Pliplop (2020)

Pliplop (2020)
iOiO Studio
Trifold cover, side-by-side leoporellos. H120 x W105 (closed), W895 mm (open). 16 half-panels, 1 full center panel. Acquired from StudioiOiO, 6 November 2025.
Photos: Books On Books Collection.d from StudioiOiO, 6 November 2025. Photos: Books On Books Collection.

Based in Montélimar, France, and Seoul, South Korea, iOiO Studio produced this ingenious micro-edition leporello that invites its audience to behold and play. The folds and registration of images allow the viewer to find and create new shapes and color combinations. Its shapes and colors might remind viewers of Heinz Edelmann’s art for The Yellow Submarine. In its appeal to the child in the adult, it will remind book art enthusiasts of the works of Katsumi Komagata, Warja Lavater, Bruno Munari, and Peter and Donna Thomas. In its sophistication, it might remind them of the contributions to LL’Éditions leporello series. Many other connections can be found in Stephen Perkins site Accordion Publications, where Pliplop first came to my attention.

Two works that explore the curious but natural connection between children’s books and artists’ books are Johanna Drucker’s contribution to The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks and Sandra Beckett’s Crossover Picturebooks.

Further Reading

“Katsumi Komagata (I)“. 22 March 2020. Books On Books Collection.

“Warja Lavater“. 23 December 2022. Books On Books Collection.

“LL’Éditions“. 7 November 2025. Books On Books Collection.

“Bruno Munari“. 19 August 2021. Books On Books Collection.

Beckett, Sandra L. 2012. Crossover Picturebooks : A Genre for All Ages. London: Routledge.

Drucker, Johanna. 2017. “Artists’ Books and Picture Books: Generative Dialogues” in The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks, edited by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Taylor & Francis Group..

Perkins, Stephen. Accordion Publications. Accessed 24 November 2025.

Thomas, Peter and Donna. 1 June 2021. “The History of the Accordion Book: Part I“. College Book Art Association. Accessed 24 November 2025.

Thomas, Peter and Donna. 15 June 2021. “The History of the Accordion Book: Part II“. College Book Art Association. Accessed 24 November 2025.