Between the Folds
Gretchen turned me on to Between the Folds, a fascinating study of the science of origami. She had Tivoed it but I found it on Netflix. Steve worked late last night so I had a lovely Stefani Evening of watching this video while eating dinner, then stitching.I've seen a lot of photographs of very intricate origami because I'm fascinated by it. But I guess I never gave much thought to how it was created. It was so beyond what my mind could imagine, I didn't try. I never realized that wet folding is how such soft shapes are made. And I really never imagined that a lot of these shapes are drawn and mapped out before folding.
I highly recommend this video - and I thank you, Gretchen, for telling me about it. It's brilliant!
And here's something similar to what you'll see in the documentary. I love this!
Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.
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posted by Stefani at 5:23 AM
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Brilliant! Can you imagine how many hours that video took to make?! Something tells me Toyota needs to be working on something just as powerful if they ever hope to regain consumer trust... once they put all their energy and then some into figuring out where they've gone wrong, of course.
It's funny, Ann - I've been thinking that there isn't as much consumer turmoil about the Toyota stuff as I expected. I think Americans now understand the economy better and what happens if big companies go under, especially.
I also think Toyota has played this just right with apologies, solutions, gratitude. Figure out the problem, make a plan, fix it and move on.
Also - I think you Netflix, don't you? You should watch this Between the Folds, if you haven't already.
Stefani, FTTO (First Time Toyota Ower)
Ah, I hear you, but they haven't fixed the problem and admit they don't have a lead on how to do so - that's pretty scary. And after hearing about the shenanigans in which there was a cover up in order to try to prevent the first recall, well... just call me suspicious. I do hope they'll put the customers first in the future. Admitting they put quantity over quality/safety makes me queasy about their ethics. Even the fact that they were going to send a substitute to the Congressional hearing at first instead of the company president didn't sit well with me - thank heaven they changed their mind on that one.
I sincerely have my fingers crossed your car will behave perfectly. Cannot imagine how terrifying it must be to careen at 120 mph with no way to stop.
I liked the Between the Folds doc very much. Was able to catch it on PBS when it aired in December.
Have you ever seen Robert Lang's presentation about Origami at the TED conference?
http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html
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