MetaFilter posts tagged with origami

angrigami

netbros — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:32:30 -0800

Ze Frank received many wonderful, heartfelt and poignant responses to from 52 to 48 with love in the form of pictures, comments and emails. However, as it became more widely circulated, it also provoked intense anger and outrage. So, he created angrigami as an attempt to devour the entire carcass, bones, bile and all.

art and science folded together

nickyskye — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:54:29 -0800

MetaFilter's Eric Gjerde has just come out with a book, Origami Tessellations: Awe-Inspiring Geometric Designs. Eric also makes really unusual, complex and mathematically interesting origami. His site has all kinds of cool things to look at and explore, like Owen Jones' The Grammar of Ornament, Joel Cooper's amazing paper sculptures and Ernst Haeckel's awesome book, Kunst-Formen der Natur. Previously.

Modular

Artw — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:41:17 -0800

Origami inspired bamboo and paper modular buildings for use as temporary shelters, by Ming Tang.

NetFlix Origami

ColdChef — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:22:25 -0800

NetFlix Origami The fun way to recycle your NetFlix flaps

Download - Print - Cut - Fold

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:46:15 -0800

Cubecraft - Stormtrooper, The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Iron Man, Mario etc. More (Sonic, Ninja Turtles etc) here.

Not your father's paper airplane

caddis — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:26:06 -0800

Mach 7 Origami Plane - Designs for origami planes abound. How many of them reach Mach? How many get launched from the International Space Station? A team from the University of Tokyo is planning just such a launch.

Moneygami

Astro Zombie — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:07:12 -0800

Moneygami. Money folded to look like people wearing hats. (Via.)

Heaps and Heaps of Origami Designs.

Effigy2000 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:27:35 -0800

Got some spare time? Then let's learn origami! Check out this large collection of origami designs (suitable for beginners too), and here's some instructional origami videos to help you along.

A single sheet of paper, folded many times

aeschenkarnos — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:04:34 -0800

Eric Joisel may be the greatest living origami artist. Here is how he does it. Here is a short documentary about him.

Insects. Made of paper.

Citizen Premier — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:46:40 -0800

What would make origami cool? Insects, of course! Click "写真の一覧" for thumbnails. The artists name might be Taketori, but I can't read kanji well enough to tell you.

Paper airplanes have never been so difficult

BlackLeotardFront — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:07:37 -0800

Excellent instructions for building many different types of paper planes. All use one sheet of A4 8.5x11 paper. Some of these are quite advanced! Plus: tips from champion folders. With help from origami.me.uk.

The Intersection of Origami & Escher

jonson — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:03:36 -0800

Origami Tessellations is the website of Metafilter member Eric Gjerde. In addition to the many interesting posts on the main page (such as this article about an artist who lasercut an 85:1 scale model of his house into a hardback book), the site features many original pieces by Gjerde, with downloadable PDF diagrams & graphics to show you how to make your own geometric art out of paper.

Moneygami

jonson — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:44:46 -0800

Moneygami is origami made from U.S. currency; the subtle genius lies in the way the artist incorporates the prints on the dollar bills into the facial characteristics of the finished figures. More moneygami here. Via.

Tha Japanese Tradition

ikahime — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:30:19 -0800

Comedy duo, Ramenz (ラーメンズ), aka Kobayashi Kentaro and Katagiri Jin, also known as the Japanese versions of Mac and PC, have recently done a number of shorts collectively called "The Japanese Tradition." Apparently, these tongue-in-cheek pseudo-instructional vids about famous aspects of Japanese culture (Tea, Chopsticks, Sushi, Origami, Apology, Onigiri, and Relationships) have been fooling a lot of non-natives into thinking they are actual guides. (YouTube, each approx 4-6 min).

Origeometry

DU — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:45:00 -0800

What if Euclid had been Japanese? There are traditionally stated and proved theorems about origami. And MetaFilter has previously explored modular origami (as well as the boring old artistic kind), which has a geometric foundation. However, origami itself is a powerful mathematical framework that allows one to, for instance, solve the famously insoluable problem of trisecting an angle. More generally: Traditional geometry solves quadratic equations, origami solves cubic ones. (Many more mathematical items about and using origami can be found in the excellent mathematics teachers' book: Project Origami: Activities for Exploring Mathematics, most of which are unfortunately not findable online).

Origami Deluxe

grouse — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:28:20 -0800

Satoshi Kamiya makes some pretty incredible origami.

Fold carefully, grasshopper.

gottabefunky — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:11:45 -0800

Kokigami: origami for Mr. Happy. (Not, not this. And not ninjas, either.) The sensuous practise of Kokigami originated from the ancient Japanese art form of giving beautifully wrapped gifts.

More than Just Origami

cass — Tue, 30 May 2006 09:39:38 -0800

Although paper sculptures have been discussed on the Blue before, you might also want to check out Calvin Nicholls (click on the gallery or portfolio links), who was profiled in the latest issue of Somerset Studio magazine. Here's another guy who creates people sculptures out of paper. There are many other artists out there who make sculptures from paper. Museums sometimes have exhibitions of their work. Check them out in person if you get a chance. Some of the sculptures are unbelievable.

Paper Art and Architecture

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:34:03 -0800

Yee is a Canadian Artist. His company Yee's Job is located in Montreal. He designs & handcrafts all kind of paper craft, such as a working V-8 engine made of paper, a paper biplane clock, the Cathedral at Notre Dame and more.

Another damn StarWars link

IndigoJones — Fri, 20 May 2005 19:20:24 -0800

Another damn StarWars link

Origami Robot

stacyhall1 — Thu, 12 May 2005 15:05:34 -0800

Robots that can fold origami has been an open research problem -- the holy grail of manipulator dexterity. This Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. candidate came up with a pretty elegant methodology.

Dollar Bill Origami

apathy0o0 — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:02:52 -0800

Origami is a endeavor that is undertaken by many, using what's available. Often, that is money. Sometimes simple, and sometimes complicated the result is often spiffy and incorporates the bill's features into the design.

Money Art

cali — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:09:34 -0800

Money Art. They say it's hard to make money from art, but some people find ways to make art from money. Or at least a few accessories. (via)

Modular Origami

dwordle — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:23:55 -0800

Modular Origami is a very cool thing. Make a Buckyball with some PHiZZ units or make some polyhedra with the penultimate modules.

Extreme Origami

mathowie — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:36:52 -0800

I enjoy some basic origami birds that can flap their wings as much as the next guy, but check out this how-to origami gallery of insane projects. The Sea Urchin?! The Octopus?! The Rickshaw?! I have no idea how they did half of these. [via red ferret]