Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material ...

Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. One uncut square of paper can, in the hands of an origami artist, be folded into a bird, a frog, a sailboat, or a Japanese samurai helmet beetle.

Origami was first known as ‘orikata’ or ‘folded shapes’. In 1880, the name changed to origami from Japanese words oru - to fold and kami- paper. It is widely known that origami is a Japanese art form ...

It’s like a second gift that turns paper waste into beloved paper sculptures. Everyone loves the anticipation of tearing open a meticulously wrapped gift, but this age-old practice leads to a lot of ...

HAINES CITY — Junko Gillespie looks like she could be one of the Daniel Jenkins Academy students as she stands in front of the class in her denim overalls and striped shirt and socks. Hands above her ...

Portland-based design studio Ilovehandles has created wrapping paper that can have an afterlife as origami figures, to avoid the mess and waste associated with ripping the paper off presents. Each ...