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06.16.10Banknote JewelleryA graduate of London's Royal College of Art Tine De Ruysser, Ph.D spends her days investigating production methods and folding patterns with a metal and fabric, a new material she invented while she was a student. "Banknote Jewellery" is a conceptual and even political piece articulating the relationship between paper money and gold. A timely piece during our world's financial crisis, Tine explores the symbolism and relationship between the value of paper money and gold.
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06.15.10Flower of LifeA symbol of sacred geometry, the Flower of Life is composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles, that are arranged so that they form a flower-like pattern with a sixfold symmetry like a hexagon. The center of each circle is on the circumference of six surrounding circles of the same diameter. Because numbers carried symbolic significance in the Old World, geometric shapes became a visual representation of these symbolic numbers and was involved in the planning and construction of many religious structures, including churches and temples. (Read an article written last year regarding Islamic Architecture.) Natural examples of the Flower of ...
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06.09.10Geomorphology by Universidad Pontificia BolivarianaUniversidad Pontificia Bolivariana's Professor Claudia Fernandez and Mauricio Velasquez Posada explores the use volume, space, and environment to recreate the meaning of origami and the human body. Learn more over here and here. It really makes me pause and say, "hey! whoever created this amazing piece has a truly unique mind!"
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06.08.10Origami Maze Puzzle FontErik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, and Jason Ku over at MIT created an origami maze puzzle font, which is a template that shows you how to fold 3D letters of the entire alphabet. (c) Crease Pattern of the Alphabet: Dark lines are mountain folds; light lines are valley folds; bold lines delineate letter boundaries and are not folds. (c: Crease Pattern) folds into (b: 3D extrusion), which is an extrusion of (a: 2D maze)
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06.07.10Paper PlanesPaper planes are so simple, yet it inspire admirers for different reasons. The act of folding paper planes and testing its aerodynamics is so satisfying and fun! Jamming to the paper planes song by MIA is pretty hip too. May I suggest, the stylish flying paper plane wall decals by Mel Lim from Blik? And lets not forget Dawn Ng's art installation "I fly like paper get high like planes."
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06.04.10Modular OrigamiModular Origami created with paper (by H.W. guth) and one in a form of a necklace (by Claire & Arnaud)
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05.20.10kanshin lampsLast Sunday, I attended the International Contemporary Furniture Fair with my colleagues and found many beautiful origami inspired furniture and accessories design. One in particular that stood out was Kanshin Lamps. The lamp shades are made from paper mulberry and folded into simple and elegant origami, which reminds me of Yuko Nishimura's work.
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10.29.09The Emperor’s Castle by Thomas HillierMy jaw dropped when I discovered Thomas Hillier's senior thesis for the Bartlett School of Architecture via BldgBlog. Inspired by the work of Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige, Hillier created a handmade book filled with origami and a complex model of the story's architectural world. Read more about his process and inspiration for this final project @ BldgBlog and for more photos, check out BldgBlog's flickr The Emperor's Castle.
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10.19.09Origami Toy, Spoon, Museum, and Film on DVDI went to Boston, MA two weeks ago to visit some friends and on my way to the bus station back to New York, I stopped by the MIT Museum to check out what inventive exhibits and ideas were on display. After being awe-struck by Arthur Ganson's Gestural Engineering exhibit, I wandered to the Toy Product Design section and saw Sho Mi Origami. It is a toy that projects origami instructions onto origami paper. You begin by selecting a project disk, and the disk rotates inside the toy, which advances to the next instruction stop. What a great way to ...
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07.01.09Giota Kaiopoulou: 13th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and MediterraneanA shining star Giota Kaiopoulou from Thessaloniki, Greece did a spectacular job blending two very complicated arts together - origami and fashion. Started in 2004, Giota was a pioneer weaving these two concepts together. She created this project titled, "Origami Flowers", which was also the perfect final project for her Fashion Degree at a local university in Greece. What a visionary Giota is because today we see origami fashion everywhere! Upon her graduation, she applied and was accepted for the 13th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean. It is sponsored by the International Assocation of the Biennial of Young ...
