(Nanowerk News) Kirigami (also called "paper-cuts" or "jianzhi") is one of the most traditional Chinese folk arts. It is widely used in window decorations, gift cards, festivals, and ceremonies, etc.

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A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...

Flexibility is poised as the next evolutionary leap in electronics, incorporating a new performance parameter atop the traditional factors of speed and power efficiency. But in order to construct a ...

An artist from London is using his skills in kirigami - the art of using a knife to make hundreds of tiny, delicate cuts in a single sheet - to recreate famous scenes from films. Marc Hagan-Guirey is ...