Cars

Watch A Papercraft Ninja Create An Origami Audi A7

The asstastic Audi A7 may be all aluminium und schteel, but artist Tarasa Lesko was able to take 285 pieces of paper and 750 parts to render it in flattened wood pulp. And it only took 254 hours to finish!


November 6, 2010

Fold Up This iPad Case Like Origami And Make A Stand

It’s a two-in-one iPad case! We’ve seen a few multipurpose cases now, but Incase’s Origami has a particular surfer-wetsuit-look that I really dig.


August 13, 2010

Origami Yourself A Colourful OLED Light

Fold up the hinged, colourful OLED triangles into the shape of your choosing to illuminate your desk or bedroom. Check out the video to watch them in action… Just a couple more folds and I think they’d have a crane…


June 30, 2010
Science

Watch Self-Folding Origami Take All The Fun Out Of Miniature Paper Boats

Researchers at MIT and Harvard, it seems, have been putting those big brains to use to create automated origami. It’s crazy cool engineering and creepy in a Frankenstein’s lab type of way. But can it make a paper crane?


June 9, 2010

Origami Yacht Folds Onto Itself For Optimum Speed

Just when I thought that yachts couldn’t get any crazier, here comes Origami, the daughter of an Imperial Star Destroyer and an F-117 Nighthawk.


April 27, 2010

Robotgami Describes Ancient Tradition Of Folding Metal Into Robots

Robotgami – the name says as the ‘bot does. These collectible robot origami figures are collectible pieces of artwork, as described by the artisté Dustin Wallace.


February 20, 2010

Paper War Depicts My Youth In Terms Of Paper Aeroplanes

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You don’t need to speak German to appreciate Papierkrieg (Paper War) by Makaio Tisu – you just need a sibling and/or one long-repressed paper aeroplane obsession. Two children face off, creating paper creations of increasing imagination. And it’s charming.


February 8, 2010

Parisian Metro Tickets Fight The Empire As Origami X-Wings

I, not being an artist, am content to ride Boston’s subway system quietly, eyes down, in a general malaise. It’s a New England thing. French artist Hubert de Lartigue, on the other hand, uses his subway time to imagine X-Wings.


May 19, 2009
Science

Japanese ‘Origami Aeroplane’ Enthusiast Breaks World Record for Longest Paper Plane Flight

Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Aeroplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space.


April 4, 2009

Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder

Those designers at Core77 never stop. Today, one of them devised a super-simple but damn-if-it’s-not-worth-it business-card hack that finally gives you a way to stash those damn white earbuds. Share your attempts in comments. [Core77]