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Simon Arizpe, Illustrator and Paper Engineer

Simon Arizpe is an illustrator and paper engineer.

Life

Simon Arizpe is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and resides in Brooklyn, New York.[ citation needed ]

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Career

Simon Arizpe served as the senior paper engineer and illustrator for the studios of Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart for a decade. He has worked on over 40 pop-up books. Simon is a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute [1] and teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York City. [2] He is the recipient of the 2018 Meggendorfer Prize. His pop up book "The Wild" has been made part of the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum library. [3] [4] [5] [6] [ non-primary source needed ]

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References

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