Check out this amazing gallery of “drawings” by Simon Schubert – done by folding single sheets of paper: simonschubert.com

This is free to use pack of keyed PNG’s of A4 paper folded in form of english alphabet. A-Z. (All in hires.) Grab it here. via Design You Trust

Brian Castleforte has set up a new group over at Nice Paper Toys (a meeting place for paper toy designers and paper toy enthusiasts – and who’s membership just broke 1000) where a number of designers have posted their blank templates (including the Cubeecraft template).  You can download and customize these templates for free.  Check [...]

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Check out the work of Elsa Mora (a.k.a Elsita).  Ridiculously intricate design and cutting (with nothing more than en exacto).  She has a ton of work on her site with only 2 examples below.  Check it out here.  I have made a permanent link on the right.

“A groundbreaking new method of storytelling.” “Idiots’Books and Tor.com are happy to bring you One Page Wonders, an exciting new way of hiding a dozen different stories—all of which can be unlocked with a pair of scissors and a few deft folds—in a single sheet of paper. This week’s installment is called “Captain A-OK Fights [...]

Artist/designer Marko Zubak has a new e-mag (downloadable PDF) called II LOVE, that is all about the papercraft toy/designer scene. Featured artists in issue 1: Harlancore Marshall Alexander Matt Hawkins Nice Bunny 3 Eyed Bear The mag includes a number of papercraft templates, most notably the a transformable match box by Marshall Alexander called “Matchbot”. [...]

Built using part of the packaging itself this chair is made from 100% recycled cardboard. Design by David Grass. [ LINK ] (via lovelypackage.com)

Why not give the one you love/have a crush on/like/not hate at the moment some papercraft? Hit the jump for a roundup of Valentines related papercraft.

Sam Ita has created a wonderful Pop-Up book based on Jules Vernes “20,000 Leagues under the Sea”.  This video follows Sam as he builds one of the sections of the book (the giant squid!) Though I don’t agree with the statement “glue is a paper engineers best friend.” It’s still worth a watch ; ) [...]