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These intricate 3D paper sculptures are designed by Lovepop founders , Boston Naval Engineers , Wombi Rose and John Wise . They design each with cutting-edge software and then hand-craft the cards in the Asian art form of sliceform kirigami .
The duo became best friends while students at Webb Institute and traveled to Vietnam together , where they discovered incredible hand-crafted paper cards .
They headed back to Boston and put the souvenir cards in the hands of friends , family , and strangers — then watched . That moment when someone opened a card and saw the paper sculpture for the first time became the duo ' s obsession , and Lovepop was born .
The two launched Lovepop out of the Harvard Innovation Lab in late 2014 . Since then , they were named to the 2015 Techstars class , nominated for “ 50 on Fire ” by BostInno , and gained the confidence of professional investors .
These fun conversation pieces are cleverly designed and crafted to provide the maximum wow factor . Each card is so special they can easily double as home decor .
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