{"id":105,"date":"2019-12-21T21:21:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papirfoldning.dk\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2019-12-27T07:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T06:40:24","slug":"hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papirfoldning.dk\/blog\/?p=105&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By the end of November Kenneth from Fuso\/Mercedes-Benz Denmark contacted me, asking if I could provide an origami tree for an event less than two weeks later. In fact, could I make 3? An interesting design task, and in nice cooperation with Kenneth the end result became this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They were to deliver their first two electric city trucks for the Danish market, Fuso eCanter. The Danish minister of transportation, Benny Engelbrecht , would also participate in the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually we agreed that there should also be a car under the the trees. The ones in the picture have about the right proportions, they are just not 6 m long, but like 5 cm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing the trees took some effort. Luckily I didn’t show Kenneth the first attempt as it more looked like a crumbled mushroom, or something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The road to the end result involved visiting the family in Randers. It is amazing how much you can get done in a 3,5 hours train trip. At home our dinner table (and much of the floor) was filled with (crumbled) paper most of the fortnight. I’m lucky to have a very patient wife:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, pretty early on I settled on the two-piece trees inspired by Beth Johnson’s sheep using square tessellations (waterbomb pattern) for the wool. My trees got triangle tessellations instead which looks a bit more irregular and assymmetric. Ron Resch was among the first (the first?) to use this pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I experimented with paper colours and qualities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the event the white trees won out as they have a more futuristic look. And they became ready for the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left, holding a tree, Thomas Harttung, co-founder and chairman Aarstiderne. Then with the mike, Erk R\u00f6nnefarth from Fuso Europe handing over the tree to Casper Svensson, founder and CEO, Citylogistik. The minister of transport stands hidden under the umbrella. Photo: Kilian Bishop<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And oh yes, they also asked for diagrams<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sincerest thanks to Kenneth and Daimler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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