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The website of writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell

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Action Designs
 
         
 
By an action design I mean any design where one part of the design moves in any way in relation to other parts of the design after the design is finished.
 
Minimalist Action Designs
 
  A Change Of Perspective - minimalist double image / action design.   301   2006   Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Birdman - minimalist double-image / action model.   198   2000   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Dogfish - minimalist double-image / action model.   140   1997   BOM 184 June 1997 // Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Hull Down - minimalist seascape / action model.   101   1993   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
  Shark Attack - minimalist seascape / double image / action model.   219   2000   Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN 978-0-9534774-6-3
 
Flapping, Jumping, Talking, Snapping and Pecking Designs
 
  Butterfly - naive action design.   552   1992   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Easy Hens - very simple Broody Hen, Watchful Hen and Feeding Hen designs, from squares, the latter being an action design.   538   2005   Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Flapping Dove - action design.   326   2009   Kid-O-Gami - Sandy Creek - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-4351-2338-0 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
                 
  Flapping Parrot - action design.   315   2007   Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // Rencontres de Mai 2009 - MFPP - Paris // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Frog Eat Frog - cut and fold design. Adaptation of a Paul Jackson design (which was itself an adaptation of a Robert E Neale original). Frog Eat Frog Eat Frog is also possible.   278   2005   Office Origami - Adam Russ - Universe Publishing - ISBN 0-7893-1313-8 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Holy Ghost - an action origamidada.   245   2002   // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Kamikaze - adaptation of the traditional business card jumping frog design so that it works from ordinary square origami paper.   340   2012   // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Mr Yapper - double action design from a blintzed bird base.   008   1987   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Piranha - biting action toy from the windmill base that can be used to demonstrate catastrophe theory.   103   1993   Complete Origami - Collins and Brown - David Mitchell - ISBN 978-1-84340-397-5 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Whippersnapper - scissor action snapping toy from a fish base.   011   1987   Origami - Barnes and Noble - ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
 
  Woodpecker - simple action toy - adaptation of Paul Jackson's fold of the same name.   033   1988   BOS Convention Pack Spring 1989 // Origami Animals - Greenwich Editions - David Mitchell - ISBN 1-86288-770-4.
 
Squashing, Flexing, Rolling and Rotating Designs
 
  Collapsible Cube - cube that squashes flat.   096   1993   // On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.