#PopUpTober 2026 — 31 days of pop-up prompts
Keith Allen’s annual 31-day pop-up challenge returns, with Chibitronics adding a LightUpPopUpTober track for makers who want to integrate paper circuits and light.
World Origami Days 2026 — a tribute to Toshikazu Kawasaki
OrigamiUSA dedicates World Origami Days 2026 to Toshikazu Kawasaki, celebrating his mathematical and artistic contribution to contemporary origami.
The Kawasaki Award — folding in the “Kawasaki Mind”
A special World Origami Days initiative invites folders to submit reinterpretations and original works inspired by Toshikazu Kawasaki’s approach to origami.
Carte che vivono — fourteen pop-up books in Rome
Guido Bonacci presents fourteen artist books in which cuts, folds and mechanisms turn the page into a three-dimensional and moving space.
After Paper — waste paper becomes object and surface
At Dutch Design Week, discarded office paper is reworked into sculptural objects and surfaces, exploring paper as a reusable material rather than disposable waste.
Boundless: The Book as Art — paper engineering enters the gallery
Opening at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, this exhibition treats the book as an art object; works include Shawn Sheehy’s paper-engineered Beyond the 6th Extinction.
Make a Card That Pops — exploring the parallel-fold mechanism
A hands-on workshop at Bell House in Dulwich builds an autumn-themed pop-up from first sketch to finished card, concentrating on the parallel-fold mechanism.
Tunnel Book Art — depth built from cut-paper planes
A workshop explores the tunnel-book form: successive cut-paper planes, spacing and perspective combine to create an image with physical depth.
Luceros y Penumbras — the world’s largest pop-up book
Daniel González and paper engineer Matthew Reinhart scale pop-up mechanics to monumental dimensions in a project presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.
Tick Tock Marvels — the playful world of automata
An exhibition devoted to mechanical storytelling brings together playful automata and the ingenious mechanisms that animate them.
Making Waves: Amazing Machines — Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Aberdeen
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre brings its characteristic combination of engineering, humour and hand-built mechanisms to Aberdeen in an exhibition of moving machines.
Pocket Pop-up Cryptids — Shawn Sheehy builds creatures in paper
An online Center for Book Arts workshop with Shawn Sheehy explores compact pop-up structures through cryptids, combining paper engineering with character and narrative.
The Pod Lamp — modular origami becomes a sculptural light
Paper artist Tejas Uzgare leads a modular-origami workshop in Mumbai in which repeated folded units are assembled into a functional sculptural lamp.
PÉPET — a paper toy built from hundreds of paper layers
Masae Nagao’s palm-size paper toy for TAKEO is built from more than 400 layers of coloured paper; its layered body wobbles and ruffles when handled.
Pop Op — David A. Carter turns optical illusions into pop-ups
David A. Carter uses engineered spreads, sliders and moving structures to translate classic optical illusions into three-dimensional paper experiences.
The Epic Adventures of Shahnameh — eight stories in engineered paper
Hamid Rahmanian’s third Shahnameh pop-up, paper-engineered by Simon Arizpe, stages eight episodes from the Persian epic through elaborate dimensional scenes.
Pop-Up and Play Spaceship — paper engineering meets space science
Rocket scientist Joalda Morancy and paper engineer Renee Jablow use moving and pop-up structures to turn spacecraft systems into a playable paper environment.
The Mandalorian & Grogu — Matthew Reinhart in five pop-up scenes
Matthew Reinhart translates the Star Wars characters and settings into five dimensional scenes driven by his characteristic pop-up engineering.
Saw: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book — mechanical horror on paper
A new pop-up treatment of Saw uses dimensional scenes and mechanical paper effects to reinterpret the franchise as an engineered book object.
The Wrong Door — Wintercroft’s evolving Halloween papercraft build
Wintercroft’s 2026 Halloween project unfolds through October with downloadable PDF builds, including a large doorway creature with a hand-operated head and moving jaw, plus paper and cardboard decorations.
Guardabosques — building three-dimensional paper objects from flat pieces
At Fundación Proa in Buenos Aires, papercraft studio Guardabosques leads a workshop inspired by Thomas Demand, using pre-designed and die-cut card pieces to turn flat surfaces into three-dimensional objects.
Vega-C — ESA’s official 1:75 paper rocket model
ESA’s printable Vega-C kit reproduces the European launcher at 1:75 scale. The medium-difficulty PDF build includes the three solid-propellant stages, AVUM+ upper stage and payload fairing, reaching 46.6 cm when assembled.
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