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COURTESY OF KEES MOERBEEK STEVEN BUTMAN COURTESY OF ANOUCK BOISROBERT-LOUIS RIGAUD-HELIUM, 2009 Clockwise from top left: The largest pop-up book by Kees Moerbeek, which measures 13 feet by 19 feet when open; “Popville”; artist Robert Sabuda with “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” art an independent production company specializing exclusively in pop-ups and published by Random House. By starting his own company, Hunt was able to design pop-up books domestically instead of distributing titles from overseas. After Hallmark acquired Graphics International, Hunt founded a new company called Intervisual Books in 1976, and the business went on to produce more than 1,000 pop-up classics. Engineered for the 21st Century Thanks to midcentury artists like Hunt, pop-up books have become part of the modern collective childhood. Despite countless mechanical advancements, the production process remains relatively unchanged. Conceptually, authors, illustrators, paper engineers and publishers work together to b Z[H