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This week's fold
Generalised translational surface · crease pattern
FOLD Nº 9
The Offset Mirror
two staircases, one step out of rhyme
A building's two staircases, read from the pavement, almost mirror each other but land one step apart—and that small offset is what keeps the eye looking, unable to finish the fold.
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Every pattern here is generated by our own software and checked to fold flat. These numbers come from the recipes themselves.
19creasesThe Common Ancestor · FSA-0001
10/9mountain / valleyThe Common Ancestor · FSA-0001
15steps to fold itThe Common Ancestor · FSA-0001
99creasesThe Halved Diagonal · FSA-0002
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