alt.hn

2/22/2026 at 10:42:12 PM

How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

 https://web.archive.org/web/20011104015933/www.linkclub.or.jp/~null/index_br.html

by exvi

2/25/2026 at 11:06:45 PM

I just read about the backstory. Gaff (Edward James Olmos) put the unicorn where Deckard would find it as a message. He was gently informing Deckard that he was a replicant. Deckard had just dreamed about the unicorn and told nobody, so the only way Gaff could know is if he knew which dreams Deckard had implanted in his memory.

This came from Ridley Scott, not Philip K. Dick.

I am impressed that Scott was so subtle about this for so long. It would have been a short-term boost to hit us over the head with it, as in The Sixth Sense. But being coy about it helped to make the movie a true classic.

by delichon

2/25/2026 at 2:42:24 PM

Better explanation https://geekydadcrafts.com/2019/01/10/the-blade-runner-unico...

by sts153

2/25/2026 at 10:41:09 PM

I'm having problems interpreting step 23, to arrive at 24.

The archived Japanese instruction wants to unfold the paper entirely, and then ... what? I'm stumped.

by noughtnaut

2/25/2026 at 9:43:22 PM

"Diagrammed by Kenneth Thompson". The name sounds familiar...

by comonoid

2/25/2026 at 4:56:00 PM

Thanks. These are waaay better instructions.

by Wistar

2/25/2026 at 2:50:07 PM

I used to fold an origami unicorn design by Marc Kirschenbaum. I can't find any instructions on the Modern Internet, but I used to fold it out of gum-wrappers while sitting in class.

The unicorn from the film itself wasn't "true" origami, being a prop consisting of several pieces glued together, but it really popularized the idea of an origami unicorn and a number of the current designs were prompted by it.

by saalweachter

2/25/2026 at 7:29:59 PM

Are we losing old websites like that?

I actually was unaware that this warranted a website. When I was young, I had one origami book. I completed it to about 40%; wasn't too bad but was far away from being really good. Origami is quite an art. These days I tend to watch youtube videos more than look at oldschool books but I loved that old handbook. Never folded a unicorn though.

by shevy-java

2/26/2026 at 12:51:40 AM

I also had a small handbook that was given to me by a big brother figure. I spent so much time with that handbook which was very beaten up, its cover fallen off etc. fun memories. Seeing origami reminds me of that time when I was 5-6 years old

by orkasi

2/25/2026 at 4:27:06 PM

I recently picked up an origami book and started practicing in dull moments. I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with phone addiction.

by puttycat

2/25/2026 at 4:53:27 PM

Can you share any tips on good origami books for beginners?

by MrPapz

2/25/2026 at 4:56:34 PM

The nice one I found randomly in a store is by Adeline Klam. (originally in French, but I see there's an English version)

by puttycat

2/25/2026 at 5:28:22 PM

I used to do origami obsessively in my youth, and recently picked it up again while spending time with my nephew. I'll have to give this one a go!

by chao-

2/25/2026 at 2:46:23 PM

Its not foldable from one paper sheet?

by 21asdffdsa12

2/25/2026 at 4:17:47 PM

Correct… they “cheated” a little to make the props for the movie. There are other designs for single-sheet unicorn, winged unicorn, and Pegasus — particularly the ones from John Montroll — but they look a bit different from the movie props, and are harder to fold.

https://johnmontroll.com/books/dragons-and-other-fantastic-c...

by jcl

2/25/2026 at 11:39:51 PM

Thanks for sharing this book.

by pelcg

2/25/2026 at 4:36:57 PM

Wow, those look fantastic!

I love Blade Runner (I'm obsessed with it), but the unicorn origami never clicked with me. These ones look much better.

by the_af

2/25/2026 at 5:43:16 PM

And then you have the works of Satoshi Kamyia which is on an even higher level https://origami.ilyazadornov.com/origami/2021/unicorn-satosh...

by PetitPrince

2/25/2026 at 8:44:03 PM

Wow, impressive! Though I don't dig that "crumpled" style as much, maybe a bit of it but not this much.

by the_af

2/25/2026 at 3:57:18 PM

Okay?

by skrebbel

2/25/2026 at 5:17:45 PM

Origami by definition is folded from a single, square sheet.

by IAmBroom

2/25/2026 at 6:31:34 PM

When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers?

Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means ", and that's stupid for obvious reasons that I can't be bothered to spell out and therefore I disapprove".

Admittedly my reply was even worse so yeah, pot, kettle.

by skrebbel

2/25/2026 at 8:29:01 PM

So what did you mean?

by pavel_lishin

2/25/2026 at 7:28:38 PM

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by youarenotsmart

2/25/2026 at 10:31:29 PM

Are you autistic?

by ghost-of-dmr

2/25/2026 at 3:40:55 PM

Interesting it starts off the same as a crane

by ge96

2/25/2026 at 4:37:33 PM

As many origami folds do, I believe

by etrvic

2/25/2026 at 4:38:17 PM

Am I the only one who starts folding an origami design, gets distracted, and somehow ends up with either a crane or a frog?

by the_af

2/25/2026 at 5:18:09 PM

I got a rock.

by IAmBroom

2/25/2026 at 6:20:45 PM

I always end up with a Frank Gehry building.

by munificent

2/25/2026 at 6:56:18 PM

Wow those are trippy like a building going through a dimensional rift or something

Some you could call a Dr. Seuss house the ones more boxy in appearance than curved

by ge96

2/25/2026 at 10:00:38 PM

Very Cool

by Obscura-

2/25/2026 at 3:33:11 PM

Thank you for sharing, I really enjoy origami and look forward to learning this fold.

by kittikitti

2/25/2026 at 2:54:42 PM

Nice

by lovegrenoble

2/25/2026 at 7:36:58 PM

Now we need the 1 cut and fold algorithm.

by mbfg

2/25/2026 at 4:26:15 PM

Where is Bladerunner mentioned?

by notorandit

2/25/2026 at 8:12:24 PM

It does reference it in links on the 'COMPLETE' page

by Aardwolf