Folded Beauty...

Found these brilliant folded artwork through upon a fold.

Work of Maria Prada and architect and jeweller. She cleverly crafts this paper folds giving them structure and depth. She makes them into brooches and they are available at her etsy store.

I'm ordering mine :)

all images via upon a fold

Google is honoring Akira Yoshizawa.

Would have been 101 year's old today. (14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005)

Who is he? Well he is just about the greatest origamist. Considered to be the grand master of origami and has created an estimated whopping 50,000 origamis in his lifetime.
With only a few hundreds documented in his 18 books.

He was bestowed the "Order of the Rising Sun" by the emperor Hirihito in 1983. The highest honour to be given to a Japanese citizen.

He was a great cultural ambassador for Japan, bringing origami from a craft to living art.

In his honor, today, Google doodle is featuring Akira Yoshizawa.

image via origami spirit




The origami crane diagram, using the Yoshizawa-Randlett system

image via gilad's origami page

   




Perk up Mondays...

Some cute stationeries from two korean stationers with an eye for design and cuteness...Millimeter Milligram and Jstory.
Found through Sally J Shim's blog. Which i'm totally devouring on this gloomy monday. She'salso  the designer behind Shim and Sons which specialises in paper goods and home accessories. Totally hooked.

Do check out her blog for some great reads and inspiring designs on paper goods and more stuffs on her life and travels and her two very cute boys.


Love the characters from Jstory, too cute and quirky.

Jstory

plus the cool stationeries from Millimeter Milligram (MMMG)


mmmg

all images via sallyjshim blog