Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, is used as the starting point for a journey of exploration through design by making. By building, analyzing, and then deconstructing simple origami shapes to extracted ideas for garment silhouette, pattern pieces, and design details.
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This dress was inspired by crab origami. In the belt, the shape of the crab is directly used with the laser cut technique on the leather. In the body of the dress, different origami shapes are used with different angles.