Origami in "Picard"

The future of origami in space technology is secured:



Hat tip: Vee on the Origami Mailing List

Honda celebrates its 70th anniversary

Celebrating Mr. Rogers

Blurb:

On this date, September 21, 1967, 51 years ago, Fred Rogers walked into the television studio at WQED in Pittsburgh to tape the very first episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which would premiere nationally on PBS in February 1968. He became known as Mister Rogers, nationally beloved, sweater wearing, “television neighbor,” whose groundbreaking children’s series inspired and educated generations of young viewers with warmth, sensitivity, and honesty. Today’s stop-motion, animated video Doodle celebrating Mister Rogers was created in collaboration with Fred Rogers Productions, The Fred Rogers Center, and BixPix Entertainment. Set to the iconic opening song of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (“Won’t You Be My Neighbor"), the Doodle aims to be a reminder of the nurturing, caring, and whimsy that made the show feel like a “television visit” between Mister Rogers and his young viewers.

Hat tip:  Yaacov and Leslie Cefali via Origami-L

Traditional origami on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

Season 4, episode 2, starting around 5:42 mark:




She passed away in 2013.  A YouTube commenter notes:

Mrs. Shiono (the lovely origami lady in this video), was my grandmother, who sadly passed away a few years ago. As you can tell from the video, she was an incredible origami artist and was still folding til the end. The fact that she had been on Mister Rogers' was a little fun fact my family loved to share: I still remember freaking out when this episode re-ran on our PBS station one time. She would be happy to know this episode made an impression on so many of you in the comments, when you were watching it on TV and even watching it now so many years later.

I haven't seen the recent Mr. Rogers documentary movie, but I've only heard great things about it.

Origami Sighting on Penn & Teller

The ninja-like models on the background wall:

Guinness World Record Paper Glider Throwing

Hat tip Fermin Fernandez Mendez:

It takes South Korea's Junguk Lee six minutes to fold each of his powerful piercing paper planes, essential for this record attempt, as seen on China's CCTV Guinness World Records Special 

Or watch it on Facebook:

The princess and the origami frog

Origami Sighting: Family Guy

Not kid-friendly...

Lexus through the eyes of art

Congratulations Himanshu Agrawal!

Superbrain

Dr. Lang's email sent to the Origami Email List:

Hi all,


Several weeks ago, I was invited to Nanjing, China, to be one of the “course-setters” for a Chinese game show, “Superbrain”, in which two teams of contestants compete in various types of mental challenge, and the one I was involved in required examining origami crease patterns with spots on them and estimating how many of the spots would be visible on the outside of the folded model. The show is now posted on the intertubes:


http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrc1ybno.html?vfm=f_245_360d


You have to wait through 45 seconds of commercials to get to the show. The origami stuff starts showing up at about 40:00 in.


I want to especially draw your attention to the other course-setter, Pei Haozheng (裴浩正), who is a very talented origami artist and designer (and, incidentally, did the vast majority of the course-setting work; I was basically the window-dressing). Most of the origami you see during they show is his work. He’s a skilled artist and a nice guy, and we had some fun chats, where I learned more about the origami scene in China. There’s not a lot of folders, and a few famous (and infamous) ones who have a tendency to pass off others’ work as their own (to the chagrin of the rest), but the community of original designers is vibrant, if small, and growing. I expect we’ll see more from them in the coming years! And keep an eye on Pei.


Enjoy,


Robert

I gave up in hunting for an embed code.  So click on the link and enjoy!

What is it, Jared?

Jared Needle is Superhuman tomorrow night

Via OUSA:

Pacific Ocean Paperfolders (POP) member (and origami artist extraordinaire) Jared Needle will be a contestant on a nationally televised competition show called "Superhuman<http://www.fox.com/superhuman>." There are five contestants on every show, each contestant possessing a unique, amazing skill. The contestants are given a challenge, and if they pass, they qualify for a $50,000 award, which is granted to the contestant deemed the favorite of the judges and studio audience.
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Jared will be presented with several from among 100 crease patterns, and will need to identify the models they will fold into. The episode airs on July 31 at 9:00 PM on Fox. Don't miss it!.Jared will be presented with several from among 100 crease patterns, and will need to identify the models they will fold into. The episode airs on July 31 at 9:00 PM on Fox. Don't miss it!

The World's Largest Origami Cake at the Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove

I had the honor and privilege of helping Linda Mihara construct her origami cake, along with the help of Marti Reis, Able, Kristin, and Sven.

This morning was the grand unveiling:

More photos here.

Origami Revolution on PBS

Haven't even sat down for time to watch this, yet; but the whole community has been buzzing about it.






According to Seth Friedman through "Google trends", searches are up 46% on origami since the NOVA airing.

What does Gotham have to do with the Penguin?

Apparently, Jo Nakashima's penguin made an appearance on the television show, Gotham:







Fold your own:

Downtime with Chewbacca

The Carbonaro Effect

Hat tip:  Van Zundert Vink Elly

Letters to Dad

Description:

A little boy is missing his father, a soldier overseas. Being a kid, he tries to send his dad letters by throwing them over the fence as a fleet of paper airplanes. A kind next-door neighbor finds these paper airplanes and packages them up in a box to send to the father. When the neighbor receives a delivery of replies from overseas, he sends the paper airplanes back over the fence for the son to read. The Paper and Packaging Board helps make even the distance of oceans seem to disappear.

A delightfully simple ad for the most simple of products, the Paper and Packaging Board's, 'Letters to Dad' is a beautiful reminder of the power of paper.

Talk Lancashire with Stephen Watson

During Down Time....What to Do

Hat tip:  Karen Reed via O-List