Origami Sightings - Magazines

Compiled by Janet Hamilton

"Folding paper is fun for everyone" by Allan Carpenter in Popular Mechanics v. 85 (April 1946) p. 196-9. The article has directions for a traditional frog (the legs valley-folded in, rather than inside-reversed), a strange variant of the flapping bird, the chewing-gum wrapper chain and the printer's hat.

"Make a paper menagerie" by Allan Carpenter in Popular Mechanics v. 97 (February 1952) p. 192-3.

It is rumored that back in the 70's there was an issue of Playboy magazine with a Dollar Bill Playboy Bunny rabbit's head on the cover, and instructions on how to fold it inside.

The July 1995 issue of Threads magazine had an paper article by Glenda Scott. To see more about the fabric origami that Glenda makes, go to http://www.fabricorigami.com/index.html 

Martha Stewart who published a very lucid description of the of making a German/Swedish woven star process in her Living under the title of How to "Make a Star Ornament".

The March 1997 issue of Family Fun magazine had an article on "Crafty Computers" in its regular Family Computing department.  A sidebar to the article is called "the family web", and talks about craft resources on the web.  Mentioned are Aunt Annie's Craft Page, Alex Barber's Origami Page, and Disney Online (for clip art to be colored).  Here's the text of the part about Alex's web page: " Origami Page (www.nol.net/~barber/origami/) - Use up misfed printer sheets by turning them into elegant animals.  This page offers instructions for dozens of folded-paper projects, including a one-fold stegosaurus, Zen-like in its simplicity." Alex Barber's web site is now at a new address - http://www.origami.com/ 

The March 1997 edition of National Geographic magazine had an article called "The Magic of Paper". Origami is mentioned once, and there is a picture of a monument in Hiroshima draped with strings of cranes.

The Summer 1997 copy of the Wildfowl and Wetlands magazine contained diagrams for an origami crane. It included some background on cranes, and their significance in Japanese culture. There is also a short Japanese folk tale called "The Crane Wife".

The July 1997 issue of Diabetes Forecast had an article in the Kids Corner called "Use Your Noodle".  The article talks about things that make it hard to think (other than low blood sugar), like feeling stupid, feeling sad, worrying, and being afraid to ask questions.  There are diagrams for folding a paper hat, and suggestions to draw "thinking tools" on the hat, such as a friend, people you trust, something smart you did, something that makes you happy, and a big question mark for all the questions you want to ask.

Time magazine, December 8, 1997, "Too High in California?" – "A six-foot cannabis leaf painted on the front door proudly advertises the wares of the San Francisco Cannabis Cultivators Club. Inside the five-story glass-and-concrete emporium on busy Market Street, origami cranes and LEGALIZE POT posters provide the decor, while live flamenco dancers on a third-floor stage supply the entertainment. At either of two bars, customers--all of whom are at least nominally required to show they have come on doctor's orders--can choose from among 10 grades of marijuana leaf, along with capsules, tinctures and half a dozen varieties of pot-laced baked goods."

The December 1997-Jan 1998 issue of Martha Stewart Living published a picture, on page 83, of a Christmas tree decked out in little yellow, blue and green origami water bombs.   These are referred to in the magazine as "origami light shades."  Written instructions for "origami light shades" are on page 82.

The March/April 1998 issue of National Geographic Traveler had an article in it's "Short Takes" section on Nagasaki Peace Park, Japan. It mentions the Peace Statue and reflecting pool, then, "On either side of the pool sit simple gray stone shrines trimmed with long strings of "thousands of cranes" - brightly colored origami shapes representing one of  Japan's most loved birds, a symbol of long life filled with happiness."

Doll World featured Geoline Havener's kimono paper dolls from her origami page in their April 1998 issue. http://www.geocities.com/jaspacecorp/origami.html 

Poetry magazine, September 1998, had a poem called Morning Glory by Joan McMillan. "It is as if all sorrows vanish into the earth/and re-bloom into flowers like this,/ an origami shape filled with sky."

Martha Stewart Living May 1998  issue had "origami" boxes. She's got box cutouts and embedded boxes, but of course *no* attribution AND in the middle of the picture showing the "tools" necessary for the job is a (gasp) stick of glue. 

The cover of the June 1998 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal (topic: "Patterns & Object Oriented Design") features an origami book open to a page with diagrams for what appears to be a flapping bird. On top of the book are several folded objects -- a crane, a box, perhaps a hat, paper, and a diagram book – all neatly folded from plain solid paper. The photo appears again on page 21, next to an article titled "Automating Design - Pattern Identification." Alas, no diagrams inside.

The August 1998 issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine had a couple of origami projects in the BH&G Kids section. The projects included folding a simple paper airplane and a simple kite.

New York Magazine, 8/17/98 issue, page 18, had a small article on butterflies. "Butterflies, which over the past season metamorphosed into a ubiquitous fashion motif, are now starting to make surprise appearances at weddings -- live. Companies like the Butterfly Conservancy, Michael's Fluttering Wings, and Magical Beginnings are selling dormant butterflies in origami envelopes; when guests open the tiny parcels on cue, the sunlight rouses the creatures and they flutter out into view."

The November 1998 issue of ANA (a Japanese glossy magazine) had a 4-page article on Origami.  There were some very nice models, mainly pre-historic creatures, with three beetles on the last page.  There are also instructions on how to fold what looked like a Brontosaurus.

American Theater, December 1998: The play "Side Man" opened on Broadway in June of 1998, the first new play to be produced on the Roundabout Theatre Company's Main Stage. It was produced by the Weissberger Theater Group (Jay Harris, producer) and Peter Manning. Side Man is the winner of Newsday's Oppenheimer Award.
"TERRY (Entering): What is that thing?
GENE: It's an orgone box.
TERRY: Orgone? Like the Japanese POWs used to do? After the war, I worked at a holding camp and--
ZIGGY: What is she talking about--
JONESY (Gently explaining): That's origami, this is orgone."

Phi Delta Kappan, January 1999, "When Process Becomes Policy". "THIS FALL, Mr. Bass,[1] an exemplary teacher of writing in the rural hills of eastern Kentucky, taught his class the Newberry award-winning novel Missing May.[2] The story centers on one family's struggle to survive the death of kin. Ob, grieving for his wife, is brought back from depression with the help of two children, Summer and Cletus. He went on to suggest what some of the characters of Missing May --including Ob, the whirligig maker himself -- might do if faced with a portfolio task. Mr. Bass wrote, "Ob would probably do no writing, but take his portfolio folder and make an Origami bird or something." In other words, Ob would be hard to pin down to the task at hand, being more inclined to the artistic than the pragmatic side of things. But Mr. Bass has to juggle both, and one of the ways that he does so is through the use of artful questions."

Entertainment Weekly, January 8, 1999, Wh@t To Surf – "StageHand Puppets" (fox.nstn.ca/~puppets/activity.html [Link no longer active]) Here's a site that comes with no strings attached. Sponsored by a Canadian manufacturer, this site lets kids publish their own puppet plays, download origami and paper animal patterns, or make original puppets using old socks, gloves, paper bags, and wooden spoons. If they're not happy with their creations, you can always order a puppet from the company's extensive collection. B"

The March 1999 issue of Family Fun magazine was a special crafts issue. It included an article on the "Kidcot Fun Stops" that the magazine sponsors at the World Showcase in EPCOT Center (Walt Disney World, Florida). The article describes and gives instructions for the crafts at the Fun Stops. The Japan stop features an origami butterfly, and the Germany stop an origami "Edelweiss Hat". The "Object of Fun" feature was also origami related, covering the Paper Airplane, with folding instructions, time and distance records, flight tips, and game suggestions.  The diagrammed plane set world records. It was designed by Ken Blackburn who held the world record for time aloft from 1983 till l996.  His homepage (with folding instructions) is http://www.paperplane.org/.

The March 1999 issue of Wired magazine had an excellent photo of Robert Lang's Allosaurus skeleton. The sidebar also mentions his TreeMaker software, and a web pointer for it: http://origami.kvi.nl/programs/treemaker/index.htm   or http://www.langorigami.com/science/treemaker/treemaker.php4 

The April 1999 issue of Diabetes Forecast had instructions on folding a paper pinwheel in their kids pages.

National Review, June 28, 1999, "Memorial Daze", about the dispute between the Air Force and Marines about the site of a proposed Air Force memorial. "The National Park Service, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts have all endorsed the proposed two-acre site and the [Air Force] memorial's design-which calls for a 50-foot-tall aluminum, origami-like structure that would include an underground visitors center."

Time South Pacific, July 12, 1999, Tick…Tick…Tick… – "AH, SUMMER IN JAPAN. FOLKS drenched by the June rains look forward to a brief respite before the monsoons. In early July there's time for the Tanabata festival, when children tie colorful origami to bamboo branches and float them down rivers and streams. Later this summer the most popular sporting event of the year, the national high school baseball tournament, gets under way with the first crack of the bat. Or will it? Put those dreamy thoughts on hold. Pack away the bats and balls. Crumple the origami. This is 1999. Anybody in Japan who hasn't been sleepwalking for the past five years is well aware that Nostradamus, the long-dead French astrologer, predicted that the world would end in 1999's seventh month. Wake up, people, it's Apocalypse This Week!""

Asiaweek online, 7/16/99, carried a two page spread called "Paper's New Fold - Bold "origamists" are taking the ancient Japanese craft of folding paper to new and fantastic heights of artistry and fun." The article included many illustrations of origami by enthusiasts in Japan. Mentioned are Hojo Takashi, Yamaguchi Makoto, and Kawahata Fumiaki (surnames first in the Japanese tradition). By Antonio Pagnotta http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/99/0716/feat1.html 

The New York Times Sunday Magazine for 7/18/99, p 20, "The ethicist" column by Randy Cohen. R.B. of  Dallas asked what's the ethical thing to do when his bank account was mistakenly overcredited, but the bank ignored his letters about the continuing problem. The ethicist's reply, in part: "...The bank's error--no matter how persistent--does not justify theft. Your situation is undoubtedly frustrating. If you found a bag of cash that no one came forward to claim, you would eventually be allowed to keep it. But all you've discovered are numbers on a bank balance. Such are the vexations of the cashless economy. That, and the fact that you can't tip an attractive waitperson by making an origami bird out a Visa card...."

Marc Kirschenbaum had some of his origami in a recent issue of STUFF, a magazine for the graphics design industry. (8/99)

Exploratorium Museum Magazine OnLine had an issue on Origami (with real video showing Jeremy Shafer’s flasher, flasher hat, and folding a flaming flapping bird.) http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/index.html.

Dynamic Graphics, Sept./Oct. 1999 pg. 33, "The Flying Fold", included in an article entitled "Invitations with a Twist". An invitation is folded into a "simplified swan" that is "easy enough even for those of us who are origami-challenged". Page 62 has a One Minute Workshop with diagrams.

Good Housekeeping, November 1999, Peggy Noonan wrote "Look Forward" on page 104. "Once we shut off the television in our house for a week. On the third origami house, I began to sob."

Inspirations for your Home (a British decorating magazine), December 1999 featured a simple "balloon" box fold which you can put over those small "fairy" Christmas lights as a sort of party decoration. The article advises to not leave them on for very long and to check them frequently.

Barron's (a Dow Jones financial publication), 12/7/99, had an origami bull and a bear on the cover to illustrate an article on investment in Japan.

The December 13, 1999 issue of The New Yorker, in the "Shouts & Murmurs" column, is a facetious piece by Bruce McCall about auctioning off gifts of state which were never given due to changing political circumstances. "Japan's intention of honoring Afghanistan with a lavishly electroplated bonsai Christmas tree, bearing dozens of microprocessor-powered origami wind chimes, fell through when ..."

The December 15, 1999 issue of Bottom Line Personal has a section called "Very Useful Web Sites."   Listed is:
Origami: Illustrations and instructions for folded paper cranes, sharks and other imaginative shapes. www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca

From Bruce Sterling's article "War is Virtual Hell", in WIRED magazine, volume 1, number 1, "* Let's have a speculative look at the 21st-century USA. Amber waves of grain and all that. Peaceful place; scarcely resembles a military superpower at all. Hardly any missile silos, hardly any tanks, hardly any concertina wire. Until the Americans need it. Then the whole massive, lethal superstructure comes unfolding out of 21st-century cyberspace like some impossible fluid origami trick."

The March 2000 issue of Modern Maturity: "[Diane] Ackerman teaches a creativity class at Cornell University and recently completed a collection of poetry entitled ORIGAMI BRIDGES."

National Geographic Traveler, March 2000 had an article “Ottawa: A Very British Place”. In speaking of the Ottawa Tulip Festival, 'The father smiled tiredly.  "Crazy day," he said to me.  "Since breakfast we’ve been to a jazz concert, gotten soaked at the kids’ boat flotilla, seen Japanese origami, watched Turkish folk dancing, martial arts, a gymnastics display…and it’s only three o’clock!" '

Martha Stewart Living, April 2000, in an article on page 76 recommends four ways of "Wrapping Flowers"  with paper. The "Folded Pocket" and "Paper Wrapping" methods are pure origami.

In the May/June 2000 issue of Rubber Stamper Magazine origami is featured in Roberta Wax's article titled "Fold"...about how to incorporate origami with rubber stamp design to make greeting cards. Among the photos of samples are two cards designed by my mother Masako Sakai and Michie Sahara.

Discover magazine, August 2000, carried an uncredited model from Joseph Wu. There were a series of origami related puzzles, and one of these puzzles shows a picture of Joseph's famous one-fold stegosaurus. Given the simplicity of the model, independent discovery is likely (and it was not even labeled as a dinosaur). Yoshizawa had even featured the model in his beginning origami class and called it a flower.

The July 2000 issue of bLink (a magazine for Earthlink subscribers), www.paperfolding.com gets a flattering mention, and a few Lang insects are pictured.

In the September 2000 issue of Family Fun Magazine, there is an article called “Families Who Learn Together”.  A section on page 66 is subtitled Around the World in an Evening, and suggests ways of learning about different cultures. The adjacent picture is a collection of Japanese items, including 3 origami cranes.

On page B4 of the New York Times METRO section on Friday August 18, 2000 there was an article by Lynda Richardson "Old MetroCards as Origami, Not Litter".  The article was about Michael Makman, known as Professor Putter, and showed a cute picture with a table of his MetroCard creations.

The Austin Business Journal  had an article called “Capital Gains - Taking care of business” by Daryl Janes, Marla Dial, and Charul Vyas. It was about a company event marking the shipment of their first product. 'The shindig also will feature a Japanese version of the piñata, known as a kusudama. "It's something that's part of celebrations of this sort in Japan," explains Tom Dwyer, a human resources recruiter who's donned a marketing hat during TEX's hiring freeze.  "Instead of whacking it -- ecstatic Texans that we are -- you open it, and there's confetti, streamers and banners," Dwyer says.  In Japan -- but not Texas -- kusudamas also contain live birds, which fly out as a symbol of good luck or prosperity.

In the September 11, 2000 New Yorker there was an article by John McFee about fish in which  he describes Armand Chast's activities in his van "Something like origami is going on in there, as hooks and hinges link unfolding parts and the van turns into a store." (p. 70)

In the 9/21/2000 Lockergnome newsletter, there was a review of Joseph Wu's origami site. 
GnomeFAVORITE
Joseph Wu'S Origami Page
http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/
{Origami lessons and gallery} Origami is an intriguing art form. Most of us can make a paper airplane, but with Origami, you can make a 747 complete with cockpit, altimeter, engines, landing gear, and the entire flight crew... as well as the projector for the in-flight Pauly Shore movie (this week: Biodome). There's something miraculous about turning an ordinary piece of paper into a shark or a bird, or turning a pizza box into a pterodactyl for that matter. This site includes diagrams for both novice and advanced folders, and also includes a gallery of Origami work from some amazing artists who have made everything from animals to mythical creatures to microscopes. Dig in, and try to avoid paper cuts if possible.

The July 2000 issue of Smithsonian (magazine of the Smithsonian Institution) there was an article called "Mad Hatter" on page 88 a man named Moses who makes paper hats out of grocery bags. He had a display at the Mingei Museum in California. The hats combine paperfolding with paper sculpting.  http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues00/jul00/hats.html http://www.mingei.org/prevexcrownglory.html 

November 12, 2000 - The Littleton Origami Group was mentioned in the Sunday Boston Globe Magazine, pg. 73, for their work on a holiday tree inspired by the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." The tree was part of an exhibit at the Concord Museum in Concord, MA, entitled "Family Trees: Generations of Storytelling." The article said:  “The decorators [of this particular tree], all members of the Littleton Origami Group, mimicked the book's colorful illustrations with their creations.”  It also mentions Eric Kenneway's "Complete Origami" as a good how-to book, and the West Concord Five & Ten, Pearl Art & Craft Supplies in Cambridge, and Play Time in Arlington as good origami supply stores.

The cover of the November 2000 issue of Computer Telephony magazine shows a man in a business suit talking on a phone and tossing a paper airplane over a globe.  The lead article is "Instant Messaging and 'Presence'".

There is an article in Issue No. 71 of Traditional Quiltworks Magazine featuring Rebecca Wat. She folds an origami design from one piece of fabric and then incorporates them into quilts.  She has written a book, "Fantastic Fabric Folding" (C & T Publishing, 2000).

The Guardian (London, UK) December 18, 2000. "Many of these newcomers seek to fill gaps left by the stratification of the market into rigid, stereotyped age-groups demographic and social change have rendered outdated. Encouraged by the example of Red, Eve and Nova targeted what the Guardian's Jessica Hodgson described as "a generation weaned on Cosmopolitan and Elle, which is maturing but no longer wants to lurch abruptly from orgasms to origami". Star's intended readers are high-spending, celebrity-obsessed "tweenagers" aged between 11 and 16, too smart for pre-teen mags but not yet ready for Company...."

In the Jan/Feb 2001 Stanford magazine, there's an article on Stanford University professors with interesting sidelines. Along with professors who are experts in horse and dog breeding, motorcycle racing, and winemaking, there's BARF member Neil Risch, a genetic epidemiologist, shown with a knight on horseback and a biplane he folded.

The Jan/Feb 2001 issue of FiberArts magazine had "An Origami Zoo" listed on front cover. The article was about Michael LaFosse and included large colored pictures of a goldfish, mountain lion, pig, frog, bat, and a picture of Michael making paper.

BizArre magazine (2/2001?) had an article on origami, from, shall we say, the "Origami Underground" site!

From Talk magazine, March 2001, page 122, an article titled "Sex & Fashion:" "Eight is demonstrably a paltry number when you consider the many variations of oral sex described in the definitve work on the subject "Oragenitalism" (1969), by the sexual historian Gershon Legman - who by the way was also an authority on origami." Photographs for the article show fully clothed couples illustrating positions from the Kama Sutra. The couples are modeling clothing and shoes which are detailed in the captions. Historical note: Gershon Legman was the contact who brought Yoshisawa to the attention of Lillian Oppenheimer.

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, April 2001, had a kids craft idea using the traditional cootie catcher to make dinosaur head puppets. They glued on a row of teeth, tongue, eyes, and spines or horns.  Directions for the cootie catcher were given in text format only – no diagrams.

A May 2005 column in Macworld was titled “Homemade Mac: Harnessing the Power of Paper” by Kelly Lunsford. It listed origami CD-ROMS and web pages, including “Origami: The Secret Life of Paper” and Joseph Wu’s, Peter Budais’s, Alex Barber’s, and Fascinating Folds web pages. http://www.macworld.com/2001/05/bc/02howtohm_origami/ 

Origami dinosaurs, a Brachiosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus, alongside some 3D but obviously cut-out-and-assemble paper dinosaurs, were in an ad on the back of a Japanese magazine about prehistoric animals (Dino Press, v. 3, reported 5/10/2001).

A one page article of beautifully done napkin folds including a cool sombrero was in the June 2001 issue of House Beautiful magazine, page 152. The napkins were folded by Bertrand Bara of NYC.

The July 2001 issue of Stuff magazine had an item on page 78 listing New York City as the “Best City for Cable Porn”. However, it does state “The worst part: Bikini-clad hostess Robyn Byrd of The Robyn Byrd Show has more folds in her belly than an origami crane.”

Meu Dinheiro, Aug 2001, a Brazilian magazine for personal finances, p.18, carried a short article by Francoise Terzian. “Dollar as artform.” “In the U.S., some artists use currency paper to make origami”. It discussed money origami and featured work by Bob Nienhuis.

Spotted August 2001 in a Disney magazine - a fortune-teller, under the guise "Ariel's Game of Chance (Ariel from the movie The Little Mermaid). A pre-printed square could be cut out and folded, with pictures of fish on the outside, and directional messages placed on the inside, such as "makel a funny face".

Family Fun magazine, September 2001 – The last page featured folding instructions for an origami $ bill ring.

Martha Stewart Wedding magazine from November 2001(?) was a folded fortune tellers, but instead of fortunes inside were love quotes.

The December 2001 issue of Martha Stewart magazine contained an origami diagram showing how to make a crane as an ornament.

The Monday, December 10, 2001 Wall Street Journal, E-Commerce section, page R4, first column, Second Entry contained a brief article called "Pick Your Passion - for every obsession, there are an awful lot of Web sites." Included was the following entry (FYI, Robin King was a volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History for Origami USA):
Robin King 46
The Obsession
Origami
Recommended sites:
http://www.origami.as/ (Joseph Wu)
http://www.origami-usa.org (OUSA)
http://www.oriland.com (the Shumakovs)

On the cover of the March or April 2002 Wallpaper design magazine were three photos, one of a woman holding a green origami rabbit, the next of a hand holding an origami butterfly (complex, presumably folded from the green sheet), then a man holding a creased green sheet of paper. The cover and inside spread "Come into the Fold" were done by Rick Beech. The butterfly is a simple version of a Michael LaFosse model. The lower of the two boats (inside) is traditional, the "Yacht" is a cobbled Sampan and sail. The Event feature story was "All Fine on Paper," pp. 258-269. http://www.wallpaper.com 

From the Style/Entertainment NY Times magazine supplement, 03/24/02: "Who knew, for  instance,  that they  were folding napkins into animal shapes in 16th-century  Italy?" This reference is from a book published by the Victoria and Albert Museum called "Elegant Eating: 400 Years of Dining in Style."

National Geographic Traveler, Sept 2002 issue, the Calendar section, page EA2:
September 1-October 6
Charlotte Shout, Charlotte, NC. Citywide celebration of art and soul kicks off with a performance by the Paul Taylor Dance Company on Sept. 1. More than 200 visual, performing, musical, and culinary arts events, including the City Verve Jazz and Hertiage Festival, Sept. 13-15; the Southeast Origami Festival, Sept 24-30; and season premieres for Charloote Repertory, Charlotte Symphony, North Carolina Dance Theater, and Theater Charlotte. Held at venues throughout the city. 800-231-4636; www.charlotteshout.com.

National Geographic Traveler, Sept 2002 issue, the Calendar section, page EA62:
September 21-22
JapanFest Weekend, Stone Mountain, GA. Model a kimono and create delicate origami cranes at the highlight of a monthlong festival to promote understanding between Japanese and Americans in the southeast. This year's event includes the Zero Taiko drummers; Japanese candy artist Masaji Terasawa, who creates taffy-like edible flowers; martial arts demonstrations incuding aikido, judo, kendo, kyudo, and sumo; koi competitions; bonsai displays and demonstrations. Held at Stone Mountain Park. Fee. 404-524-7399; www.japanfest.org.

Winter 2002 issue of the Girl Scouts "Leader" magazine (Vol. 79, No. 4) has an article on page 18 titled "Way to Go Girls! Team-building at it's best." All the photos with the article show the girls scouts learning and folding the traditional origami crane. The article has to do with celebrating and recognizing each girl's individuality.

Family Fun magazine December/January 2003 on the last page features a “Try This Now” craft each month. This month the craft was “Make a paper balloon”, and gave folding instructions for the traditional waterbomb. The sample in the picture was made from what looked like Christmas wrap.

The January 2003 issue of the San Francisco Bay region Diablo Magazine has a short article and pictures of some origami figures (one of which has Robert Lang in the background).

On the table of contents page of the magazine JANE March 2003 issue, there is a little origami flapping bird made out of "blush" make-up paper (and shown again on p. 88). The caption says "The associate origami editor made this."

"clear" magazine contained origami models on the cover, and more inside. Inside are wonderful models, which appear to have been folded by Joseph Wu, since there was a "thank you" to him in the magazine. Included were a man in the boat with waves kept me staring, scantilly clad models adorned with clothes of made of papers and ribbons and holding origami or displaying origami on different parts of their bodies. (March 03?)

The July 2003 gentleman's magazine FHM included a feature on origami monsters, including photos and a (very small) set of diagrams for a simple T Rex.

Gourmet, May 2003, had an article by Ann Patchett on a cruise she took on the ship "Sea Dream I". "Our stewardess, Christina, folds the towels into elephants at night, throws rose petals on the bed and leaves a little sculpture of Q-tips and cotton balls on the batroom sink." …"It occurs to me that there are two kinds of people in this world; those who follow dinner with tropical drinks and the conversation of strangers, and those who rush back to their stateroom to see what animal their bath towel has been folded into. I know for certain that I am among the latter, for it is with real joy that I discover the folded-up rabbit on my bed." (P. 217)

The New Yorker magazine on February 2, 2004, p.31 had a funny little piece by Zev Borow, "Seventeen Other Important Swing Voting Groups" that included in the list Origami granddads (the list is a bit of political satire about  the influence of "soccer moms" and "NASCAR dads" in American elections.)

In the April 2004 issue of National Geographic was an article on Cranes. On page 48 is a paragraph mentioning some wide-ranging cultural references to cranes. Included is a bit of the Sadako story: "After the dropping of the bomb that people said was brighter than a thousand suns, a young girl stricken with radiation sickness set out to fold a thousand paper cranes in the hopes that she would recover. She died before reaching her goal, but other children pursued the task, and now the stone monuments of Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima are ornamented with millions of folded cranes."

Robert Lang, 5/26/04 - "About 15 years ago I wrote an article for Caltech's Engineering & Science magazine on computational origami. A few months ago, I wrote a follow-up -- there have been some big changes, of course!" http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/EandS/articles/LXVII1/origami.html 

The “1716 Locust” column (by the editor, Karol Dewulf) in the June 2004 Better Homes and Gardens magazine had the following: “One of our Dad-and-girls routines typically took place after we came home from Sunday school and before Mom called us to help with the noon meal. My sisters and I would gather around Dad in his big swivel chair – this was the signal for him to pull out the comics section from the thick Sunday newspaper on his lap and read the funnies out loud to us. We all had our favorites – mine was Prince Valiant, and Dad’s belly laughs revealed that his was Beetle Bailey. But what we girls really loved was what those cartoon strips would become after the reading was done. With a few folds and tucks here and there, Dad turned the colored pages into a crisp captain’s hat or a flight-ready airplane for each of us. I suppose we all wanted our hat or airplane first, but I don’t remember any sibling spats. I just remember Dad on Sundays, the funnies, and the good times we had.”

The June/July 2004 issue of Family Fun magazine has a “Try This Now” feature on the last page of each months issue. The activity in this issue was “Make a Patriotic Paper Popper”.

Star Wars Insider, Issue 76, June/July 2004, $5.99 - "Star Wars Origami - Step by Step Instructions" (cover blurb), "Looks Good on Paper" (article title, in table of contents), "Mastering the Art of _Star Wars_ Origami in Four Easy Lessons" (article subtitle, on page 48), by Christopher Alexander, on pages 38-49. The article contains diagrams and instructions for introduction, basic moves, and diagramming conventions; Boba Fett's Helmet; The Bantha; Darth Vader's TIE Fighter; The Millennium Falcon. They are all done in an older, simple and very flat style of Origami.

Working Mother, September 2004, p. 78, the article "Catch a Fish,Throw a Ball, Fly a Kite", by Jeffrey Lee, gives directions for folding a traditional paper airplane.

The September 22, 2004 issue of the magazine Awake has a two page article about "Origami, the Art of Folding Paper."

The November 2004 issue of Scientific American has an obit about Gerard Piel, the former publisher of Scientific American. The picture of him on page 32 also shows a folded Pegasus and several paper airplanes. The caption says that it was taken during the magazine's paper airplane contest in the 1960s.

The December 2004 issue of Better Homes and Gardens had a story called "The more, the merrier", about having lots of family members in the kitchen preparing a holiday dinner. "After dinner, the family plays cards or goofy board games. Woody carefully folds and tucks newspaper hats for all to wear, much to the delight of the grandchildren." It does not clarify whether the grandchildren are delighted by the seeing him make the hats, learning to make hats themselves, getting a hat to wear, or seeing the adults wearing them.

Martha Stewart Living 2004 Holiday issue has a Christmas tree ornament that is a Sonobe like star.

The February 2005 issue of Better Homes and Gardens had a Valentine’s day craft called “Love Boat” with diagrams for the traditional newspaper boat, but made from holiday appropriate pastel paper. The article suggested glueing on a stick and heart-shaped sail, and filling the boat with candy. Diagrams were included, but were poorly done and did not use standard folding symbols.

American Scientist January-February 2005, Volume 93 Issue 1, contained an article entitled "Industrial Origami" by civil engineer Henry Petroski. It discusses the "origami" of folding newspapers for the purpose of  increased accuracy when throwing them on front porches. Folding newspapers can be seen as a metaphor for using engineering to solve practical problems.

In the May 2005 Technology Review,  Brian Chan’s maple leaf model appears together with pictures of his cricket, skimmer dragonfly, and oak leaf.

The June 2005 issue of Inc. magazine has a dollar bill arrow in the upper right corner. It seems to be related to a feature story called "Is It Time to Raise Prices?" http://www.inc.com/magazine/archives/ 

The July 2005 issue of Mensa Bulletin was devoted to hobbies. It contained an origami article on pages 24-25 written by Hank Simon with  pictures, historical information, and on-line references including references to OUSA & BOS. http://home.comcast.net/~hanksimon/origami/Mensa1.html 

Inc. magazine, Sept. 2005, pg 164 has an COX/SBC advetisement featuring a tyranosaurus folded from an SBC service contract. 

Joseph Wu had a "non-traditional" holiday ornament  of a yellow-headed parrot published in Dose Magazine, one of Canada's national tabloid newspapers (December 22 issue). http://toronto.dose.ca/webx/Uploads/toronto/december2005/TOR1222.pdf 

More Than Money Magazine, Issue 42, December 2005, included a spread of money folds by Bob Nienhuis, Andrew Hans, and Sy Chen. http://www.morethanmoney.org/members/member_articles/mtm42_centerfold.pdf 

Viz, Issue 152, compares the origami skills of whales and wasps. The outcome of the comparison is that although whales probably have the mental capacity for origami, their flippers are too big to allow them to fold accurately enough. Wasps, on the other hand, are very deft at making their nests with chewed up paper and spit, but as origami generally prohibits cutting the paper and using glue, this does not count. http://www.viz.co.uk/ 

Stuff Magazine, May 2006, had an ad for the Cooper Mini cars titled "Motoring Hearts" that started "Let's be a bunch of good-for-somethings. Motoring is about more than just driving. It's about chugging life down in great big gulps. And making others feel good along the way.... This booklet is here to tell you the limitless ways to spread some good vibes with and without your MINI." Included is a punch out disk on heavy paper with a slot cut out in the middle. It is scored for folding into a cover that turns a car cupholder into a bamk for spare change that's "always ready for stoplight windshield washers, starving street musicians, friendly panhandlers, or struggling valets."

Martha Stewart Living, July 2006. On page 160 are directions for making a vellum Lantern which is shown on pages 154/155.  On page 64 are the directions for a cup shown on page 63.

Make Magazine, volume 1 page 155 - "Tiny PC Tote" talks about the "cable origami" necessary to jam full size components into a half size case for a do-it-yourself PVR (personal video recorder).

Make Magazine, volume 4 page 68 - Article on "Kits for the Holidays" includes a "downloadable PDF that has the plans for your own paper rocket, it goes sky-high (or at least 5 meters high) with the help of a pneumatic launch pad you fold yourself. Folding the bellows can be a little tricky, but once you do this, making an origami spider will just come naturally." http://www.makezine.com/extras/31.html http://www.groeg.de/puzzles/rocket.html 

Make Magazine, volume 5 page 59 - Origami envelopes  - side bar article on how to do a basic envelope fold with links to more information. "Letter writing may be a lost art, but Mark Brown has found just the way to spice it up again." http://www.makezine.com/05/tips/ http://flying-pig.com/pagesv/envelope.html 

Make Magazine, volume 6 pages 48 - Simply CAD article by Saul Griffith. The article discusses about Pepakura Designer software that "calculates a pattern of triangles that, when folded up, can make your 3D object.   It's high-tech origami.  I've seen business cards that fold into toy cars by this technique, and Japanese anime characters and dinosaurs."  Also, there is a one sentence reference to Robert Lang on page 49.

July 2006 Aviation Week - In the inside cover is an origami fighter plane. The ad is for a Singaporean Company.

In the August 2006 issue of Martha Stewart Living, page 56, is a bottle wrap. It starts with at a 36 inch square of fabric. Two bottles of wine are placed bottom end to bottom end at the one corner of the fabric, with a space between the bottles to allow for turning upright.  Then pull the bottom corner of the fabric up over the bottles, and roll fabric and bottles to the opposite corner.  Hold all place, stand the covered bottles up, and tie a knot with the ends of the fabric to act as a handle to carry the two protected bottles.

Discover Magazine, Volume 27 Number 007, July 2006, carried an article called "The Extreme Sport of Origami" by Jennifer Kahn. The article talks about super-complex origami that started with "the bug wars", informal contests to fold insects with the a large number of appendages. The article mentions Robert Lang, Tom Hull, and Satoshi Kamiya, and has 4 crease patterns with the insects they are for. http://www.discover.com/issues/jul-06/features/origami/?page=1 

In the October 2006 issue of Real Simple magazine on page 38 was "Rings of Fire" - "Napkin rings save you the trouble of attempting origami for a festive table, but they also make pretty votive holders. Coated paper catches any wax drippings." (p. 38)

In the Sept/Oct 2006 issue of Western Interiors and Design, an advertisement on page 23 for Beacon Hill used an origami frog and lily pad to display what appeared to be three different fabrics.

The University of Chicago Magazine contacted Robert Lang about folding something for the magazine that was symbolic of the university. Robert chose the Assyrian Bull Sculpture at the Oriental Institute. The article covers the design process and has an interesting sequent of pictures shoeing the crease pattern, collapsed base, and final model. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0612/issue/lite.shtml 

Make Magazine, volume 8, page 123: "Paper Water Bomber" by Ewan Spence has instructions for a waterbomb glider from a 2:1 rectangle. The article description states, "Winged origami missile with front-load tank delivers wet payload."

In an article on the Infiniti 2008 G37 Coupe, Automobile Magazine states, "...and we're excited to see how Infiniti tops the origami paper-inspired aluminum trim of the G35 sedan." http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/2007_new_york/0702_2008_infiniti_g_coupe/ 

February 2007 issue of Wired page 46 covers DNA Origami with reference to nanoscale structures in the Jargon Watch segment. On page 29 of the same issue, there appears a nicely folded concept supersonic transport.

The April 2007 issue of Muse, a children's science magazine, featured a cover shot of Satoshi Kamiya's Eastern Dragon. Inside is an article by Jenn Kahn, "The War of the Origami Bugs," with more pictures of origami models, interviews, and a two-page spread on how to make handmade origami paper by Michael LaFosse and Richard Alexander.

The cover of issue14 of InfoWorld, dated April 2, 2007, shows are two Origami dinosaurs, a triceratops and a velociraptor. They appear to be folded from pages of a magazine. "It's official: InfoWorld has evolved! After 29 years and 1,384 issues, we're folding our print publication and focusing on Web coverage and events business."

The latest issue of Craft magazine (issue #3) has instructions for folding a high heel shoe (by Makoto Yamaguchi, not credited). It then shows you how to make them into earrings. In the same issue is a cloth napkin bunny.

The June 2007 issue of Smithsonian Magazine has an article on page 74 titled "Into the Fold" by Beth Jenson. The article features Robert J. Lang with pictures of several of his models and a crease pattern for a crab captioned "Lang's Crab Recipe". http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/june/origami.php 

In the August 2007 issue of Martha Stewart's Living, on page 52, there is a picture of a table centerpiece made from fortune tellers, set open as for the salt cellars, with each section filled with sundae toppings.  They were made by placing either a 12 inch square of parchment or glassine on a face-down piece of patterned paper that's the same size.  Included is a link to www.marthastewart.com/fortune-tellers.

Nipponia, a Japanese promotion magazine, features origami in volume 41. The cover features some elegant cranes by Yoshio Tsuda, and an article featuring him, including a CP for a mosquito and the most gorgeous owl (no CP).  There's an article from NOA Director Koya Ohashi, and diagrams for traditional models and a terrier dog by Sano.  An article on Maths with Hideaki Azuma, an origami airplane launching tower, the worlds' smallest crane (0.7 mm square paper), and an origami dress.http://web-japan.org/nipponia/ 

The July 2007 issue of Real Simple magazine has a diagram of a simple paper airplane by Ken Blackburn and the suggestion to check out his ideas at www.paperplane.org.

The October 2007 issue of the German magazine "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" has an Article about Polypolyhedra. Most of the article is about Robert J. Lang and his Origami approach to these geometric forms. http://www.spektrum.de/artikel/903049 

The November 2007 issue of More Magazine page 31 contains a large picture of a work by Jeannine Mosely.

The November/December 2007 issue of National Geographic Traveler has an article titled "You Have Won a Trip to ... Taiwan!" by Jayne Wise and Marilyn Terrell in which the two friends win a trip and write about their travels. "Next, we stop by Su-Feng's apartment for a cup of tea with her sister, Marjorie, and friends gathered for a weekly origami class."

Continental Airlines magazine (January 2008) included an article by Andrew Eitelbach on The Paper Museum of Tokyo. It mentioned origami classes there and included a photo of a red dog. The article starts, "Humankind’s epic battle with the paper cut may be older than you realize." http://magazine.continental.com/content2834  www.papermuseum.jp  http://www.papermuseum.jp/english.htm 

TIME magazine (June 2, 2008), p. 49 has an article on saving money for weddings. The lead photo shows a bridal bouquet made of money folded into roses. The picture credits Tony Cheng or OrigamiUSA.

Issue 40 (Summer 2008) of "Bitch: feminist response to pop culture" magazine has a modular on the cover made out of recycled papers. According to the credits, it was folded by Claire Christiansen.  http://bitchmagazine.org/current-issue 

On p. 105 of the July 2008 issue of Wired Magazine, there is an origami tessellation by Robert Lang Sculpture depicting 16.07 (the Wired Magazine issue number). A downloadable CP and how-to videos will be posted. http://www.wired.com/ 

John Szinger had a feature in the new issue (July/August 2008) of Adirondack Life magazine, with 6 new original models, including a moose, a bear and a loon. There is also an online companion feature with the canoe model at: http://www.adirondacklife.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=119 

In Best Life Magazine August 2008 issue page 36 is an origami family folded from money. http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Detail.aspx?axd=DetailPaging.Search|1&axs=0|200192647-001%2csb10065197ae-013%2cBC7254-001%2csb10065197ae-009%2csb10065197ae-011%2c80282392%2c79379756|0&id=BC7254-001 

February 2008 issue of Men's Fitness - In a sidebar on page 70, titled "Worst Valentine's Day Gifts Ever" Erin is quoted as saying, "One year, this guy I was dating gave me an origami kit. Seriously! What do I want with little pieces of paper?"

December 2008 - Better Homes and Gardens page 40: "Words of Wisdom - Each day during the holidays, Emma opens and origami bird to find an inspirational quote her mom has written inside. 'It's a nice way to get the two of us talking and start the day with a positive thought,' Lisa says."

January 2009 - A Howto article in WIRED Magazine, page 36, titled "Fold an Origami Millennium Falcon". The model was designed by Philip Schultz. The website has the diagram and video: http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Fold_an_Origami_%27Millennium_Falcon%27 

Martha Stewart magazine, February 2009, shows how to make a puzzle purse of the type used in antique Valentines.

March 2009 - Illustrator Tobias Krafczyk designed pages for Intersections magazine that, when pages in the article are properly folded, produce a picture of Miss Web 2.0 and Mr. Web 2.0. The purpose was to produce something that was unique to the paper magazine format - a foldable creation. http://www.onlab.ch/?ids=2,-1,45,1

July 2009 - Newsweek carried an advertisement for breast cancer awareness with actress Christina Applegate is holding a heart made from a five dollar bill.

June 29, 2009 - Page 18 of Newsweek features an upright $ grizzly bear created, folded, and photographed by Won Park.

The summer 2009 issue of Bostonia, the alumni magazine of Boston University contains an article titled "Research Wants to Be Free" by Chris Berdik. The article focuses on the issue of open access to research versus research information that is hidden by copyrights, patents, fees, or expensive journal subscriptions. The article starts with a picture of a research journal being put through a grinder and a squadron of paper planes (presumably representing scientific information) flying out of the grinder.

The September 2009 issue of Smithsonian has a photo on the cover of a temple in Japan with folded paper O-shide or Go-hei models hung from a large braided rope. The photo relates to an article on travel to "Traditional Japan" by Francine Prose. "Izumo-taisha, which dates to the eighth century, is the most important shrine in Shimane Prefecture. It is dedicated to the god of happy marriages, which explains the many anxious couples who visit. The rope identifies a sacred place." http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Serene-Japan.html?c=y&page=1 
   

The October 2009 issue of National Geographic has 3 pages on applications of origami in technology and includes a photo of Robert Lang's "Alamo Stallion, opus 384" with crease pattern. Also discussed - launching a paper plane from the space shuttle, the Eyeglass telescope, a folding artery stent, and a Miura-folded solar array.  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/03/origami 

November 2009 - T magazine (Sunday New York Times), Design & Living Winter, 2009 contained an ad for Clorox disinfectant wipes. Dragon by Joseph Wu. http://i264.photobucket.com:80/albums/ii169/BrooksHalten/Project1-1.jpg 

Budget Travel November 2009 had a red paper plane with a snowflake design heading an article on Holiday Travel.

November 23, 2009 - The cover of Today in PT featured a red origami crane flying over a bunch of white cranes. There is also another red crane inside as part of the cover store "In Pursuit of Excellence".

Copyright © Janet Hamilton 2009

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