The hell of constructing flat-packed furniture by hand could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new self-locking design technique that can hold thousands of times its own weight. The design is a ...

It’s all about the basics, he says. Each of Duy Nguyen’s 18 books begins with diagrams of traditional origami folds — carrying descriptive names such as “kite fold,” “pleat fold” and “squash fold” — ...

Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, has received considerable attention in engineering. By applying paper-folding principles ...