Product Design

Lab Session # 7

In this lab session, you have been asked to develop at least two interesting 3D objects using the concepts
of origami (i.e. the art of paper folding). This lab-session will enable you to visualize complex objects in 3D
but make them using a 2D building material (i.e. paper). It will also develop your psychomotor skills. The
following YouTube Channel is going to help you out in developing the skill.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfXxcMTyvQtv-uu9aO6bTrw

What’s needed:

 Paper sheets appropriate for origami (03)

o Generally, the origami paper is a handmade thin sheet, and ranges between 20 to 50 gsm.
The original paper is made from a variety of different plant fibers. But, you can use any
sheet available to you.
 Laptop/mobile devices to access the reference videos/documents

The Tasks

We have divided the activity in two sub-activities, as detailed below:

First Hour:

 Make your paper planes;

 Once done, we will fly them from the balcony/corridor of 2nd floor and see whose plane glides the
farthest

You must retrieve your paper-plane from the lawn. We must keep it clean!

Second Hour

 Now, make a complex object. The object should be 3D, and must have multiple folds to
extract/make the shape. I should not suggest any shapes here, but make sure that your object is
complex and represents your age.

Deliverables:

1. Paper plane
2. Complex 3D object
3. The construction sequence in your final lab report

Assessment Rubrics:

1. The quality of folds, edges and corners of paper plane

2. The distance of gliding, as tested from the balcony/corridor of 2nd floor
3. The quality of folds, edges and corners of complex 3D shape/object
4. The complexity of 3D shape/object
5. Articulation of learning out of this activity