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Defining the design intent by pen on paper, turn it to origami-based folded metal

The crease patterns defined by designer intuitively by pen on paper will be interpreted into vectorized origami diagrams using a purpose-built digital interface and then exported to a curved-crease simulation toolset. Once validated in the simulation environment, the resulting patterns will be funneled directly into the Stilfold machining pipeline in Sweden for materialized folding from metal sheets.

This application addresses a crucial design bottleneck in curved-fold origami engineering: the accessibility and intuitiveness of digital crease design. By creating a visual-first, gesture-driven UI that complements Stilfold’s engineering tools, a seamless pipeline from ideation through simulation to production will be presented.

Kane Borg's and Sami Markkula's multidisciplinary design and research studio Borg Markkulafocuses on human-centric innovation at the intersection of computational design, material systems, and advanced fabrication.

The project is part of art-ai-fact initiative.