Floor pattern nb 5, backlit Originally uploaded by Melisande*. Another great design from Mélisande. I think it has p1 symmetry, since a simple translation of the two basic shapes tiles the plane. although it can be rotated 180 degrees- which I think is p2 symmetry- and also tile the plane; but you have to start with a different polygon set for that. If there’s someone out there that understands this a bit better I am all ears. Please enlighten me!
An entire laptop PC folded from one sheet of paper! The origami art of Tomohiro Tachi.
Cerberus made in november, 2005. Yet another impressive work from Kamiya.
Pinwheel tessellation, version 2 Originally uploaded by Ori-gomi. A newer, more interesting variant on a previous design, folded from white unryu. In the first version of this design, I had used a strange little squashed-triangle fold with an extra side flap as a way of filling a triangular hole between the spokes of the individual pinwheels. this closed the space, but left the pattern somewhat lopsided, as the various hexagonal twist points were unable to “rotate” in a clean direction (other than the central one). If the spokes of the pinwheel had been clean diamond shapes instead of an elongated parallelogram, it would have tiled cleanly, with hexagonal twists interconnected by triangular twists. due to the extra pleat length on the tiles, this didn’t work on the old design. However, on the newer variant, I found that the triangular hole I was dealing with was the same as one Jane found a while back: topside here reverse here you’ll notice that triangular void? she came up with an elegant workaround using a 3d single-spaced triangle …
A foldable origami-style bag by Ferry Meewisse. So I was perusing through the wonderful photo galleries at Core77.com from all these different design competitions and shows, looking for examples of folded furniture, clothing, houses, and other fun bits. And I came across this hexagonal folding origami-inspired purse, from Dutch Design Week 2005 ( Designprijzen 05 ). It’s doubly interesting to me, as Phil over at The Fitful Flog published a crease pattern for a very similar looking wallet based on the same shape and folding scheme. Not that they are related in any way, but just the odd coincidence of two people creating the identical shape both for the purpose of holding personal items- it’s funny. Regardless, the origami purse certainly costs some absurd amount of money costs a reasonable 60 euros, whereas the origami wallet-fold design is free under a Creative Commons license! [via]
