The Spiral Data Tato -- A Curiously Complex Origami CD Case

Step 9Afterword

Afterword
Would you like to try printing words onto the model? Here are the files:

Spiral Data Tato A4 for Word
Spiral Data Tato American Letter Paper for Word

I have tested these in Word and in Open Office Writer. Feel free to move the text boxes around and change fonts and such. Indeed, this model is Creative Commons licensed and I hope you will take it and modify it and make it your own.

There are a lot of folks out there who will say (in a Stewie Griffin voice, moreover), "Oh, that's a rectangle, that's not origami", or "There's lines on the paper, that's not origami." Well, modern origami conventions are pretty much just that: modern and conventions. There is no Académie Francaise for paperfolding, nor ought there be. If you're pure of heart and your skill is strong, you can fold it any way you like.

But I'll tell you a secret, just because I like you: it isn't origami until you share it.
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10 comments
Jan 7, 2011. 1:34 PMthatsgenius says:
Jefferson Airplane FTW
Jun 29, 2010. 1:56 PMVinka says:
HI! This cd case is the coolness!! Will make one as soon as I'm done with the uber cleaning going on in my house. Also, I'm with the 10% that wants to know how this is folded step by step (not that I'm against the templates, I love those) but the link to the diagrams page is broken. Does anyone know where to get them?
Feb 3, 2010. 7:14 AMandamas says:
 Excellent Piece, if you prepare the folds carefully, it almost closes itself. Thank you very much!
Dec 22, 2009. 4:39 PMRosselyn says:
Buenisimo, hace rato andaba buscando como hacerlo pero al principio en el video no se entendia Thanks!!
Nov 22, 2009. 6:57 AMlondon_kitty5 says:
Gonna make one today!!  Many thanks!
Oct 12, 2009. 9:38 PMLeyendecker says:
 that was brilliant :)
and SO much fun to do! you've explained it really well..thanks!
Jul 11, 2009. 1:40 PMLady_Ophelia says:
This is great! It's really worth the effort.
Oct 27, 2008. 1:07 AMacetona says:
really awesome, thanks for sharing this. great work!
Jul 19, 2008. 5:07 PMYendeg says:
I am truly speechless
Nov 28, 2007. 12:43 AMRazrWng says:
Thank you SO much. I saw one of these one time on TV and I nearly flipped my lid. Now I can make them whenever I need, which will be never; or whenever I want, which will be pretty much all the time.

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Oschene is Philip Chapman-Bell, a human resources drudge living in western Massachusetts. I probably should mention my deep and abiding enthusiasm for Open Source Origami. Clever catchphrase du jour...
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