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Flipbooks

Languages:
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Flipbook Edition
Park Güell flipbook
The dragon

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The Toy Museum of Catalonia flipbook
The dream of the robot

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Seafood flipbook
A lifestyle

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Iberian ham flipbook
A culinary art

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Spanish Wines flipbook
A culture of tradition

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Bullfighting flipbook
Defying death

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Flamenco flipbook
Gipsy passion

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- Español;Inglés
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao flipbook
A work by architect Frank O. Gehry

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The City of Arts and Sciences flipbook
A work by architect Calatrava

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Joan Miró flipbook
Dona i ocell

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Joan Miró flipbook
Paviment del Pla de l'Ós

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Pablo Picasso flipbook
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

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Flipbooks

Also known as “cine de dedo” or “folioscopes”, flipbooks allow you to create small animated stories by means of an ingenious optical effect. These publications are comprised of a series of images that present small variations from one page to another, so that when their pages are flicked, a sensation of movement is generated.

Rather like a mini-movie, flipbooks invite the reader to become involved in entertaining and fantastical stories. Their animated images never fail to surprise. All types of places, objects and characters magically come to life by simply flicking quickly through the pages of the flipbook.

The flipbooks of Dosde will bring you closer in a very original and entertaining way to a large variety of themes. By flicking through their pages, you will discover fun mini-stories that you will be able to repeat as often as you wish. Let yourself be captivated by the flipbook world!

The origins of the flipbook

Considered a precedent of cinema, the flipbook or folioscope emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century, at a time marked by fascination with the world of images. Various historians have attributed their creation to the French Pierre-Hubert Desvignes, although the first known patent was registered in Great Britain in 1868 by John Barnes Linnett, a printer established in Birmingham. His invention was called the Kineograph and, just like present-day folioscopes, it consisted of quickly passing sheets with pictures on to generate a sense of movement.

After the idea was patented in 1882 in the United States by Henry van Hoevenbergh, the flipbook began a period of splendour that lasted until the first decades of the twentieth century, when, coinciding with the emergence of advertising and consumer society, it was often used as a promotional gift.

Nowadays, the folioscope continues to enjoy great popularity, both as an object for collectors as well as on the optical toy side. Its simple operation and its ability to create stories have captivated readers from all over the world, who have found in Flipbooks an original way to discover new worlds.

Varied subject matter

Among the flipbooks published by Dosde are those that are dedicated to the most emblematic works of Antoni Gaudí, an unavoidable reference in modernist architecture. These flipbooks unveil from a new perspective monuments such as the Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, La Pedrera and Palau Güell, complementing the content of the books published in the Visual Edition format which explore the origins and architecture of Gaudí's projects.

Barcelona city icons such as the Palau de la Música, the Olympic Ring and the Columbus monument also have their own flipbook, as well as the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Alhambra of Granada, an architectural masterpiece analyzed in detail in the books published in the formats Photo Edition and Deluxe Edition.

On the other hand, the flipbooks dedicated to the world of art approach the enigmatic universe of Picasso, Dalí and Miró, the most famous Spanish painters of the 20th century. Their work marked the course of the artistic vanguards, and they still continue to cause admiration for their audacity and symbolism.

Likewise, Dosde flipbooks include the traditions and gastronomy of Spain, recreating stories based on flamenco, bulls and Spanish jamón, among other characteristic aspects of one of the most attractive countries in Europe.