( ) space: Legal Size

Last night, the grad program hosted an opening event at the new ( ) space at the 1612 West 3rd Studios. The exhibition put us all on the same page. Literally.

We were invited to use a legal sized piece of paper to make something that represented where we were at in our research. I opted to create a piece of origami, interactive in nature, to show how I am investigating communication when you don't have a shared language (as a designer who has trusted this more in her previous work).

Origami, as a pattern language, is interesting to me in as much as demonstrates how art and math can work together to create objects both functional and beautiful. My last post identifies the ways that health and science are benefiting from the principles of this ancient art form. I learned how to make this piece without a manual or words. I watched videos or looked at the fold patterns as a means to consider how I can learn something without text.


Kara shows Rok her interactive piece, Without Words. Photos courtesy of Defne.

The art and science of Origami

I have been completely taken with all things origami recently. I'm not good at it like Lang, but I am keen on how this is being referenced as a language. I respect and am interested in the connections between art and science that are discussed in this TED talk. I am blown away that these items can be made with one uncut piece of paper.

Even more fodder.