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The APSARA drone disintegrates once it reaches its destination

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Introducing the ‘Ikea of drones”. >

12 Apr 17
New Mars explorer inspired by origami

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Design Thinking

It can tuck, fold and crawl. >

31 Mar 17
The physicist who folds

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Physicist Robert lang left NASA to practice origami. Great Big Story tells us why. >

17 Mar 17
Origami canoe inspires water-based urban commuting

Design News > Product Design

Onak makes city paddling more accessible with an unsinkable kayak. >

9 Aug 16
Parallel: Si MacLennan and Ross Symons collaborate on a new project

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

The two artists have incorporated their unique styles into a colourful creation. >

20 May 16
Innovative origami material paves the way for shape-shifting architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Foldable material designed by Harvard engineers can change its shape, size, and volume. >

14 Apr 16
Cosmic Surgery combines photography and the delicate art of origami

Design News > Art & Photography / Craft

Unrecognisable, futuristic faces mark Alma Haser’s Cosmic Surgery series. >

4 Apr 16
Tiny surgical tools inspired by origami

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Researchers were able to do away with bulky surgical parts and rely instead on the principles of origami. >

15 Mar 16
Sun tracking cell inspired by ancient Japanese art

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Researchers have tapped into the past to find solutions to energy problems in the modern world. >

6 Nov 15
Origami-inspired dress fits at every stage of pregnancy

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Designers have come up with a wearable flexible enough to expand with its pregnant user. >

2 Oct 15
Origami-inspired shelter a turning point for military, disaster relief efforts

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design / Product Design

A team at the University of Notre Dame have designed an energy-saving military shelter based on the ancient art of origami. >

12 Aug 15
Ross Symons: The art of origami (Part 2)

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Product Design

In the second part of this exclusive video interview, origami artist Ross Symons talks about breaking out alone and folding for the big brands. >

23 Jul 15
Ross Symons: The art of origami (Part 1)

Video Interviews > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

Ross Symons quit his job in the advertising industry and became an (almost accidental) origami artist. >

22 Jul 15
One cup

Design News > Product Design

The Compleat Cup is a more environmentally responsible paper cup. >

4 Jan 12
Urban origami

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Spanish street artist Nuria Mora creates large and colourful origami pieces for urban spaces. >

12 Dec 11
Dragon spikes

Design News > Product Design

Origami techniques are used to craft oyster paper into gorgeous lamp shades that resemble the tail of a dragon. >

2 Sep 11
Concrete stools

Design News > Product Design

Strong, comfortable and not bad looking, Florian Schmid's Stitching Concrete stools are great for indoor and outdoor use. >

16 Aug 11
Original origami

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Indaba Expo 2010: New to the jewellery world, Emma Stricker’s handmade jewellery label, emma anne, uses metals in original ways. >

28 Jan 10
Unnatural landscape

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Johannesburg fashion designer Suzaan Heyns collaborated with photographer Brett Rubin to shoot her Spring/Summer 2009 collection. >

14 Nov 09

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