TEDTalk Tuesday: Must-see Origami

[Occulus]

Today's TEDTALKTUESDAY features the art of origami. In this talk, today's speaker shows us some astounding examples of this ancient art, and also explains how origami has engineering and medical application in the "real", non-artistic realm.

If you are interested in trying out this art for yourself, you can find other origami examples from other artists, as well as origami diagrams, at this site.

edit: You can also find how-to origami videos at this site.

Enjoy!

ROBERTLANG

Talk Title: Idea + square = origami (Video runtime: 15:59)

This talk is also available in high-resolution format.



Robert Lang, folding a US flag with stars and stripes from a single sheet

Wiki bio

About this talk

Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.

[sazemisery]

1. Thanks for the link.

I love origami and I love TED.:hi:

[Occulus]

2. Thanks! I've known how to do certain simple designs for years

But I'm having some trouble using the diagrams for the more complex designs. Part of the problem stems from not knowing exactly what some of the instructional symbols mean, and part of the problem comes from not having access to two-color paper.

Some of the designs on the origami link I gave are just ridiculously complex, such as the alternating-color chess board (warning: all designs at the link are .pdf files), folded from a single 25" square sheet. That one is just a monster, and I'll give a cookie to anyone who can prove they've done it successfully.