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I call it ‘archigami,’ although as near as I can tell, no one else does.

The originator of this art form, an architecture professor named Chatani Masahiro (茶谷正洋), calls it “Origamic Architecture,” but I’m a bit contrary. But who cares what it’s called? Check out some of it! There are several approaches to it, including one that involves the creation of multi-piece pop-up structures that emerge when their enfolding panels are opened 180 degrees, but my favorites Read more

When I read the email I receive from some of my favorite not-for-profit organizations, and see links to further information like this: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=Fa_ZPSW_W-e_kiG002aSKxB (don’t try to go there – long alphanumeric strings have been changed to protect the innocent), I become cranky. Why? Read on.

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Good heavens – I haven’t posted anything here for about 400 years. This reveals my secret: that this may look like a blog, but its really the junk drawer in the kitchen… :-\