11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

Origami artist and physicist Robert J. Lang explains origami in 11 levels of difficulty. From a simple, traditional cicada to an extremely intricate one, watch how Robert J. Lang demonstrates and breaks down everything that goes into the art of origami.


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11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

[aryaveersingh]

Level 50: It's not easy to fold the cardiac muscle, but if you don't, its heart won't beat at the right rhythm...

[TheKyleBrah]

Level 99:
As you can see here, folding the electrons, protons and neutrons of the Cicada was relatively simple... But collapse folding them into the appropriate Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Iron, Magnesium ... And Copper Atoms is a bit tricky

[meldusea]

Just wanted to let you all know that this guy is a legit physicist. He went to Stanford and CalTech and happens to be an epic origami artist as well.

[bevelededge]

He legit left a job at NASA to persue origami.
I was a HUGE origami enthusiasist in my childhood and Robert was my hero, literally. But I started losing interest after getting to a hostel based school, and completely abandoned it now. But these videos still make me feel happy about my childhood. :')

[ryantab]

This guy actually designs satellite solar panels that fold in and out when theyre in space, its very cool.

[daleharden]

"At level 23, things get rather complicated, because we have to make a human sacrifice to the ancient gods so we can manipulate the paper in a way that defies our modern understanding of physics."

[obraddrakulic]

"Origami artist and physicist" this man has conquered life

[apoorvjoshi]

he was at level 4 or 5 when the thought crossed my mind..."there are still 6 levels more???"

[perfume-tengoku]

Oh gosh. This man is a legend to me. As I was a kid around 12, I discovered origami through a book of him at a library. I urged my mom to order me some more of his books and this grew in me an interest in Japan. 8 years later, I'm working in Tokyo, doing origamis with my coworker during my lunchbreak. Full circle.

[creamcheesefilling]

“Physicist and origami artist.

One pays the bills, one uses the bills.”

[eman]

"Akira Yoshizawa considered his own cicada to be his greatest creation."

His kids:

[anticipation]

The last level is so complicated I'm pretty sure I couldn't even unfold it.

[daolong]

Before watching the video: “11 lvls ? I bet I can do maybe 5 lol “
After watching the video: *replay the video at lvl 2 on x0.5 speed*

[fenrix]

Level 126: “and as you can see here, I’ve made a fold for each red blood cell”

[JackNormalMemes]

I like how the more complex it became, the more it just became topology and the process of unwrapping a 3D model.

[erikapalominodiaz]

level 20: “okay now be careful in case it tries to fly away”

[tanvach]

Level 42: the cicada starts gaining consciousness

[colonelbreadsticks]

The real question is not how he folded it, it’s how on earth he designed them

[paulodeoliveira]

This guy is a rock star in engineering and physics, because he uses origami in technology with his compliant mechanisms. I love it.

[mahas]

Me at 12am: Should probably start getting to bed...
Me at 3am: Ahh, so the rabbit ear fold creates the cicada's wing? interesting...