It’s a key moment for the nonprofit organization, which has proved vital to the careers of so many local artists over the years—more than 1,500 of them have had studio space at Bakehouse at one point ...

Editor's Note: This article was produced in collaboration with Essay'd, a platform for art writing, curating, and research in Detroit, and funded through a feature writing grant from Michigan ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...

Just as a misshapen key can't open a lock, the proteins in our cells need to have the correct 3D shape to function properly. And defects in a protein's structure can cause diseases. Proteins are ...

Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to ...

Beginning with a child’s love of paper dolls, Joan Son’s creativity has unfolded — and folded — its way to high art. Son’s exhibition “Part Geometry-Part Zen: Paperworks and Contemporary Origami” is ...

In this video, I create a unique origami folding door inspired by Warwick Turvey. I explain how this seemingly impossible design works, detailing the materials used, including 1" square tubing, hinges ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

The art of folding clothes may seem mundane, but Local 4 Lifestyle Editor, Jon Jordan, insists it’s a vital skill for everyone, whether you’re packing for college or organizing your life post-nest.

For those outside the chemistry cognoscenti, the announcement might have seemed little more than researchers patting each other on the back. But the question of protein folding had plagued scientists ...