POPYRUS STUDIO, INC.
~Cutting Edge Design~
Andrew Baron - Paper Engineer Email Phone 505-982-2204
Paper engineering Refinements Digital pre-press (formerly “paste-up”) Manufacturing support
Recipient of the Meggendorfer Prize, top honor for the Paper Engineered book
Books that feature Andrew’s paper engineering have received the following honors:
Print Magazine -- Certificate of Design Excellence
ParentingMagazine --Best Book
Smithsonian Magazine -- Notable Book for Children
Newsweek -- Top Pick for Kids (#1 of 10)
Movable Book Society -- Meggendorfer Prize
Swedish Design Award -- Gold Medal; Print Media
Swedish Design Award -- Gold Medal; Jury Prize
ALA (American Library Association) -- Notable Children's Book
New York Times -- BestIllustrated Book of the Year -- The first pop-up book to win this award in the 50-year history of the honor, 1952—2002. Paul O. Zelinsky Illustrator, Andrew Baron Paper Engineer.
Honors received by Acuity’s Storybook Year:
Clio Awards shortlist – Only ½ of 1% of over 10,000 entries made this list.
Clio Awards Best Annual Report 2010 (U.S.), and voted one of the four best worldwide.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Library acquires Storybook Year for their Rare Books Collection.
AMCP (Assn. of Marketing and Communication Professionals) – Platinum Hermes Creative Award
ADDY – Gold, Midwest Regional 2012
GRAPHIS – Silver 2012
COLLABORATIVE ILLUSTRATORS include:
John Howe (Conceptual Artist for the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy)
Nick Butterworth (Creator of the beloved character Percy the Park Keeper in the UK)
Lauren Child (Kate Greenaway Medal, British MBE recipient)
Aaron Boyd (Children’s Africana Book Award recipient)
Paul O. Zelinsky (Caldecott Medalist)
PUBLISHED BY:
(USA books)
Abrams (Harry N. Abrams) New York – Fall 2013
Chronicle Books San Francisco
Dutton Children’s Books New York
Fill ‘er Up Productions New York
Harper Collins - (Harper Festival imprint) New York
J. Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles
Movable Book Society
Scholastic - Arthur A. Levine Books New York
Simon & Schuster New York
(International books)
Casterman (Paris)
Classica Licorne Edizioni (Italy)
C. norsk utgave Tiden Norsk Forlag A/S (Oslo, Norway)
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Collins Children’s Books (Great Britain)
Ediciones Serres, S.L. (Barcelona)
Hemma Editions (Belgium); Hemma Joven (Madrid)
Hodder Stoughton (London); Hodder Headline Ltd. (London)
Impala Brasil Editores Ltd. (Sao Paulo Brazil)
Porto Editora, LDA (Porto Portugal)
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Lund, Sweden)
Van Goor BV (Amsterdam)
(Periodicals)
Filter Magazine (3-dimensional advertising insert)
BPM Magazine (3-dimensional advertising insert)
Metropop Magazine (3-dimensional advertising insert)
COMMERCIAL CLIENTS:
A Squared Group, West Hollywood, CA – Nintendo / Kid Icarus AR card pop-up.
Attik SF, San Francisco & Williamson Printing, Dallas -- Scion XD (Toyota) Pop-up magazine insert
Cisneros Design, Santa Fe, NM -- Production refinement consulting
DuFour Advertising, LLC, Sheboygan, WI -- Pop-up 2010 annual report for ACUITY
Gillespie (McCann Erickson Worldgroup) – Executive movable panel, NY/NJ Port Authority
Global Interprint, Santa Rosa, CA -- Paper Engineering, Design & consulting services
Inventor Labs, LLC, Redwood City, CA -- Special event pop-up invitation for celebrity mailing list
LL&A Intellectual Property Law, Cambridge, MA -- Movable Holiday card for 2007-2008
Sony Ericsson -- 7-spread product catalog w/mechanical cover, dimensional pop-ups & movables
TÜV Rhineland North America -- Trade show / Direct mail piece featuring pop-up umbrella
SERVICES:
Andrew provides conceptual paper engineering and refinements, design and manufacturing consulting, and on-site printer QC. He has also been brought into pop-up projects produced by other organizations to improve the design and reliability, and to streamline manufacturing costs.
He is familiar with all phases of development from concept through pre-press production, printing, die cutting, bulk hand-assembly and delivery.
OTHER:
Andrew provided technical and character consulting for Brian Selznick's 2007 New York Times Best seller: The Invention of Hugo Cabret,the book that inspired the 2011 Academy Award winning film HUGO. Andrew’s work for Brian led to an invitation to restore the original ca. 1800 automaton that was a key inspiration for Hugo, at The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, in April 2007.
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In related technical fields, Andrew restored the 1929 RCA Theremin at The Franklin Institute, which hadn’t worked in more than fifty years. In March 2012, Andrew studied and made repairs to the legendary Clara Rockmore RCA theremin, at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ.
Andrew co-hosts RCATheremin.com as a public service to enthusiasts of these instruments.
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