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Laureen Mahler is a designer and doctoral candidate in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University in Finland. Her research is focused on the design and creation of origami tessellations, and it takes a practice-based approach to the investigation of complex origami structures and their potential in art and design. Before moving to Helsinki, she was the co-founder of a printmaking studio specializing in fine art prints and experimental artists’ books, as well as a faculty instructor at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule.

Accordion with hexagons, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Accordion with hexagons, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Accordion with hexagons, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Alpha Series: Letterpress wood type on a double-sided waterbomb structure

Alpha Series: Letterpress wood type on a double-sided waterbomb structure

Alpha Series: Letterpress wood type on a double-sided waterbomb structure

Alpha Series: Letterpress wood type on a square waterbomb structure

Alpha Series: Letterpress wood type on a square waterbomb structure

Alpha Series: Letterpress wood type on a square waterbomb structure

Bio-pulp paper (seaweed, nettle, mushroom) as Miura-ori

Bio-pulp paper (seaweed, nettle, mushroom) as Miura-ori

Bio-pulp paper (seaweed, nettle, mushroom) as Miura-ori

Bio-pulp paper: Seaweed with Miura-ori

Bio-pulp paper: Seaweed with Miura-ori

Bio-pulp paper: Seaweed with Miura-ori

Biopulp paper (seaweed), Miura origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Biopulp paper (seaweed), Miura origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Biopulp paper (seaweed), Miura origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Curved Folding - - Initial Trials 2

Curved Folding - - Initial Trials 2

Curved Folding - - Initial Trials 2

Curved Folding - Initial Trials 1

Curved Folding - Initial Trials 1

Curved Folding - Initial Trials 1

Curved Folding - Initial Trials 3

Curved Folding - Initial Trials 3

Curved Folding - Initial Trials 3

Diagonal origami waterbomb structure

Diagonal origami waterbomb structure

Diagonal origami waterbomb structure

Diagonal Waterbomb kinematics - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Diagonal Waterbomb kinematics - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Diagonal Waterbomb kinematics - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Diagonal waterbomb origami structure (closeup)

Diagonal waterbomb origami structure (closeup)

Diagonal waterbomb origami structure (closeup)

Double-sided origami waterbomb structure (extended)

Double-sided origami waterbomb structure (extended)

Double-sided origami waterbomb structure (extended)

Letterpress wood type on unbleached paper

Letterpress wood type on unbleached paper

Letterpress wood type on unbleached paper

Miura-Yoshimura hybrid, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Miura-Yoshimura hybrid, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Miura-Yoshimura hybrid, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Resch triangles origami corrugation

Resch triangles origami corrugation

Resch triangles origami corrugation

Resch triangles origami corrugation (reverse view)

Resch triangles origami corrugation (reverse view)

Resch triangles origami corrugation (reverse view)

Screenprint and letterpress on cotton rag paper

Screenprint and letterpress on cotton rag paper

Screenprint and letterpress on cotton rag paper

Sculptural view of diagonal origami waterbomb structure

Sculptural view of diagonal origami waterbomb structure

Sculptural view of diagonal origami waterbomb structure

Sphere origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Sphere origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Sphere origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Square twist, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Square twist, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Square twist, origami tessellation - Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Square waterbomb origami structure

Square waterbomb origami structure

Square waterbomb origami structure

Yoshimura-Miura hybrid origami corrugation

Yoshimura-Miura hybrid origami corrugation

Yoshimura-Miura hybrid origami corrugation

Yoshimura-Miura hybrid origami structure

Yoshimura-Miura hybrid origami structure

Yoshimura-Miura hybrid origami structure