Ib Penick, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ib Penick

Paper engineer and inventor

Date of Birth: 11-May-1930

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1998

Profession: inventor, paper studies

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Ib Penick

  • Ib Penick (1930–1998), a native of Denmark, was known as "the creative mind behind the resurgence of pop-up children's books in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • In his career, Penick designed more than 130 children's books, including Star Wars: a Pop-up Book, which sold more than a million copies.
  • Penick related to one reporter, "...there are only about 100 folds and tricks to [his paper engineering] trade.
  • It's like playing a piano.
  • You have only a certain number of keys, but it's the combinations that make the difference."

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