PAPERCUTS

postcards have been sent out. yes, they fold up.


front cover




Just got the proofs in the mail. Looks pretty great- needs some color adjustment and a few spelling corrections.

There are a handful of talented designers working on top secret alternative versions for the included cd- its going to be killer.

cosmonaut alternative


paper jim royle alternative.


preorder here

books ship out august 15th!

m

paper, tear fold, rip crease now available

Just got my copy in the mail. Really nice book- good job Paul!
cover


intro


pg 60


noriko ambe killing it!

get it at amazon.

m

PAPERCUTS pre order!

Ships August 15th.

you can pre order your copy here, or if you live outside the USA you can get one here.

get ready.

Matt

GERMANY

Look out Europe!

I'll be in Freiburg in late July at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
I'm giving a talk about my work and doing some paper folding research with the scientists and researchers there.
If you will be near the black forest region between july 21st-27th let me know and we can meet up!
m

Flip book 2nd edition

Now available!! Includes shipping worldwide.

Also, in about a month....

papercuts: closer

This book is getting closer to being finished. This week I'm writing instructions for assembly and working on general layout. I am so excited. It's shipping with a dvd containing pdf's and blank templates. YES!

Papercraft book: July 09

I've been busy working on my book of Papercraft. Today I'm working on a Sasquatch. If you have ideas for people or things to be made -Let me know!


Squids


pandas


lil paper engineers (and their cats)


zombies


robots


these two


chefs


3 headed dogs


this guy


old folks


look out


(edit: here is the Sasquatch)

Spiro workshop

This is the flier Spiro just put together to promote my workshop in June

edit:
2 minor corrections- I haven't spoken at Harvard, (yet) and the picture of me assembling the dome is from when I worked at the Dharma Initiative. I may or may not have worked there in the late 70's.

5 New books featuring my work!

PAPER tear fold rip crease cut:
Available end of the month from Black dog Publications


Papercraft, design and art with paper
Available in September from Gestalten


Sight and Architecture / Point of view and Idea
Available from Graphic-shaPublishing

England, Germany and Japan! woohoo!

I'm also hard at work on two new books of my own for this summer. One is a book of paper craft with designs to cut and fold. The other is a coloring book. Both should be out mid summer!. YES!

My new job!

I've been at the University of Michigan for 3 years and I've been just been promoted! I'm now working for the DHARMA Initiative! So far I've been folding paper and helping the engineers with designing magnets. They don't tell me me too much, but they like me and soon they say I'll get to go on a submarine!

It's sort of top secret but I don't think they would mind me posting a few pictures.


This is my new desk. They moved me from the school of engineering to this basement in another building. I had to sign all these release forms before moving down there.


The Dharma people keep having me build these models for some stations or something. This one has to do with magnets.


I can't believe they let me drive the van to central campus. Spring time in Ann Arbor! This van smells like beer and has an 8 track player.


When I came back with the van this guy had spray painted the number 15 on my cat. Lily was so confused. He said he needed to borrow her for a moment, I'm sure she will be ok.


After lunch we sat and watched the monitors for a few hours. totally boooring.

KITES!

My students are awesome.


The lack of wind did not stop us from having a killer kite festival this past Sunday.


The Llyod Hall Scholars show off their kites.


The 3D design students from Washtenaw Community College hard at work.


Jaleesa tries to capture a tiny Jeremy in her net-like kite.


Grace's ghost kite hovers above an unsuspecting Christina.


Without the wind, we had to run to get the lift we needed.


Families from the community also came to fly kites.


Earlier at WCC we test our kites. Here the wind is on our side.

Spring is here.

Festikites! Info here.

Also- the last few copies of Ghost town are still available. I am planning on republishing a second edition in a year or two and doubling the content and possibly including a cd.

Kitefest 09!

Yes!


My students and I are hosting a kite flying festival April 5th at Palmer field in Ann Arbor. Bring your friends and your kites. There will be fabulous prizes for best kites and highest flying kites. More details to follow!
matt

Video of NYU talk

These are the final moments of our talk at NYU on FEb 21st 2009. Some kids jumped on stage to play and you can see Ren Weschler and I hanging out at what looks like a Dharma station (the swan perhaps). That mysterious voice is Max Shtein explaining the need for artists and engineers to work together.

Thanks to Jeff Rutzky for shooting the video.

Work shop in Utah!

I'll be teaching a 5 day workshop from June 10th - the 14th at SPIRO ARTS in Park City Utah. Space is limited- head here for more details and to sign up!

Matt Shlian in the UK

My work will be featured on a new show in the UK airing on Sky One called oops tv. Here's the show description:

"OOPS TV is a brand new comedy entertainment show for Sky One. Voiced by Justin Lee Collins, it takes a look at the best TV out-takes, home videos, CCTV shockers, sporting bloopers and YouTube shenanigans from all over the world. From newsreader nightmares to bungling burglars, wedding woes to the world’s funniest pets, if someone somewhere has done something stupid, and someone else has been there to film it, and someone here from the legal department has said we can put it in the show, then we’ll put it in the show."

This sounds like youtube for people without the internet. Tune in Friday February 20th at 6:30 pm. or just watch this:

Workshop this weekend!!

Attention 8 - 11 year olds!
I'm having a free one day only workshop this Saturday from 1-3 at 826 Michigan aka "the robot store" in Ann Arbor!

edit: its totally full :( you can get on the wait list here.

NYU talk - open to the public

Head here for all the details.
Hope to see you all in New York!

New interview

I've recently been interviewed by the good folks at the rat haus.
We talk about making things visible, pop up books, mistranslations, siggraph and influences.
enjoy,

m