ORIGAMI MOVING CUBES (Jo Nakashima) - no tape/glue

Learn how to make an origami Moving Cubes
Designed by Jo Nakashima (16/06/2019)
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In this tutorial you'll learn how to make an origami Moving Cubes step by step. This is a modular origami and each cube is made from a single square sheet of paper, everything connected without glue nor tape.

I’m really satisfied with the locking mechanism that I made to connect the units and I’ve never seen it before in other models. Inserting a flap into a pocket is a normal thing in origami, but in this case after inserting the two flaps into the oposite pockets they will block each other from separating. It’s actually difficult to disconnect them even if you want, because the blocking layers are inaccessible by your fingers (of course you can force them apart, but one of the units may even get damaged). I think the best way to understand how it works is folding a couple of cubes and testing it by yourself.

See more origami models based on cubes in this playlist:    • Cube Series  
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► Some videos to help you make the 5x5 grid easily:
● Use the first sheet to fold the 5x5 grid quickly:    • HELP - Using a 5x5 grid to make more 5x5 g...  
● Alternative method to fold 5ths:    • How to divide the paper into N equal parts...  

► DIFFICULTY LEVEL: easy

► MY PAPER: 12cm x 12cm origami paper (one sheet per cube)

► NUMBER OF UNITS
In this video I show a moving cubes with 9 units (3x3), but you can make a bigger one if you want. For an N x N model you'll need:
● Top/bottom units: 2
● Left/right units: 2
● Middle units: (N-2)^2
● Edge units: (N-2)*4

For example, to make a 5x5 moving cubes you'll need:
● Top/bottom units: 2
● Left/right units: 2
● Middle units: (5-2)^2 = 9
● Edge units: (5-2)*4 = 12
Total of 25 units

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► INDEX
0:00 Intro
0:10 The Origami Moving Cubes
0:37 5x5 grid (see video description for quicker methods)
4:12 Cube unit
7:06 Top/bottom units
9:24 Left/right units
10:47 Middle unit(s)
11:44 Edge units
12:42 Assembly
14:25 Origami Moving Cubes finished!

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