Five self-published origami textbooks by Shuzo Fujimoto, who invented many origami with geometric patterns and is world-famous among origami enthusiasts, have been released in the public domain with ...

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A challenge increasingly important to physicists and materials scientists in recent years has been how to design controllable new materials that exhibit desired physical properties rather than relying ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

The hell of constructing flat-packed furniture by hand could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new self-locking design technique that can hold thousands of times its own weight. The design is a ...

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will organize an exhibition showcasing geometric origami artworks by Professor Mitani Jun from December 16- 20. The Japan Foundation Center ...

Researchers categorize origami- and kirigami-based mechanical metamaterials, artificially engineered materials with unusual mechanical properties, and subdivided them into rigid or deformable ...

Researchers at McGill University have developed a new method for folding flat sheets into smooth, curved shells that can ...

McGill University researchers have discovered a new way to fold flat sheets into smooth, curved shells that can switch from ...