I wish I could see this exhibit. Hearing about pop-up books brings up happy memories of childhood. We had a couple of pop-up books that were brought out at Christmas and other special days for us to read and treasure. Lots of fun but long gone.
Thanks for the fun memories. The artists who created those books moved on to become package designers. They create those cardboard boxes to hold a product using minimal materials via careful fold and crimps.
I actually knew a packaging engineer in 1997. She concerned herself primarily with packaging furniture at one of the three major office furniture producers, all of which are within a couple miles of one another in Western Michigan. Later, in 2017, I searched for a packaging engineer through Upwork, the largest Internet remote work brokering site. I tried in vain, eventually going to to one of Upwork's talent specialists. She forwarded the resume of a flower arrager in Argentina.
I do know that the boxes we get our stuff in sometimes are quite a work of art. But recently the boxes seem less well designed.
I once examined a WW2 bombing computer that was full of gears, an electromagnetic computer of sorts. In order to fit the thing in the smallest box (4ft x 2ft x 2ft) the gears and motors had to be arranged in some 3D fashion. Engineers at the time had a hard job.
I wish I could see this exhibit. Hearing about pop-up books brings up happy memories of childhood. We had a couple of pop-up books that were brought out at Christmas and other special days for us to read and treasure. Lots of fun but long gone.
Thanks for the fun memories. The artists who created those books moved on to become package designers. They create those cardboard boxes to hold a product using minimal materials via careful fold and crimps.
I know..when I looked up paper engineering it was mainly what you say.
I hate to be a downer but it seems as if art ultimately succumbs to commerce.
I actually knew a packaging engineer in 1997. She concerned herself primarily with packaging furniture at one of the three major office furniture producers, all of which are within a couple miles of one another in Western Michigan. Later, in 2017, I searched for a packaging engineer through Upwork, the largest Internet remote work brokering site. I tried in vain, eventually going to to one of Upwork's talent specialists. She forwarded the resume of a flower arrager in Argentina.
I do know that the boxes we get our stuff in sometimes are quite a work of art. But recently the boxes seem less well designed.
I once examined a WW2 bombing computer that was full of gears, an electromagnetic computer of sorts. In order to fit the thing in the smallest box (4ft x 2ft x 2ft) the gears and motors had to be arranged in some 3D fashion. Engineers at the time had a hard job.
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Loved this. Want to see some of these. Video was excellent. Want to save this
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