String Mechanism for Polyhedral Pop-up Card Design

Year: 2021 Authors: Lauren H. Li

Core claim

A simple string mechanism can reliably induce 180° pop-up motion for polyhedral and sliceform cards and may inform future pop-up design.

Topics

pop-up cards, polyhedral unfolding, symmetric nets, sliceforms

Domains

polyhedra, geometric folding, unfolding nets, symmetry, paper engineering, book arts, card design, kinetic sculpture

Methods

pulley-like string mechanism, crease pattern design, symmetric net construction, paper prototyping

Media

200 gsm paper, string, glue, video demonstration

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