Take a structure, strip away all of the non-essentials, and squeeze out every last unused bit of air space, and what do you get? Something a lot like a folded sheet of paper. This folding shelter designed by Doowon Suh is as elementary as it gets – a series of sheets that unfold like origami… Continue reading Origami Shelter: Instant Flat-Pack Architecture on Demand | WebUrbanist
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Origami Invitational – All Youth Origami Artists Welcome to join in the June Exhibit at Mind Unwind Gallery
In celebration of two Featured Youth Origami Artists, the June Exhibition at Mind Unwind Gallery will include an Origami Invitational All youth origami artists will be welcome to bring in and share their favorite pieces during the West Seattle Artwalk June 13th, 5pm-7pm. Included in the June exhibition called “The Sacred Shadow Self” will be… Continue reading Origami Invitational – All Youth Origami Artists Welcome to join in the June Exhibit at Mind Unwind Gallery
Video: The Art and Mathematics of Origami | CAST
Congratulations to Erik and Martin Demaine for their recent Guggenheim award! “One of our growing realizations over the years is that mathematics itself is an art form, and I think that’s what attracted both of us to this area in the first place. [I]t has the same kind of creativity, the same kinds of aesthetics,… Continue reading Video: The Art and Mathematics of Origami | CAST
Top 10 skills children learn from the arts
You don’t find school reformers talking much about how we need to train more teachers in the arts, given the current obsession with science, math, technology and engineering (STEM), but here’s a list of skills that young people learn from studying the arts. They serve as a reminder that the arts — while important to… Continue reading Top 10 skills children learn from the arts
Reaching for the Better Angels of our Nature – Art Installation by Karah Pino, MAcOM
I began this piece with the idea that our better nature, the nature of humanity in harmony with the natural world, is just a decision away. All we have to do is reach for the truth in ourselves. Artwalk December 13th, 2012 at Mind Unwind Gallery in West Seattle. “Artpocalypse” happening all day December 21st,… Continue reading Reaching for the Better Angels of our Nature – Art Installation by Karah Pino, MAcOM
These 19th-century diagrams were one man’s attempt to illustrate human consciousness
Could you represent the stages of human consciousness with a diagram? In the late 19th century, New Zealand psychologist Benjamin Betts tried to apply mathematics to the problem of visualizing human consciousness. What he produced were striking, almost floral designs that he believed represented the shape of out consciousness for a given activity. Maria Popova… Continue reading These 19th-century diagrams were one man’s attempt to illustrate human consciousness