Cultural Influence of Origami

One of my favorite festivals is the Origami Festival that its held annualy in CSULB, where people and students from different cultures come together to enjoy and understand more of the ancient arts. Origami has its own place in the festival as master pieces composed of intricate designs and various colors are exposed for the world to see and admire. A brief history of the origami sculpture is given as well as the creator's inspiration.

As the japanese culture boom comes and goes, many of its cultural references inspire different aspects of our common lives, one of them being Fashion. As weird as it sounds, fashion designers often take inspiration from the strangest places, and the ancient art of origami, with its many forms and delightful complexity, helps them fabricate "the clothes we dream of having". Even Lady Gaga, a fashionista Popstar, made popular an origami inspired dress in her begginings.

In this page we can see many Origami Inspired Dresses:

http://www.pixel77.com/35-origami-inspired-fashion-designs/

Origami has taken such importance in world culture that even google (the search engine) made one of his famous "google doodles" celebrating the anniversary of one of the most iconic characters in origami, the butterfly, and one of the most renowed persons in theorigami world: Akira Yoshizawa

As your assignement, please write in the comments what other areas of culture you think that have been influenced by Origami and why

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