Origami is the traditional
Japanese Art of paper folding. The
Japanese word “origami” is a compound of two smaller Japanese words折り紙“ori” meaning to fold and "kami" meaning paper.
One of the most famous origami designs is the Japanese crane that represents an
auspicious symbol in Japanese culture. An ancient Japanese legend promises that
anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane,
such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.
Two years ago I had the pleasure to visit Japan, in my honeymoon, and in
our trip to Hiroshima, we visited the Sadako Sasaki memorial whose touching
history I invite you to read here. The Sadako Sasaki memorial is an important
symbol in the Nippon culture.
Con il termine
origàmi s’intende l'arte di piegare la carta, termine derivato dal giapponese 折り紙, “ori” piegare e “kami” carta.
Uno dei più famosi disegni origami è la gru che rappresenta un simbolo di
buon auspicio nella cultura giapponese. Un’antica leggenda
giapponese promette che chiunque faccia mille gru di carta otterrà che si
realizzi un desiderio, come ad esempio una vita lunga o la guarigione da
un’infermità.
Due anni fa, ho avuto il piacere di visitare il Giappone in occasione
del mio viaggio di nozze e nella nostra tappa a Hiroshima abbiamo scoperto la
storia toccante di Sadako Sasaki che v’invito ad andare a leggere qui. Il
monumento dedicato a Sadako Sasaki è un simbolo importante nella cultura
nipponica.
Obviously, Origami is not only this, but much more… and nowadays is not
only Japan and Japanese art.
Such an elegant and distinguished Art has become an important source of
inspiration for Architects and Interior designers.
A brief look at the following amazing and astonishing creations helps to
understand what I mean…
Ovviamente origami non è solo questo ma molto, molto di
più…e oggigiorno non va più a rappresentare solo il Giappone e l’arte
giapponese.
Un’arte così raffinata ed elegante non poteva non diventare
fonte d’ispirazione per il mondo dell’architettura e dell’Interior design.
Una carrellata di creazioni
meravigliose e sorprendenti a seguire, vi farà capire cosa intendo…
Klein
Bottle House is an inspirational architecture designed by McBride Charles Ryan,
situated on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, Australia.
With
the opportunity to be folding and unfolding like origami, the Bengt Sjostrom Starlight
Theater in Rockford (USA) brings flexible opportunities to its audiences….
leaving them to enjoy starlight when possible.
Origami
Modern Sofa is a leather sofa design by Andrea Lucatello for Cattelan Italia. The
cool thing of this sofa is that when needed, can be convert into a bed with a
simple maneuver of the frame, giving to an overnight guest all the comfort and
pleasure of a bed.
Stealth
pendant light, designed by Antonio Arevalo.
Composed
from a single plane of smooth Perspex, and folded into an origami like pyramid,
light bursts out of this striking lamp.
This origami chair called “Cardine” came from the imaginative mind of
the Korean designer Sooin Kim. It is formed with only one sheet of plastic and
two pieces of Velcro and it is also easy to fold whenever and wherever you
want!
“Tangram”
designed by Daniele Lago, is a particular and versatile bookcase inspired to an
ancient Chinese game.
It
is compound by 7 different geometric pieces that can be assembled in many
different ways sometimes taking a curious and funny bookcase shape.
The table “4foldlow” designed by the English designer George Rise for Formtank. It is made by cutting a standard sheet of
steel and then folding it by hand, giving to the table an origami shape.
Images Source:
www.arthitectural.com; www.archdaily.com; www.tucasainteriors.com; www.freshome.com; www.yankodesign.com; www.lago.it; www.dezeen.com