Origami Heaven

A paperfolding paradise

The website of writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell

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Minimalist Abstract Designs
 
Minimalist abstract origami is a form of origami in which the designer aims to create an abstract form using a very small number of folds. The fewer the folds, the more merit the design has as a minimalist design.

It is much easier to design minimalist abstract designs, particularly basic tile shapes, than it is to design minmalist representational designs and I have therefore limited the designs shown on this page to those that can be made using just one fold.
 
1- Fold Designs
 
  Name: 1-Fold Cairo Tile

Paper type / shape: Leftover rectangle / Any kind of paper.

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2000

Reference: 199

Diagrams: Exploring Mathematical Ideas with Origami - Water Trade - ISBN 0953477444 // (2) BOM295 December 2015 p18 // Infinity 2005/2 - Tarquin publications ISSN 1748-3220 // Unattributed in Learning Mathematics with Origami - Tung Ken Lam and Sue Pope - 2016 - Association of Teachers of Mathematics - ISBN 9781898611950 // On-line diagrams are available from the Mathematical section of this site.
 
  Name: Trapezium Tile - When folded from a silver rectangle the perimeter of this tile is 3 x sqrt2 ie three times the length of the long edge of the rectangle.

Paper type / shape: A4 or similar rectangle / Homogeneous paper

Designer / Date: David Mitchell, 2010

Reference: 502

Diagrams: On-line diagrams are available from the Mathematical section of this site.