“Between the Folds”–Origami as Scientific Art
Vanessa Gold, producer of the film, “Between the Folds” (winner of the 2010 Peabody award), chronicles origami, literally, “folding paper”. Many American children have attempted this Japanese craft in elementary school, making an origami crane or simple fish. However, origami is much, much more and has become something of a manic hobby among a number of Silicon Valley engineers. And, this film explains why–through filming the stories of ten origami artists/scientists, who have developed origami “technology”, in engineering, industrial design, and...