Drawing inspiration from ancient art forms – kirigami (paper cutting) and origami (paper folding) – researchers have found a ...

Using the design principles of the kirigami, the ancient art of folding and cutting paper, researchers at the North Carolina State University in the US have developed technology that can move ...

Here, the bare whiteness of the site inspired them to cut and fold a sheet of paper, a technique the Japanese call kirigami and that gave the house its name. It’s a version of origami, in which paper ...