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OrigaMIT 2023 Class List

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Class schedule

The image below represents a summary of the where and when the convention activities will be
taking place--all the details will be listed in the following pages. Look through the class descriptions
and make a plan for the classes you plan to attend throughout the day! Some classes may require
you to bring and prepare paper in a specific way, so check the details below. Some classes may also
fill up quickly!

Also make sure to bring the paper required for the classes you’re planning on attending.
Complimentary 15cm and 25cm kami will be available near where the vending tables are (tentatively
room 1-150)

Rows represent time, and columns represent specific rooms with the room number and capacity in
the blue boxes at the top. Classes are colored by type, and difficulties are listed relative to the other
classes offered at this convention.
Green: Simple model
Yellow: Intermediate model
Salmon: Advanced model
Purple: Lectures or interactive

*Disclaimer: schedule and details are subject to change


**Note: Classes operate on “MIT time,” meaning they start 5 minutes later and end 5 minutes earlier
than the written time. Ex: 10am - 11am actually means 10:05am - 10:55am
Class details

Opening session
Special guests: Anicé Claudéon and Joseph Hwang
Host: Brandon Wong
9:30am - 10am, room 1-190

We will be kicking off the convention with a short talk from each
of our two special guests, who will talk about their unique work
in pushing the frontiers of origami.

We may also take a convention group photo during this time, so


make sure to be there!

Hedgehog
Instructor: Anicé Claudéon
Designer: Anicé Claudéon
10am - 11:30am, room 3-370

Please bring a sheet of duo color 24cm kami

Color Alternating Octagon


Instructor: Nobuko Okabe
Designer: Nobuko Okabe
10am - 11am, room 5-217

An 8 piece modular. Please bring 8 sheets of 15cm kami.


Happy Flappy Bat
Instructor: Michael Lafosse
Designer: Michael Lafosse
10am - 11am, room 5-134

Happy Flappy Bat, by Michael LaFosse. Fold this new origami


action model created for the Peabody Essex Museum's New
exhibit, "Bats!" This origami bat can be folded from a square or
a half-sheet of letter paper. We shall learn both.

Materials will be provided.

Helmet Beetle
Instructor: Jiin
Designer:
10am - 11am, room 1-134

Please bring a sheet of 20-24 cm paper.


Participation is limited to 20 attendees.

Single Sheet Polyhedra


Instructor: John Szinger
10am - 11am, room 1-132

Presentation about folding origami polyhedra from a single


sheet, including general principles, design techniques,
advanced folding ideas, and numerous examples with
photographs and crease patterns.

Nobuko’s Puff Ring


Instructor: Nobuko Okabe
Designer: Nobuko Okabe
11am - 12pm, room 5-217

An 8-piece modular that can be puffed up after assembly.


Please bring 8 sheets of 15cm kami.
Stingray
Instructor: Michael Lafosse
Designer: Michael Lafosse
11am - 12pm, room 5-134

Fold this new origami stingray designed by Michael LaFosse


following their 2022 exhibit "Splash" at the Boston Children's
Hospital.

Materials will be provided.


Participation is limited to 25 attendees.

Origamish design
Instructor: Adrienne
11am - 12pm, room 1-134

Origami as a tool, aesthetic, and inspiration in other areas of


design, including my own work.

Designing action with spring joints


Instructor: Malcolm Smith
11am - 12pm, room 1-132

Action origami usually requires folds that only work in certain


contexts. I will be describing a new method of designing action
in origami that can be applied to any design using spring joints.
Examples will be provided from my own work and I will show the
process of designing new models with this technique.
Pteranodon
Instructor: Jakin Ng
Designer: Robert J Lang
11:30am - 1pm, room 3-370

Please bring 25cm paper or larger

Rodan
Instructor: Joseph Adia
Designer: Joseph Adia
11:30am - 1pm, room 1-136

Please bring 25cm of kami, double tissue, or foil paper.

Participation is limited to 15 attendees.

Giant Curved Crease Sculpture


Instructor: Prof. Erik Demaine
12pm - 1pm, room 5-217

I'll describe some of our latest curved crease sculpture,


including the 14-foot tall Hanging Out, Braille printed in a spiral,
and a puzzling sculpture made for the IMO. (See
https://erikdemaine.org/curved/ for images.) In addition to the
folding, I'll describe the underlying algorithms and mathematics
of these sculptures.
Catacomb Recursion
Instructor: Malcolm Smith
Designer: Malcolm Smith
12pm - 1pm, room 1-132

Catacomb recursion, by Malcolm Smith. This is a recursive


model that could go on forever, with enough folds and enough
patience. I will provide 10” kami, bigger paper would allow for
more recursive steps.

Participation is limited to 20 attendees.

Bluefin Tuna
Instructor: Joseph Hwang
Designer: Joseph Hwang
2pm - 4pm, room 3-370
22.5 design with 83 steps. Please bring a large thin sheet, at
least 25cm kami.

Cat + design process


Instructor: Joey Dong
Designer: Joey Dong
2pm - 3pm, room 5-217

Come learn how to make a cute cat and my thought process


behind designing it! I will also talk about how CPs (crease
patterns) work, as well as how you can customize this cat (and
every other model) to your own likings :). This will be a fun and
simple peek at designing origami for beginners, without much
math and computations involved.

Please bring a sheet of duo color 15cm kami.

An Introduction to Golden Venture


Instructor: Eashan Iyer
2pm - 3pm, room 5-134

I will be teaching about a type of modular design called Golden


Venture (aka 3D origami). I will show how to make pieces, as
well as how they will fit together.
Cuttlefish and octopus
Instructor:
Designer:
2pm - 4pm, room 1-132

Fun cephalopods from the Adriatic Sea! The Cuttlefish and


Octopus models are fully 3-D and sculptural, and can be folded
from a variety of different papers.

Participation is limited to 25 attendees.

Metal folding
Instructor:
Designer:
2pm - 3pm, room 1-136

We will fold 38 gauge metal sheets. Lisa will sample the


traditional crane, but you can fold something unique.

Materials will be provided.


Participation is limited to 15 attendees.

Penguin
Instructor: Ari Karthik
Designer: Jo Nakashima
3pm - 4pm, room 1-134

Materials will be provided.

Eastern Dragon
Instructor: Kenny Zhang
Designer: Jun Maekawa
4pm - 6pm, room 3-370

Please bring a sheet of 25x25cm kami.


Designing Corrugations
Instructor: Santrupthy Das
4pm - 5:30pm, room 5-217

With a focus on designing crease patterns for making flat


foldable corrugations, this session will allow participants to
model 3D forms on their desired shapes. We shall also discuss
interdisciplinary applications of the designed forms.

Please bring two different colored pens.

Speed Designing
Instructor: Brandon Wong
4pm - 5:30pm, room 5:134

Learn how to design and fold (almost) any subject within 15


minutes. We will briefly go over some of the motivations,
methods, and thought processes, and then the remaining time
will be time to practice as a group. You can expect to walk away
with around 4 new original designs of your own. (The models in
the image were designed and folded in 15 minutes each)

Please bring several sheets of 15cm duo color kami.

Wendsy Whitehead memoriam folding


Instructor: Lisa Corfman
4pm - 5pm, room 1-134

We will honor origami artist Wensdy Whitehead with a few


words and fold models she designed from her diagrams.

Please bring several sheets of 15cm kami.


Participation is limited to 25 attendees.
Orchid
Instructor: Greg
Designer: Robert J Lang
4pm - 6pm, 1-136

The following link contains tangible visual aid models for


important sinks for the class:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SnB6QRBwdxcADNLt6

Materials will be provided.


Participation is limited to 15 attendees.

Collegiate Fish
Instructor: Talo Kawasaki
Designer: Talo Kawasaki
5pm - 6pm, 1-132

You won’t be going against the current with this swimming fish
model. It’s easy and variable. You can keep it simple or add
extra features, like eyes, and extra fins. So much fun, you want
to fold a school of them!
Please bring a duo color sheet of 15cm kami.

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