[3] 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.

[3] In 1969, Duppa-Whyte started creating children's books with pop-up inserts to fulfill a contract.

By 1983, he started concentrating on these books, producing them on the human body, the US Space Shuttle, Halley's Comet, and the British Royal family.

[3] Paper engineer David A. Carter recalled his friendship with Duppa-Whyte, “...while I was in London, I spent some time with him in his studio.