Thank you everyone who replied to my question. I was not sure of the veracity of the information I found on the internet but I see that the answers are more or less homogeneous so I consider these reasons valid (11 | 11 = square - and the end of WWI). Kind regards Laura
> On Oct 10, 2019, at 4:49 AM, Oriol Esteve <oriolestev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, Laura > > The reason in Japan the 11th nov is origami day is mainly a visual idea. > > 11-11 could be express thinking in the sides of a square. So one 11 are > left and right sides. The other 11 are up and down sides. > > All together is the symbol of the paper square. > > There s a second raison, japanese like to mention: 11-11 is also "day for > the peace". And is well known origami is also a peace symbol after sadako s > crane (and later Yoshizawa quote about hands making origami and peace). > > Japanese have funny ways to connect dates and tributes, depending on sounds > or visuals. There are more exemples, like cat day etcètera. > > O. > > El dc., 9 oct. 2019, 18.00, <origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com> va > escriure: > >> Send Origami mailing list submissions to >> origami@lists.digitalorigami.com >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.digitalorigami.com/mailman/listinfo/origami >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> origami-ow...@lists.digitalorigami.com >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Origami digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Help contacting Tuan Pham (Gerardo @neorigami.com) >> 2. Origami artist needed in the D.C. area. (Robert C. Smith) >> 3. World Origami Days (Kate Honeyman) >> 4. Re: Technology and origami (Aviv) >> 5. why November 11th is WOD? (Laura R) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 12:07:59 -0500 >> From: "Gerardo @neorigami.com" <gera...@neorigami.com> >> To: origami lists digitalorigami <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> >> Subject: [Origami] Help contacting Tuan Pham >> Message-ID: >> < >> camjt63sn6vfi+rjzsk_vcxiqf6o9g+jd6w8vzk6r2wxpe88...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hello. Can someone please help me contact Tuan Pham. >> >> Facebook name: tuanphamorigami >> >> Flickr name: tuanpham85 >> >> I think this information is public (hope so). That's why I'm sharing it >> here. I also have an email address, but it was canceled. The problem is >> that I don't have a Facebook nor a Flickr account and I don't wish to >> create one. So I can't contact Tuan through them. >> >> Can you please help me? I just wish to make Tuan an invitation. >> >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 15:03:39 -0500 (GMT-05:00) >> From: "Robert C. Smith" <robertcu...@earthlink.net> >> To: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> >> Subject: [Origami] Origami artist needed in the D.C. area. >> Message-ID: >> <512006996.9386.1570565019...@wamui-berry.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I just received a request for a origami artist in the D.C. Area >> >> Name of show: American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 >> >> Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC >> >> Dates/Hours the artist is needed: 11/4-11/6 from 8am-5pm each day >> >> We would ask that the artist provide the paper but will be reimbursed ? >> will provide specs for origami designs and quantities as soon as possible. >> >> Just as an FYI, this will not be an in-booth activity. Instead the artist >> will be preparing origami to be displayed in the booth so we are asking >> that the artist be at show site during the install of the booth. Booth >> design attached. >> >> Contact Information: >> >> Maggie Stites, Sr. Account Manager >> J Williams Agency >> Cell. 678.488.5452 >> E-mail: mag...@jwilliamsagency.com >> www.JWilliamsAgency.com >> 3159 Royal Drive, Suite 300, Alpharetta, GA 30022 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 15:21:52 -0500 >> From: Kate Honeyman <wrac...@gmail.com> >> To: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> >> Subject: [Origami] World Origami Days >> Message-ID: >> < >> cacx227kbb0taacnae-f5of70v1pd2cdxmlhrv-ahntmcgp0...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Anything going on toward this years World Origami Days. Oct. 24 thru Nov. >> 11th? Kate >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 15:28:55 -0700 >> From: Aviv <aviv.m...@gmail.com> >> To: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> >> Subject: Re: [Origami] Technology and origami >> Message-ID: >> <CAKzfvXaswS= >> v9jug4ydwosr1yuozdjjdyvw+b+nvsl8tytz...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Matthew, very cool printer developments. >> I manually did something similar with laser cutting rigid surfaces and >> simultaneously affixing those to very wide 'tape' back in 2009/10, creating >> essentially what you see in 2:31 in the video (while working under Erik >> Demaine), and then replicating that in 2015 or so using a fancy 3d printer >> that could print both rigid and flexible regions (with Andy Lee). But this >> is far more exciting and generalizable?I especially like the idea of >> affixing such rigid surfaces to cloth via a printer and the results are >> stunning. >> >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:49 PM Matthew Gardiner <m...@airstrip.com.au> >> wrote: >> >>> >>>> Kate Honeyman <wrac...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Does anyone know what if any relationship exists between origami and 3D >>>> printing Kate >>> >>> Toot... I wrote my PhD thesis and published a paper about a process >> called >>> Fold Printing. It?s pretty amazing. >>> >>> There?s a bunch of links on this page. >>> >>> https://matthewgardiner.net/#research >>> >>> This video gives an overview of the research project that found some of >>> these ideas: >>> https://vimeo.com/305345706 >>> >>> Also other researchers, engineers etc, the good folks at BYU, Robert Lang >>> and a few Japanese researchers have published papers that include origami >>> and 3D printing. >>> >>> So, yes there?s some active research with origami and 3D printing. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Matthew >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 23:13:24 -0300 >> From: Laura R <lauraroz...@gmail.com> >> To: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> >> Subject: [Origami] why November 11th is WOD? >> Message-ID: <90396c9f-5d63-4065-b088-d8b8fddb9...@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> I know Oct. 24th is Lillian Oppenheimer?s birthday, which marks the >> beginning of a period known as World Origami Days, until 11/11. >> But does anyone know why November 11th was the day chosen in Japan to be >> the World Origami Day? >> >> Laura Rozenberg >> >> End of Origami Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 >> *************************************** >>
