Origami Design Secrets

Peters, 2003) and has created tarantulas, delicate herons, 12-spined shells and big-horned elk out of single, uncut, folded sheets of paper. -Edward Rothstein, The New York Times , April 2006 Susan Orlean profiles Robert J. Lang in "The Origami Lab: Why a physicist dropped everything for paper folding" "The first part of his plan was to write the book he'd been contemplating while still at JDS Uniphase -- Origami Design Secrets, which was published in 2003 and lays out the underlying principles of origami and desgin techniques." -Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, February 2007 The Times Magazine asked 10 artists to design "green" flags to illustrate Thomas L. Friedman's cover story. Here's how origami artist Robert J. Lang created his flag. -The New York Times Magazine , April 2007 "Now meet Robert Lang. When he folds paper, he doesn't just make objects, he creates art. He's able to see paper differently than the rest of us." Watch the video from CBS Sunday Morning -CBS Morning News, May 2007 "Through the years I was a professional physicist, I found that the tools I had learned doing physics and engineering--the mathematics and the approach to breaking down problems and studying the underlying theory--could be applied to origami as well. So that helped me to develop my origami art to a fairly high level. " Cabinet, Issue 17 -Margaret Wertheim, May 2005 "Lang chose to strike a balance between a book that describes origami design algorithmically and one that appeals to the origami community... For mathematicians and origamists alike, Lang's expository approach introduces the reader to technical aspects of folding and the mathematical models with clarity and good humor... Origami Design Secrets ... is highly recommended for mathematicians and students alike who want to view, explore, wrestle with open problems in, or even try their own hand at the complexity of origami model design." -Thomas C. Hull, The Mathematical Intelligencer , March 2005 Robert Lang Sheds Light on the Math That Underlies Origami: See the link above for an article about Robert Lang's MAA Carriage House lecture "From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes," including links to an interview with Robert Lang and an audio file of the lecture. -MAA Online, July 2009"