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The website of
writer and paperfolding designer David Mitchell
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| Transformable Designs |
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| Transformable
designs are designs in which some of the creases can be
used as hinges to transform the shape and/or colour
pattern of the design. Some of these also qualify as Double Image Designs. |
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Name: A
Change Of Perspective - minimalist
double image / transformable design. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2006
Reference:
301
Diagrams: Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Birdman
- simple pictorial double-image design. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2000
Reference:
198
Diagrams:
Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Bomb
Bunny aka Exploding Rabbit -
minimalist double-image conceptual origami
design. Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2001
Reference:
227
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Collapsible
Cube - cube that squashes flat. Paper type / shape:
A4 (cut down to smaller rectangle) / Homogeneous
paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1993
Reference:
096
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Cocotte
in Flight / Pajarita in Flight -
adaptation of the traditional Cocotte / Pajarita
design. Paper type / shape: Square / Any
kind of paper
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2020.
Reference:
570
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Dogfish
- minimalist double-image / active play
design. Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1997
Reference:
140
Diagrams:
BOM 184 June 1997 // Origami - Barnes and Noble -
ISBN 0-7607-3331-7 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Giracotte
- a way of folding the distorted version
of the traditional Cocotte that often occurs in
early caricatures, cartoons and prints, which
also transforms into a different shape. Paper type / shape:
9x4 rectangle / Any kind of paper
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2020
Reference:
568
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: The
Mermaid out o' Rye - performance design
/ active play paperfold. Paper type / shape:
Square / Homogeneous paper.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1999.
Reference:
183
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Not
Another Boat with Sail - a bicolour
design which transforms so that the colours are
reversed. Paper type / shape: 2x1 rectangle /
Irogami. Uses two small cuts to effect the
colour-change.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2020
Reference:
571
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Not
Another Cocotte - a bicolour design
which transforms so that the colours are
reversed. Paper type / shape: 2x1 rectangle /
Irogami. Uses two small cuts to effect the
colour-change.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2020
Reference:
569
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams are available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Picnic
Table Switch - action novelty /
transformation puzzle. Requires glue. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1999.
Reference:
187
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Picasso's
Cat - performance design. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1997.
Reference:
145
Diagrams:
Not yet available.
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Name: Shark
Attack - simple seascape / double image
/ active play design. Paper type / shape:
Square / Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2000
Reference:
219
Diagrams:
Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-3-6 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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Name: Top
Dog - X-rated minimalist transformable
design. Paper type / shape: 1:4 rectangle /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 2015.
Reference:
381
Diagrams:
On-line diagrams can be found in the X-rated Designs section of this
site.
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Name: Twins -
minimalist double image transforming pictorial
design / active play paperfold. Development of
Fred. Paper type / shape: Square /
Irogami.
Designer /
Date: David Mitchell, 1999
Reference:
178
Diagrams:
Origami Alfresco - Water Trade - ISBN
0-9534774-3-6 // Minori 3 - 2002 // Origami Alfresco 2nd Edition - ISBN
978-0-9534774-6-3 // On-line diagrams are
available on the Single Sheet Designs page of this site.
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