What's New

On June 22, 2004 the New York Times published an article on paperfolding entitled Cones, Curves, Shells, Towers: He Made Paper Jump to Life. The article is primarily about the work of Dr. David Huffman, a former professor of computer science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a pioneer in computational origami. It also has extensive quotes by Robert Lang, as well as information about him and his work.
You can also visit Dr. Huffman's Web site on Geometric Paperfolding.

About 15 years ago Robert Lang wrote an article for Caltech's Engineering & Science magazine on computational origami. There have since been some big changes, so a few months ago, he wrote a follow-up article, which is posted on their Web site.

Teachnet.com has a set of puzzles based on paperfolding, which they call Brain Binders. Basically, for each puzzle you can print out an HTML or PDF file, and the challenge is to fold it such that it forms the back and front shapes and colors as given. Enjoy!

L.A. Weekly has an article about the exhibition "Origami Masterworks" at the Mingei International Museum in San Diego. The article also touches on technical advances in origami and the area of computational origami.

There is an article in the current issue of the American Mathematical Monthly (Vol 111, no. 1 - see the article summary), entitled: "Variations on a Theme in Paper Folding" by Burkard Polster. It's all about the angles you get by folding strips over and over, a topic previously described and analyzed by Jean Pedersen, but extended (e.g., by folding skinny triangles, rather than strips, and circular paper) in the new work. The author biography states, "Burkard Polster is well known in and around his home town Melbourne, Australia, as a mathematical juggler...[and] origami master..."

Yong-Lak Park and the Entomology Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) at the Department of Entomology, Iowa State University have put together a paper and a Web site entitled "A Paper Bug's Life", including galleries from various meetings and craft fairs, as well as instructions for Yoshizawa's butterfly.

Check out these articles at SPACE.com and physics central on the use of origami in areas of science like astronomy and engineering! Both articles of course showcase Robert Lang's work in these areas.

The Wholemovement is Bradford Hansen-Smith's Web site on the folding of circles, both by itself and in multiples. The site contains more information, including history, instructions, a gallery, links, and other references including books and links.

These designers have created various origami-inspired chairs and seats from materials such as cardboard and alumninum.

Not quite origami, but you can learn how to make woven paper hearts to use as Christmas ornaments!

Congratulations to Erik Demaine, the famous MIT Professor who is one of Popular Science's second annual PopSci Brilliant 10!

Check out this Web-based origami forum for discussing topics such as diagrams, Web sites, and more. I suppose you go here if the origami email list doesn't provide enough origami discussion for your life!

The Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek, California (east of San Francisco in Contra Costa County) hosts a show of origami art by Robert Lang September 20, 2003 through January 11, 2004. Details can be found at the museum's Web site (click on "Upcoming Events"). You can also read this article about Robert Lang and the exhibit in the Contra Costa Times.

The Christian Science Monitor ran an article about the use of origami in various areas of science. The article mentions Robert Lang and his program Treemaker.

The Mingei International Museum presents an exhibition of origami called "ORIGAMI MASTERWORKS�Innovative Forms of the Art of Paperfolding". It is open from September 28, 2003, through January 18, 2004, and features 200 works by 42 origami artists from around the world.

Photos from the OrigamiUSA 2003 Annual Convention are now available courtesy of Michael Ujin Sanders.

Learn about the esteemed Joseph Wu and his work in this article in the Vancouver Courier.

Learn about Shawn McDonald from Watauga, NC who created an American flag by folding 1000 red, white, and blue cranes!

This recent article at osOpinion.com, is entitled How Origami Helps Science, Saves Lives. Origami notables Robert Lang and Erik Demaine are both quoted.

Check out the Origami Desk project at MIT's Media Lab! It's an interactive installation which teaches you basic origami designs, utilizing video, projection, and even paper monitoring via sensors on the paper!

The BBC Online's h2g2 (online Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) now features a great article on origami thanks to Kirsti!

With the Annual OrigamiUSA Convention in full swing this June, view a display of Sea Life models by Annie that will appear at the Convention. Don't miss some of the other beautiful models on Annie's Origami Page.

The Singapore Origami Group announces a Web site entitled Giant Paper Land, showcasing pictures and details from a recent origami event at Sentosa. It was this event at which they attempted to fold the world's largest origami cobra!

Paperfolder Scott Cramer talks about origami on New Hampshire Public Radio during local news breaks in 'Morning Edition' and 'All Things Considered'. RealPlayer required

The American Medial Association's Virtual Mentor featured a piece in April on Origami and Paper Airplanes. The main page (which seems to now be gone) featured the styracosaurus from my Origami Dinosaurs page!

Dog Bust by Leong Cheng Chit - see more of Cheng Chit's beautiful 3-D models!

Yahoo's Oddly Enough News reports on Leong Cheng Chit's Singapore Origami group's latest endeavor - folding the world's longest paper snake!

Science News Online recently published an article on recognizing flat-foldings based on the crease pattern. It is titled, Folding Maps, and was published January 13, 2001.

The New York Journal of Mathematics volume 6 (2000) included an article titled, "A Mathematical Theory of Origami Constructions and Numbers," by Roger C. Alperin. The article was published July 21, 2000.

Paperfolding.com was listed as a Hot Link in EarthLink's latest bLink Magazine! It's not just for airplanes...

Paperfolding.com was chosen as the Kid's Site of the Week by Rexanne's Web Review, a weekly newsletter for parents.

Check out this article about origami in the New York Times for Thursday, November 25, which mentions this site! (Free) subscription required

Learn about the Fourth Annual Southeast Origami Festival, a week-long, city-wide festival held in Charlotte, North Carolina September 22-24, 2000.

Bet you never thought there were many practicaly applications of origami...well, Nathan Kane won the 1997 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and $30,000 when he used a paperfolding technique to improve bellows!

An article about Chris Palmer's silk "Shadowfolds" appeared in the LA Times. The article mentions Michael LaFosse, Robert Lang, and Tom Hull (although it actually doesn't have his name)...

Check out Jose Anibal Voyer's Origami Web Site, showcasing diagrams for a 3-Headed Dragon and a Pegasus, among others!

Cow from
Tanteidan Convention Book Vol. 5

This cow is from the Origami Tanteidan Concention Book, Volume 5. It's spots are different on the two sides!

This rhinocerous comes from Lionel Albertino's book, "Safari Origami" (ISBN 2844240062). The book is completely in French and can be purchased from BOL.

This model can be found in John Montroll's "Animal Origami for the Enthusiast" (ISBN 0-486-24792-9), one of the first origami books I ever owned!

Ronald Koh's
Tancho Oranda (Ornamental Goldfish)

This model was designed by Ronald Koh of Singapore. It is called "Tancho Oranda", or ornamental goldfish. You can also enjoy more of Ronald's work, and even more!

This is Lang's Golden Eagle from Origami Zoo: An Amazing Collection of Folded Paper Animals by Robert J. Lang and Stephen Weiss (ISBN 0-312-04015-6). By simply scanning it in, I unfortunately wasn't able to portray the real beauty of this model, which looks quite impressive with wings outstretched and talons ready to pounce!