ORU Magazine 14 book cover

ORU Magazine 14

Published:
1996 by Sojusha
Pages:
152
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
Japanese

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Skill Level Simple to complex
Clear diagrams? Yes
Tinted diagrams (to show 2 sides of paper)? Yes
Photos of completed models? Yes
Is there indication to the model size resulting from size of starting paper? No
Are the models "Pure" origami (From a single square - no cuts)? Varies

Overall Impression

ORU are a set of 16 large-format commercial magazines published between 1993-1997. They all contain many articles about design, designers and techniques, alongside beautiful photos, with many diagrams in the back.

Articles

Origami for interior decoration - great photos of origami used to decorate houses and places
Mitsunobu Sonobe's work, including photos of Yen bill folds
Joseph Wu's work - with great pictures, especially of his scaled dragon
Folding polyhedra from odd-shaped strips of paper
The work of Hideo Komatsu
ORIGAMICS
Noshi
Traditional models
More that I can't figure out?

There are 21 Origami Designs in ORU Magazine 14:

Design Designer Page Details Photo

Manta ray

Fish

Akira Yoshizawa34Square
Fish

Fish

Akira Yoshizawa35Square
Monkey

Mammals - Primates

Miyashita Atsushi90Square
Rabbit

Mammals - Lagomorpha - Rabbits and Bunnies

Toshie Takahama92Rectangle - 1X2
Armadillo

Mammals - Xenarthra - Armadillos

Joseph Wu109Square

Also in Origami USA Convention 1995
Origami Armadillo by Joseph Wu. Folded from a square of Vietnamese wrapping-paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of Vietnamese wrapping-paper by Gilad Aharoni
Horse

Mammals - Equidae - Horses and Donkeys

Issei Yoshino121Square

Also in Issei Super Complex Origami by Issei Yoshino
Also in MFPP 1995 Convention
Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 24
Also in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 25
Origami Horse by Issei Yoshino. Folded from a square of Satogami paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of Satogami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Fox

Mammals - Canidae - Coyotes, Foxes and Wolves

Hideo Komatsu126Square

Also in Tanteidan 7th convention
Also in Works of Hideo Komatsu by Hideo Komatsu
Origami Fox by Hideo Komatsu. Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded from a square of origami paper by Gilad Aharoni
Elephant

Mammals - Elephantidae - Elephants

Teruo Tsuji129Square

Cute, color changed tusks
Merry-go-round

Toys

Tomoko Fuse131Square
2 units

Requires cuts if you want horse heads
Pigeon - 2D

Birds - Columbiformes - Pigeons

Kunihiko Kasahara134Square
Sparrow - 2D

Birds - Passeriformes

Kunihiko Kasahara135Square
Book

Objects - Books

Martin Wall137Rectangle - 1X2

Also in BOS Magazine 64
Also in BOS Magazine 214
Also in Dieci Bellissimi Origami - 10 Beautiful Origami - QQM 1
Also in Le Pli 51
Also in NOA Magazine 15
Also in Origami El Mundo Nuevo by Kunihiko Kasahara
Also in Origami USA Convention 1983
and in other sources...

8 pages and cover
Origami Book by Martin Wall. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Leaf

Flora - Trees and Plants

Makoto Yamaguchi139Square
Book

Objects - Books

Martin Wall140Square

Also in CDO convention 1994
Also in Doctor's Origami Dream Book by Toshikazu Kawasaki
Also in Fun Origami World by Makoto Yamaguchi
Also in Le Pli 113-114
Also in MFPP 2009 Convention
Also in NOA Magazine 152
Also in Origami El Mundo Nuevo by Kunihiko Kasahara
and in other sources...
Origami Book by Martin Wall. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Apple

Flora - Fruit and Vegetables

Makoto Yamaguchi141Rectangle - 1X2
Pipe unit - 3D

Objects - Useful

Makoto Yamaguchi141Square

Can be used for frames, pencil-boxes etc
Cow (Yen bill)

Mammals - Bovidae - Cows and Buffalo

Mitsunobu Sonobe143$ US Dollar Bill
Flower

Flora - Flowers

Tomoko Tanaka146Square
Multiple units
Hyperbolic parabola

Geometric and other shapes

Unknown147Square

Also in Origami USA Convention 1989
Also in The Best of Annual Collections 1981-1995
Also in Origami - A Complete Step-by-Step Guide by Paul Jackson
Also in Study of Origami Forms - From the Perspective of New Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara
Also in The Complete Origami Course by Paul Jackson
Also in Project Origami by Thomas Hull
and in other sources...
Origami Hyperbolic parabola by Unknown. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Sanbow

Boxes and Containers

Traditional149Square

Also in Origami for Children by Mari Ono and Roshin Ono
Also in Amazing Origami Boxes by Tomoko Fuse
Also in The Art and Wonder of Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara
Also in Double-sided origami by Taichiro Hasegawa
Also in Happy Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara
Also in Japan's Creative Origami by Kawai Toyoaki
Also in NOA Magazine 9
and in other sources...
Origami Sanbow by Traditional. Folded by Gilad Aharoni on giladorigami.com
Folded by Gilad Aharoni
Scarecrow

Objects - Various

Traditional149Square
With cuts