by painter darman it's been almost thirty years since the graphic designer fashion his first models now there his line heard. millions of internet users have already admired these pop up objects in only twenty seventeen one video of diamonds creations went viral in just a few days my shared hundreds of thousands of times. just blew me away i never expected this suddenly my e-mail inbox was overflowing with inquiries from all over the world i got a call from india i got inquiries from dubai and of course from europe and america it was sensational. in twenty thirteen darman began to specialize in pop ups exclusively he's created over one hundred items so far he makes cards. creates works on commission such as this miniature building. and packaging for customers around the globe some objects he developed out of sheer curiosity every pop up is one of a kind. of quite often it's like a brainteaser. i rarely even know how i'm going to go about it i find out by trial and error sometimes i'll make three or four tries without finding the solution then if the fifth one works i'm totally overjoyed

in twenty thirteen darman began to specialize in pop ups exclusively he's created over one hundred items so far he makes cards. creates works on commission such as this miniature building. and packaging for customers around the globe some objects he developed out of sheer curiosity every pop up is one of a kind. of quite often it's like a brainteaser. i rarely even know how i'm going to go about it i find out by trial and error sometimes i'll make three or four tries without finding the solution then if the fifth one works i'm totally overjoyed. and doesn't make any drawings when he creates a new model he starts right after cutting paper he can take him anywhere from two weeks to two months to finish one object. he develops smaller scale models first for larger projects. as with the african wildlife he design for a major trade fair project using his folding technique the final version was nearly ten metres long and five meters tall one of the biggest pop ups ever created anywhere. the feeling is the hardest part is always working out the curves and. since i have to fold everything down f

. >> in 1978 al darman's firm ran travers and it was a huge event, probably the greatest rivalry in horseacing history. 55,000 people came and i'm guessing of the 55,000, 30,000 had never been to saratoga before. then i saw what it is and said wait a minute, we're missing something and they started coming back . synonymous with that the city fathers realized that downtown saratoga was a disaster which it was. you could roll a bowling ball down broadway and it wouldn't hit anybody and what they did, they tax themselves and it worked.all of a sudden people are coming in, restaurants arepopping up . the heyday is right after 1980. right now we're in the sale of lack the dog. we are recording belmont which was never the case before and they saw just about every resource that ever lived. >> there off in the travers. >> and american sparrow race here in 2015, it was a triple crown winner and he was going to go to the travers but they had a public forum and they announced anybody who would come in, 50,000 people showed up and they changed it and it lasted for about five minutes. next saratoga, w