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 ...

Discover how innovation meets survival in this deep dive into an emergency shelter designed for the central Arctic's severe ...

Shuki Kato, a master origami artist who has written several books on the art form, is pictured Nov. 3. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake) A photo of a bison created by origami artist Shuki Kato. Kato ...

Tokyo-based design studio Metal Goat has introduced the Oogani table lamp, a lighting object that combines soft illumination with a ...

Origami is a traditional Japanese art form where people create intricate designs by folding paper, but the technique can also keep people alive. Science and engineering professor Richard James and ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Origami was originally the Japanese art of paper folding, ...

Chuck Hoberman's eponymous sphere is one of the best-loved toys of the last quarter century. But it's only one example of his incredible work in transformable design. From adaptive nanotech to ...