Folding has a long tradition, for instance in origami. Today designers, architects and scientists use the hands-on technique as an intuitive approach to finding new forms.
Worldwide, designers and hobbyists are happily sharing instructions through online communities and websites like YouTube. Paper is mostly the starting point, but the ever-evolving technique of folding is also applied to other materials.
Platform21 presents a cross-section of the current developments in the world of folding. On invitation of Platform21, showpiece designer Zoe Bradley installed one of her fantastic one-off dresses, never shown before in the Netherlands. The sculptural dress of folded paper shows the unlimited possibilities of folding.
Architect Sophia Vyzoviti is the author of the books Folding Architecture and Supersurfaces. In Platform21=Folding she explains how the hand and mind coordination of folding leads her to create unpredictable, innovative forms applicable to architecture, fashion and product design. The amazingly constructed shoes of Marloes ten Bhömer literally lift folding to a higher level – one on heels to be precise.
Platform21=Folding runs from 12 August through 30 September, Wednesday through Sunday, 12:00 – 19:00. Entry is free.
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