See more objects with the tag artists, circular, curves, entertainment, people, children, optical effect, folded, paper engineering, construction.

Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

-0001

2005

  • Work on this object began.

2014

2025

  • You found it!

Paper Construction, One Red Dot: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages

This is a Paper construction.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Making Design.

It is dated 2005. Its medium is cut paper.

Carter, a master paper engineer, has created more than 70 pop-up books. He is acclaimed for his use of color, shape, and surface. As part of a five book series on color, One Red Dot presents 10 captivating and elaborate pop-up sculptures, each hiding a red dot. This visual "hide and seek" game challenges the reader to find the red dot. Carter’s works are innovative creations in three-dimensional form, with sculptural constructions that rise from the page.

It is credited Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries, Gift of Sue Ellen Appleman.

Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Its dimensions are

Open: 23.3 x 46 cm (9 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.) Pop-up height: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)

We have 1 video that features Paper Construction, One Red Dot: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages.

Collections in Motion: One Red Dot Pop-up Book

A look at the inside pages of this pop-up book, housed in the National Design Library at the Cooper Hewitt museum.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Making Design.

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/35520625/ |title=Paper Construction, One Red Dot: A Pop-up Book for Children of All Ages |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=19 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>