Category: Events

New Wood (Uusi puu) participated to Eco Expo Asia fair, held in Hong Kong on October 26th-29th 2023. The goal of the event was to promote innovative green solutions and technologies. Fold project demo samples were shown as part of the New wood exhibition arranged by the Consulate General of Finland at the European Pavilion. … Continue reading Fold project demos shown at Eco Expo Hong Kong

This October Fold project had an opportunity to participate Dutch Design Week, the largest design event in Northern Europe, gathering designers both form the Netherlands and world wide to show their work in over a 100 locations around Eindhoven, Netherlands. Dutch Design Week presents a strong focus on research based design. Fold project showcased an … Continue reading Fold project at Dutch Design Week 2023

Fold project is taking part of the Helsinki Design Week 2023 as a part of the main exhibition. The exhibition venue is in Merikortteli (Pursimiehenkatu 29) with a theme related to everyday living and the future of work and living spaces. Fold project presents an exhibition concept called Folded Future that consists of product concepts … Continue reading Fold project at the Helsinki Design Week 2023

Fold project had an opportunity to participate to another workshop by origami artist Paul Jackson. Workshop was arranged together by VTT and Aalto University, and it was a part of Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors, a course that combines math, arts, and architecture. This time Fold project researchers and consortium partners had two days … Continue reading Paul Jackson’s workshop vol. 2

Fold project participated in New Wood (Uusi puu) exhibition with a concept of folded wood based cushioning materials for e-commerce packaging. The exhibition was held at the Finnish parliament, and a competition for new wood based innovations was launched at the event. The exhibited pieces consisted of three different solutions using the same foldable pattern: … Continue reading Fold showcased at Uusi puu exhibition

Origami artist Paul Jackson will be hosting a hands-on folding workshop related to the Fold project at Aalto University in October. "Over 5 full days of group workshops and personal creative experimentation, Corrugations aims to introduce the language and multi-disciplinary creative potential of flexible folded surfaces and flexible folded forms, in packaging, engineering, math and … Continue reading Paul Jackson’s Corrugations workshop

Fold Demo Day gathered Fold consortium partners with VTT and Aalto project groups to network, explore the folded demo samples, and to discuss the opportunities and application ideas for folded materials. The event showcased folded material explorations that had been made during and prior to the Fold project. Consortium partners joined the event from Anpap, … Continue reading Fold demo samples presented in May