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SIMON ARIZPE
ILLUSTRATOR / PAPER ENGINEER
Simon Arizpe (born Tucson, AZ, 1984) is an award winning pop-up book designer, paper engineer & illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. A #1 Best Selling Author for his recent Stranger Things Pop-Up Book, his work received the 2018-2019 Meggendorfer Prize, the highest honor in pop-up book design, as well as the Award of Excellence from the Society of Illustrators and the NYC MoCCA. Simon’s work is also in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, and the Columbia University’s rare book collection.
A graduate of The Pratt Institute, Simon has worked in the field of pop-up book design for over 20 years. Working on every aspect of design: from concept and engineering to mass production and printing on over 35 pop-up books. Some of Simon’s notable clients include: Netflix, Disney, The Central Park Conservancy, The Washington Post, Blizzard Entertainment, IFC Films, The Aperture Foundation, and the MoMA Design Store. In addition to his design work, Simon is the professor of paper engineering at The Pratt Institute in New York City.
CONTACT
I am always looking for interesting projects and great collaborators. Please contact me if you have a project you would like to discuss: simon.arizpe@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2006 Pratt Institute, BFA, Illustration, Department of Communication Design, Brooklyn, NY
AWARDS
2021 Winner: Bronze Medal: Book Design/Stationary, International Design Awards, Guanghzou, China
2021 Finalist: Meggendorfer Prize for best pop-up book, The International Movable Book Society
2018 Winner: Meggendorfer Prize for best pop-up book, The International Movable Book Society
2016 Winner: Award of Excellence, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2016 Winner: Award of Excellence, MoCCA Festival, MoCCA, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 The Seven Trials of Rostam, Fictionville Studio
Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Hamid Rahmanian
2022 The Stranger Things Pop-up Book, Netflix
Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Kyle Lambert
2022 Forest to Forest, Sappi Paper USA
Paper Engineering by Simon Arizpe, Illustration by Alex Pearson
2021 Central Park Conservancy Pop-Up Map, Central Park
Paper Engineering & Illustration by Simon Arizpe
2020 House Plants, Pop-up Book, The Aperture Photo Foundation Press
Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Daniel Gordon
Finalist, Meggendorfer Prize for best pop-up book
2020 Origami City, Pop-up Book, Workman Publishing
Illustrated by Simon Arizpe, Engineered by Taro Yaguchi
2018 Washington Post: Best Books of 2018 Pop-up Book, Washington Post
Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Neiko Ng
2018 Zahhak: The Serpent King, Pop-up Book, Fantagraphics Publishing
Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Hamid Rahmanian
Winner of the Meggendorfer Prize for best pop-up book of 2018
2018 Hearthstone Pop-up Book, Blizzard Entertainment
Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Mike Sass
2016 The Babadook, Pop-up Book, Insight Editions/ IFC Films
Engineered by Simon Arizpe, Illustrated by Alex Juhasz
2016 The WilD, Pop-up Book,
Illustrated & Paper Engineered by Simon Arizpe
Winner of the Award of Excellence, Society of Illustrators,
2016 The Creature Alphabet, Illustrated by Simon Arizpe
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 Zion National Park, Artist in Residency, Zion, Utah
2023 Arteles Creative Center, Artist in Residency, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2021 Spruceton Inn Artist in Residency, Spruceton, NY
2019 AIP, Artist in Residence/Teaching Fellow, Siena, Italy
2017 The Delta School, Artist in Residence, Wilson, AR
2016 The Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist in Residence, Tucson, AZ
2013 IMPRIMATUR, Artist in Residence, I©RAVE Studio, New York, NY
2012 Swimming Cities, Artist in Residence, Marina 59, Rockaway, Queens, NY
FACULTY TEACHING POSITIONS
2017 - Present Pratt Institute, Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Design, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - 2021 Parsons, The New School, Adjunct Professor, Department of Illustration, New York, NY
GUEST LECTURER
2022 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
2019 The Center for Poetic Computation, New York, NY
2019 Artist Immersion Program, Siena, Italy
2018 The Movable Book Society Conference, Kansas City, MO
2017 The Delta School, Wilson, AR
2016 Montana Festival of Books, Missoula, MT
2016 New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
2015 Otis College of Art, Department of Communication Design, Los Angeles, CA
2013 The Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2019 Parsons Gallery, Parsons, New York, NY
2017 Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New York, NY
2015 Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Rare Book Collection, New York, NY
2014 School of Visual Arts (SVA), Rare Book Collection, New York, NY
2013 MoCCA Award of Excellence Exhibition, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
NOTABLE CLIENTS
The Washington Post
Central Park New York
Disney
Paramount Pictures
IFC
Blizzard Entertainment
Workman Publishing
The Aperture Foundation
Fantagraphics Books
Hasbro Toys