Vic Duppa-Whyte

Vic Duppa-Whyte (1934–1986) was a British paper engineer and author for pop-up books.

Born in Southern Africa, Duppa-Whyte moved to the United Kingdom before attending college. After graduating from the Ealing Art College in London, he started designed promotional items and packaging for companies. "

Paper engineer Graham Brown once noted his favorite paper engineer was Duppa-Whyte, “...I worked with [him] on The Legend of King Arthur and the Round Table. I enjoyed the collaboration greatly because he was a brilliant paper engineer and a very laid-back guy. Unfortunately, he died before it was completed.... In my opinion he was probably the most original and creative paper engineer around."

Selected biography Ann Montanaro’s reference book, Pop-Up and Movable Books, lists more than a dozen pop-up books by Duppa-White.

Collection The Vic Duppa-Whyte, paper engineer, papers, ca.1940 – 1986, are held at the Archive of Art and Design, Victoria & Albert Museum., ca. 500 files.

Exhibitions Year Title Location Notes 2001 Pop-Up, Peek, Push, Pull... : An Exhibition of Movable Books and Ephemera from the Collection of Geraldine Roberts Lebowitz of Boca Raton, Florida Broward County Library's Bienes Center for the Literary Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL Also included Renée Jablow, Lothar Meggendorfer, Ib Penick 2010 Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn Smithsonian Institution Libraries, National Museum of American HistoryAlso included Matthew Reinhart, Bruce Foster, Chuck Fischer