The new exhibit 'Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami' at the MOA explains the evolution of origami as well as modern-day applications to the fields of mathematics, science and ...

Based on a traveling art exhibition that opened in 2012 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, this slim volume lives up to its subtitle: readers will indeed find nearly infinite ...

Origami isn’t just child’s play. It is a respected contemporary art form and an inspiration to scientists and engineers. Heck, the principles of origami were applied in the development of airbags for ...

A 6-foot by 9-foot sheet of paper was transformed into a dress by San Francisco origami artist Linda Tomoko Mihara. It took about 70 hours to make the 1,728 folds in the piece. Currently suspended in ...

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 art of origami goes back centuries -- enough time to explore every possible crease that can be made in a sheet of paper, one might think. And yet, researchers have now found a new class of origami ...

At its foundation, origami is basic. Anyone who can memorize a handful of folds can learn how to do it. However, within the rules of origami lie endless possibilities to create the sublime from a ...