KASHIWA, Japan – Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It's no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in a wind ...

Local students will be folded into an international, culturally-enriching event this week when they learn about Japanese culture through the art of origami. Japan Airlines is hosting ‘Jal Soraiku’ ...

Start your origami journey with simple designs like cranes or boats. These basic models require fewer steps, making it easier for beginners to focus on each fold. By mastering simple shapes first, ...

Santa Fe artist Kevin Box gives permanent form to traditional Japanese origami in his large-scale metal sculptures. Origami in the Garden, an outdoor exhibition of his work, opens on Sunday, April 27, ...

There’s no denying its elegant beauty, but the importance of a designer’s dress pattern seems inconsequential among the examples of how the art of origami has played a role in engineering, ...

Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space. Toda’s ...

Long known for being a way to create interesting figures of birds, animals and other things, origami -- the Japanese art of paper folding -- could soon be the inspiration for sophisticated devices ...