How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)(web.archive.org)
222 points byexvi2 days ago |11 comments
sts1536 hours ago
Wistar4 hours ago
Thanks. These are waaay better instructions.
saalweachter6 hours ago
I used to fold an origami unicorn design by Marc Kirschenbaum. I can't find any instructions on the Modern Internet, but I used to fold it out of gum-wrappers while sitting in class.

The unicorn from the film itself wasn't "true" origami, being a prop consisting of several pieces glued together, but it really popularized the idea of an origami unicorn and a number of the current designs were prompted by it.

shevy-java1 hour ago
Are we losing old websites like that?

I actually was unaware that this warranted a website. When I was young, I had one origami book. I completed it to about 40%; wasn't too bad but was far away from being really good. Origami is quite an art. These days I tend to watch youtube videos more than look at oldschool books but I loved that old handbook. Never folded a unicorn though.

puttycat4 hours ago
I recently picked up an origami book and started practicing in dull moments. I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with phone addiction.
MrPapz4 hours ago
Can you share any tips on good origami books for beginners?
puttycat4 hours ago
The nice one I found randomly in a store is by Adeline Klam. (originally in French, but I see there's an English version)
chao-3 hours ago
I used to do origami obsessively in my youth, and recently picked it up again while spending time with my nephew. I'll have to give this one a go!
21asdffdsa126 hours ago
Its not foldable from one paper sheet?
jcl4 hours ago
Correct… they “cheated” a little to make the props for the movie. There are other designs for single-sheet unicorn, winged unicorn, and Pegasus — particularly the ones from John Montroll — but they look a bit different from the movie props, and are harder to fold.

https://johnmontroll.com/books/dragons-and-other-fantastic-c...

the_af4 hours ago
Wow, those look fantastic!

I love Blade Runner (I'm obsessed with it), but the unicorn origami never clicked with me. These ones look much better.

PetitPrince3 hours ago
And then you have the works of Satoshi Kamyia which is on an even higher level https://origami.ilyazadornov.com/origami/2021/unicorn-satosh...
the_af33 minutes ago
Wow, impressive! Though I don't dig that "crumpled" style as much, maybe a bit of it but not this much.
bisby4 hours ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20071017100610fw_/http://cgi.lin...

On the final page it has a link to the "How to fold from a single sheet"

skrebbel5 hours ago
Okay?
IAmBroom3 hours ago
Origami by definition is folded from a single, square sheet.
skrebbel2 hours ago
When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers?

Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means ", and that's stupid for obvious reasons that I can't be bothered to spell out and therefore I disapprove".

Admittedly my reply was even worse so yeah, pot, kettle.

pavel_lishin48 minutes ago
So what did you mean?
ge965 hours ago
Interesting it starts off the same as a crane
etrvic4 hours ago
As many origami folds do, I believe
the_af4 hours ago
Am I the only one who starts folding an origami design, gets distracted, and somehow ends up with either a crane or a frog?
IAmBroom3 hours ago
I got a rock.
munificent2 hours ago
I always end up with a Frank Gehry building.
ge962 hours ago
Wow those are trippy like a building going through a dimensional rift or something

Some you could call a Dr. Seuss house the ones more boxy in appearance than curved

mbfg1 hour ago
Now we need the 1 cut and fold algorithm.
kittikitti5 hours ago
Thank you for sharing, I really enjoy origami and look forward to learning this fold.
lovegrenoble6 hours ago
Nice
notorandit4 hours ago
Where is Bladerunner mentioned?
Aardwolf1 hour ago
It does reference it in links on the 'COMPLETE' page