the undisputed master of the pop-up world of animation. Kubasta created more than one hundred Pop-up book masterpieces in various forms and utilizing a range of techniques. Not only is the number of published works to be marveled but also their thematic range and the richness of their creativity are even today without peer.



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The Bienes Center For the Literary Arts Librarian James A. Findlay collects—and preserves—rare books for future kids of all ages. Jim shown with his Kubasta pop-up nativities (right), and the cover of his prodigious catalog (left) of The Bienes Center's 2005 major exhibition, "Pop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of Czech Artist and Paper Engineer Vojtech Kubasta (1914-1992).


A circa 1959 Kubasta pop-up book, Letíme vesmírem (Flying through the universe, Ellen G.K. Rubin collection) provided the cover for the 2005 Bienes Center "Pop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of Czech Artist and Paper Engineer, Vojtech Kubasta (1914-1992). "Open the front cover, and the rocket ship that can been seen through the cellophane porthole takes off!

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