Origami Heaven

Origami Heaven is the website of paperfolding designer and author David Mitchell

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Modular Cubes
 
         
 
Many of the cubes which appear on this page are developed from three classic designs, Paul Jackson's Cube, the corner-pocket version of the Sonobe Cube and the basic Letterbox (or Centre-pocket) Cube, both of which may well have been first discovered by Tomoko Fuse. Others are developed from Darwin's Cube, which is a discovery of my own.
 
Decorative cubes
 
  Chequerboard Cube - decorative variation of Paul Jackson's Cube - 6 squares.   Y086   2001   Synergy 2 - Water Trade // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0.
 
  Decorative Cube - 6 squares.   Y112   1990   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Diabolo Cube - Darwin's Cube variation - 6 squares.   Y089   2001   Synergy 2 - Water Trade.
 
  Double Rotor Cube - letterbox cube variation - 6 squares.   Y088   2001   Synergy 3 - Water Trade.
 
  Eccentric Cubes - 14 eccentric cubes made by combining the same set of modules - 6 squares.   Y080   2001   Synergy 3 - Water Trade.
 
  Mondrian Cubes - from 6 squares.   Y092   1995   Synergy 3 - Water Trade.
 
  Photoframe Cube - from 6 squares. Also discovered by Francis Ow at around the same time.   Y154   1989   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Tiled Diabolo Cube - 12-part letterbox cube variation - from squares.   Y087   2001   Synergy 3 - Water Trade.
 
  Two-Fold Cube - cube made from 2-fold modules.   Y045   1997   BOM 186 October 1997.
 
  Whirlpool Cube   Y159   2001   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Windmill Pattern Cube 2 - Darwin's Cube variation.   Y085   2001   Synergy 2 - Water Trade.
 
  Windmill Pattern Cube 3 - Darwin's Cube variation.   Y085   2001   Synergy 2 - Water Trade.
 
  Yin Yang Cube (1) - Darwin's Cube variation.   Y090   2001   Synergy 2 - Water Trade.
 
Banded cubes
 
  Banded Cube   Y156   2009   Diagrams not yet available.
 
  Double Banded Cube - aka Packing Case Cube.   Y157   2001   Diagrams not yet available // Photo in Le Pli 113-114 - Mai 2009
 
  Double Diagonal Banded Cube   Y158   2001   Diagrams not yet available.
 
Convertible cubes
 
  Antithesis Cube - can be reassembled as its opposite without reconfiguring the modules - 6 squares.   Y081   2001   Synergy 3 - Water Trade.
 
  Double Diagonal Stripe Cubes - variations of Paul Jackson's Cube that can all be assembled from the same set of modules.   Y082   2001   Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0.
 
  Iso Cubes - variations of Paul Jackson's Cube that can both be assembled from the same set of modules.   Y096   2001   Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0.
 
  The Multicube - two regular cubes, an eccentric cube and other unusual cubes all from the same set of modules.   Y142   2001   Synergy 2 - Water Trade (not all patterns explained).
 
  Single Diagonal Stripe Cubes - variations of Paul Jackson's Cube that can both be assembled from the same set of modules.   Y083   2001   Synergy 3 - Water Trade // Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0.
 
  Yin Yang Cubes - variations of Paul Jackson's Cube that can both be assembled from the same set of modules.   Y084   2001   Building with Butterflies (2nd Edition) - Water Trade - ISBN 978-9534774-7-0.
 
Puzzle cubes
 
  2 into 1 - modular assembly puzzle - from squares.   Y095   1989   Paperfolding Puzzles - Water Trade - ISBN 0-9534774-0-X // Paperfolding Puzzles (2nd Edition) - David Mitchell - Water Trade - ISBN 978-0-9534774-5-6
 
  Puzzle Cube - symmetric cube from assymetric modules - 2 solutions possible - from 6 squares.   Y161   2002   Diagrams not yet available.