02 — Learning to fold · Self-directed — September 2023

maki

Origami lamp

NASA developed a starshade that folds flat for launch and blooms open in space. I used its publicly available fold pattern in a lighting context. Opening and closing like a flower, maki uses a motor connected by a chain, with a wire cable to unfurl the shade.

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Edition — 1× maki origami lamp · United Kingdom

Composition

3D-printed body and a folded paper shade.

Mechanism

Stepper motor, spur gears and a chain drive a wire cable that unfurls the shade.

Status

Prototype designs ongoing. The fold went on to become kumi’s paper bellow.

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