How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)
231 points - last Sunday at 10:42 PM
Sourcesaalweachter
today at 2:50 PM
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-java
today at 7:29 PM
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.
I recently picked up an origami book and started practicing in dull moments.
I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with phone addiction.
Can you share any tips on good origami books for beginners?
The nice one I found randomly in a store is by Adeline Klam.
(originally in French, but I see there's an English version)
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!
21asdffdsa12
today at 2:46 PM
Its not foldable from one paper sheet?
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...
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.
Okay?
Origami by definition is folded from a single, square sheet.
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.
ghost-of-dmr
today at 10:31 PM
Are you autistic?
pavel_lishin
today at 8:29 PM
So what did you mean?
youarenotsmart
today at 7:28 PM
[flagged]
Obscura-
today at 10:00 PM
Very Cool
Interesting it starts off the same as a crane
As many origami folds do, I believe
Am I the only one who starts folding an origami design, gets distracted, and somehow ends up with either a crane or a frog?
I got a rock.
munificent
today at 6:20 PM
I always end up with a Frank Gehry building.
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
kittikitti
today at 3:33 PM
Thank you for sharing, I really enjoy origami and look forward to learning this fold.
Now we need the 1 cut and fold algorithm.
lovegrenoble
today at 2:54 PM
Nice
notorandit
today at 4:26 PM
Where is Bladerunner mentioned?
It does reference it in links on the 'COMPLETE' page