New York: A Pop-up Book

A fun, interactive pop-up book celebrating the monuments and landmarks that make the Big Apple the world’s most popular tourist destination.

A selection of New York’s most iconic settings and architectural wonders unfold in seven pop-ups contained in a charming pint-sized package, making it easy to carry along while on tour. Easy to tuck in a bag or a pocket, this book is truly the perfect souvenir or gift for tourists as well as anyone who wants to share their love of the Big Apple.

Each spread delivers an iconic building or monument accompanied by a two-page spread with text profiling the historical background and cultural significance of the structure or scene depicted in the pop-up. The package is designed with a retro feel and features vintage-style street maps as backgrounds for the pop-ups and other graphic elements that make this an elegant, charming gift or souvenir.

Represented as pop-ups are a range of traditional and contemporary New York scenes known the world over that nearly every visitor wants to experience or photograph for their Instagram: the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Guggenheim Museum, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, the Freedom Tower, and the Oculus. Artist Dominique Ehrhard has created a one-of-a-kind object that will delight all ages.

Dominique Erhard is a French paper engineer and illustrator best known in his native France for a series of children's coloring books focusing on the history and monuments of different regions of France. He was born in 1958. After studying Fine Arts at the University of Strasbourg, he spent a few years painting in Morocco. Back in France, he participated in the activities of the CLAC group in Nancy and designed several scenographies for the Ensemble Artistique d'Alsace. In 1986, he moved to Orleans where he divided his time between painting, teaching, creating games, and book illustration. His works are regularly presented in numerous galleries both in France and abroad. He is also the author and paper engineer for two previous pop-up books, London Pop-Up Book and Paris Pop-Up Book published by Universe in 2020.