Above: Origami Instructions

Origami inspired art by Elod Beregszaszi

Art by Kota Hiratsuka

Art by Kota Hiratsuka

Issey Miyake necklace, , Art by Joanie Lemercier, Skirt by Manish Arora

Cloak by Alexandra Verschueren, Folder fabric by Aramloe

Today I fell down a rabbit hole of origami inspirations.  Folded fabric instructions to such complicated forms as cats and people have a hallucinatory intricate quality. Then there is the creative colorful stuff that artists do with origami, and of course folded fabrics create some amazing effects in fashion. For textile and pattern designers, the inspirations are limitless; From the flat folding map instructions that can inspire intricate geometric patterns, to the casting of shadow and light that can inspire three dimensional looking prints.

-Claudia Brown