Press: newspaper
Origami artist Robert J. Lang combines art and science to create masterpieces
An article from The Burg, the local paper of Lynchburg.
See Full StoryFrom cranes to cuckoo clocks, a new technique helping origami masters
Sydney Morning Herald wrote an article in connection with my lectures and workshops as part of The Poladian Project (in honor of the late professor Leon Poladian) at the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
See Full StoryBest museum exhibits in the U.S. this spring
USA Today profiles the 25 best museum exhibitions of the year, including Into the Fold: The Art and Science of Origami at Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
See Full StoryArtist Kevin Box brings origami-inspired sculptures to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
An article about my collaborator, Kevin Box, and the “Origami in the Garden” exhibition containing our work.
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Santa Monica Daily Press reports on the bronze sculptures and crease patterns that I did back in 1999 for four intersections in Santa Monica.
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An article about my 2017 exhibition at the Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, WI.
See Full StoryWhy origami machines may unlock secrets of Mars and the universe
An article by Charlie Wood for the Christian Science Monitor about applications of origami to space structures and mechanisms.
See Full StoryLongmont origami exhibit is ‘Above the Fold’
Chelsea Abdullah at Boulder Weekly writes about the “Above the Fold” exhibition at the Longmont Museum in Boulder, CO. Leads with a nice photo of my “Pentasia,” with Vincent Floderer’s fish swimming overhead.
See Full StoryWhy Origami is the Latest New Mindfulness Craze
Laura Freeman of The Telegraph finds that origami is pushing aside coloring as a stress relaxer and talks to several different origami artists.
See Full StoryOrigami blends math, art and tradition at the Boise Art Museum
Dana Oland writes about the “Folding Paper: Infinite Possibilities” exhibition at the Boise Art Museum.
See Full StoryIn Time-Lapse Videos, the Magic Unfolds
Robert Ito at the New York Times writes about the modern art of origami and the evolution of online tutorials and resources. Contains a slideshow with images from my exhibition at Art Center.
See Full StoryA physicist’s excursion into the deep art and science of origami
Larry Wilson at the Los Angeles Daily News writes about origami and my exhibition at Art Center.
See Full StoryJune, 2014 Events at the intersection of science and culture (New York Times)
Exhibitions on origami, including mine (and a photo of my scorpion)
See Full StoryRethinking origami as “Folding Paper”
The opening of the “Folding Paper” exhibition in Sacramento. Shows a few of my works in the show.
See Full StoryCollegiate Times: Artist folds science into origami
In June, I lectured at the IUPAC World Polymer Congress on (what else?) connections between origami, art, math, and science.
See Full StoryNew UCSC origami exhibit examines the intersection of math and the ancient Japanese art of folding paper
The UCSC exhibition opens.
See Full StoryOrigami on a monumental scale
A review of a lecture I gave at Lafayette Library.
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Article about an exhibition I’m in at UC Santa Cruz (along with Erik Demaine, Brian Chan, and a work by the late great Eric Joisel).
Humble paper becomes high art in hands of East Bay origami master
An article about me in my old stomping ground (Silicon Valley)’s paper. There’s a slideshow here (which starts off with a mysterious 10-year-old photo).
See Full StoryAmerican applied the art for telescope better than Hubble
A brief interview with me about origami’s similarity to music and a description of the Eyeglass. (The headline is a bit overstated, I’d say.)
See Full StoryOrigami updated for the 21st century
An article and pictures from the British newspaper Metro.
See Full StoryNew York Times: Masters of Origami and Shapers of the Lifelike
A review in the New York Times of the “Paper Transformed” exhibition at the Parrish Museum, which includes some of my work.
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An article about computational origami, with appearances by me, Brian Chan, and Erik Demaine.
See Full StoryContra Costa Times, “Physicist leaves artistic paper trail”
Writer Jennifer Modenessi interviewed me for our local newspaper group.
New York Times Magazine, “An Origami Flag”
The Times Magazine asked 10 artists to design “green” flags to illustrate Thomas L. Friedman’s cover story. Here’s how I created mine.
Gathering 4 Gardner 7 Conference
This article from the New York Times describes the Gathering 4 Gardner 7 Conference in Atlanta, which featured magicians, puzzlists, mathematicians — and origami.
See Full StoryIn The Fold: Origami Meets Mathematics
Barry Cipra’s article for SIAM News appeared in 2001, reviewing some of the work presented at the 3rd Origami Science and Mathematics Meeting in 2001.
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An article in our local paper about my exhibition at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in 2003.
See Archived StoryPatriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger’s take on the same lecture and visit.
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A nice article in the Boston Globe about the public lecture I gave during my
artist-in-residence at MIT.
Artist in Residence at MIT
In 2004 I was invited to be artist-in-residence at MIT, where I worked with Professor Erik Demaine and taught several workshops on origami composition and design.
See Full StoryQuark Soup: Beyond the Fold
Margaret Wertheim’s column in the Los Angeles Weekly surveys various topics in technology and popular culture. This column talks about technical origami, including work by Hull, Kamiya, Mosely, me, and others.
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