Ever since launching its original origami kayak back in 2012, Oru has made a name for itself building a lineup filled with some of the market's most conveniently portable watercraft. At the same time, ...

Origami’s early adopters didn’t have furniture on their minds—they were likely more concerned with crafting 1,000 paper cranes to curry favor with the gods. Yet the Japanese art has left quite the ...

So, it turns out that origami isn’t just for paper. Designer Yoraco González’s “Origami 9010” furniture series is entirely influenced by traditional Japanese paper-folding techniques. These origami ...

Former SpaceX engineer Brian Ignaut has created a lot of origami-inspired furniture and “kinetic home products” that are whoa-inducing. But his folding chess set? It may be one of his masterpieces.

Putting this furniture together looks not unlike constructing, say, one of those flat-pack document storage boxes. There’s no glue or Allen wrenches — you just fold tab A into slot B, like you were ...

The Oru furniture collection, named after the Japanese word for “gold,” includes different practical objects such as cabinets, chairs andlamps. They are made from teak, felt and polished copper and, ...

If the name Oru sounds familiar, you may have heard of the brand’s unique collection of origami kayaks. They’re sturdy and sound for sailing, yet can collapse down in mere moments for much easier ...

MIT Media Lab Ori recently rolled out an innovative, novel line of robotic furniture that aims to make the most out of tiny living spaces. This will fall right in line with renters' and owners' ...

The folding pattern, known as the Miura-ori, is a periodic way to tile the plane using the simplest mountain-valley fold in origami. It was used as a decorative item in clothing at least as long ago ...