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Origami sites I visit for general content:

The Origami Database The most extensive ori-book database, containing the indexes of hundreds of books and many thousands of models. with friendly search options.
The Lister List David Lister is an endless source of knowledge about the history of origami. This is a collection of many of his articles.
Passion Origami Nicolas Terry's website is a showcase of photos and diagrams from many international creators. Also includes a frequently-updated "news" section for origami news all over the web. In English, French and other languages.
David Petty's origami book-covers A huge collection of origami book-covers from all over the world.
Origami Sightings See where you can find references to origami in movies, TV, books, ads and more. It's all around us! A comprehensive listing by Janet Hamilton.
Anne LaVin's Origami Books There are some very good book reviews here, and a huge list of Anne's books.
Origami-l archive search Useful in searching past origami-l posts. On Alex Barber's site.
The Origami Forum A great discussion area for all things origami.
Origami Resource Center By Diana Lee. A good collection of resources.
The Origami-L website A wealth of information - diagrams, articles, programs and more.
Joseph Wu's origami page Contains a huge database of links for origami websites, photographs of models and people, articles and more.
Polish Origami Association - Paper Fantasies Lots of origami goodies. Galleries, diagrams, articles and more. In Polish.
Origami Tanteidan In Japanese and some of it in English, many photos, a few diagrams and lots of information. You can "read" some of it if you use Google's translator.
Folding Together The website of the Israeli Origami Center's Israeli-Palestinian's peace project
Peter Budai's Origami Page Diagrams, pictures and articles from this creative Hungarian folder.
Orihouse Click on the doors to see many photos, diagrams, and more. Including a guest area,
where you can post your own photos.
Serova and Serov Victoria Serova and Vladimir Serov are talented origami creators from Russia. Their website contains galleries and diagrams of their work.
Origami Fun The lighter side of origami.
OrigaMIT The origami club at MIT. Come visit if you're in the Boston area!

Origami sites I visit for diagrams:

The Clouds of Thoki Yenn The many talents of the late Thoki Yenn, of which origami was only one.
Origami Video A categorized collection of origami-themed videos from all over the net.
Ronald Koh's Origami Page Photographs and diagrams of Ronald's amazing creations.
Origami D'Auria A very nice site featuring the work of the Italian creator, Pasquale D'Auria. plenty of diagrams and pictures (including some nice animated ones).
Anita's Origami Loads of great diagrams by Anita Barbour.
Jeremy Shafer's BARF Many of Jeremy's fantastic models are diagrammed here, and there's more about him on the site.
Alex Barber's Origami Page A HUGE diagram database.
Alec Fehl's Origami Very original diagrams, and a nice photo gallery.
The Fascination of Folding Plenty of Hans Birkeland's great diagrams
Fishgoth.com Stephen O'Hanlon's Origami page - Lots of diagrams - and other interesting sections.
Sy's Paper Folding Page Sy Chen's excellent models - with many photos of his work.
Origami Swami Plenty of diagrams for various holidays and subjects.
Paper the World An Eco-friendly website with an important message and fun diagrams.
Roberto Gretter's Origami page Diagrams for Italian creator Roberto Gretter's models. Also lots of pictures from conventions.
The Origamist Klaus Dieter Ennen's origami page, with many diagrams for his own creations.
Love Origami Andrey Lukyanov loves origami hearts, and on his website he has many of his creations diagrammed, including several booklets, and diagrams for a full set of alphabet.
Happy Folding Sara Adams created dozens of instructional videos for models and techniques, as well as other fun origami-related videos.
Yamada Katsuhisa's website Photos, diagrams and information about Yamada Katsuhisa's books.
Origami Player Beautiful 3D animated instructions for many models.

Origami sites I visit for pictures & Crease-Patterns:

Robert J. Lang Origami Featuring photos of the fantastic work of Dr. Robert J. Lang, as well as information about scientific projects involving origami, and many crease-patterns for his works.
Eric Joisel's official website Galleries and some crease-patterns of Eric Joisel's amazing work.
Brilliant Origami The original models and paintings of David Brill.
A Joint Tribute to Neal Elias A joint project by some of the world's best folders, showcasing the work of the late Neal Elias.
Origami by John Montroll John Montroll's official website, with information about his books.
Paul Jackson's Origami Page Pictures and diagrams of Paul Jackson's work.
Jake's Origami Gallery Jake Crowley is a true master folder.
Bernie Peyton Origami The fantastic work of Bernie Peyton.
Caveman Boon's Origami Gallery Artfully folded models by Caveman Boon.
Herman Mariano's gallery Probably the best folder in Israel.
Brown Paper Saadya Sternberg's original creations.
Eyal Reuveni on Flickr Great work from an Israeli top-folder.
Eran L on Flickr Original designs from Eran.
Brian Chan's Gallery Excellent creations by Brian Chan.
Origami Montreal Many things on this site - but the OUSA gallery always amazes me...
Sebastian Kirsch's Gallery Some beautifully folded models by Sebastian.
Seb Origami By the late Sebastian Curvers. Fantastic photographs. His Discworld is a true work of art.
Gabriel Vong's Ori-Scope Gabriel Vong from Hong Kong displays his beautifully folded models.
Giang Dinh Giang Dinh is a master of figurative origami sculpture
Hojyo Takashi's website Hojyo Takashi's impressive galleries.
Noboru Miyajima's website Pictures of this very talented Japanese creator's models, crease patterns and some diagrams. In Japanese & English.
Hideo Komatsu's website One of the most talented origami creators - pictures of his models, crease patterns and his commentary. In Japanese.
Satoshi Kamiya's Origami An origami genius - many photos of his ultra-realistic creations, with crease patterns for some of them. In Japanese.
Shinji Sasade's Origami In Japanese - nice photos from this great creator.
Ashipine's Work The beautiful work of Ashimura Shun'ichi.
Comic Folder The Work of Miyamoto Shintaro. Many Anime characters, especially Pokemon, with many crease-patterns.
Kotoki's Origami Room Astonishing tissue-foil origami sculptures of Anime characters and more.

Also see his Blog
Meguro Toshiyuki's website All in Japanese - but hidden between those links are plenty of photos and crease pattern challenges.
Jason Ku's Origami Page Gallery and crease-patterns of Jason Ku's creations, as well as several articles.
TT's Origami Page Photos and crease-patterns for Tachi Tomohiro's creations.
Aru Masa Pictures, some diagrams, and many clever Japanese-currency folding
TPKong's web page This guy is a great origami creator - You'll find photographs and diagrams of his work.
Ordigami Origami models of computer hardware, and more by Etienne Cliquet.
Meenakshi's Modular mania I don't really like folding modular origami, but I sure enjoy looking at them! And there's much here to look at. Also includes many directions for modular origami.
Modulandia Enrica Dray - from Italy - displays many modular creations, and instructions on how to fold them. In Italian.
Organic Origami Original organic pleated models by Goran Konjevod.
Origami USA convention archives Many pages of photographs from past conventions.
Erica's Origami Page Wonderful photos from several OUSA conventions, taken by the late Erica Knopper.
Michele's Money Origami Michele's original method of investment - she folds all her money! Also see her other page for references to money-origami diagrams on the web.
Dollar Artist A huge gallery of $ folds by Marc Sky. He sells them, too.
Money Origami Design Lab Whimsical money origami by Nakasim.
Masters of Origami The official website of the "Masters of Origami" exhibition held in 2005 at Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria.
John's Marcolina's Flickr Page Great models folded by John Marcolina.
John McKeever's Album One of the best folders I know.
Lar's Origami Gallery Photos, cartoons, and caricatures of origami notables!
Origami Roman A Flickr photo album containing Roman Diaz's fantastic original creations.
Origami Spider A Japanese page about origami spiders.
Origami Plaza An extensive gallery by Yoshi and Orihiko Ichikawa.
The Museum of Origami Art Many galleries of models folded by Ayepapa. In Japanese
Vietnam Origami Group Some great talent has come out of Vietnam in a short time. This site displays the work of Vietnamese creators and folders. Don't miss the Yoshizawa Gorilla competition!
Origami Okiba Very nice folding and original creations. In Japanese

My favorite origami blogs

NeOrigami Hosting, with photos and diagrams, the works of many creators, and publisher of the Mini Neo online magazine
Origami Tessellations Eric Gjerde's musings on origami, tessellations, geometry, design, and art
The Fitful Flog Philip Chapman-Bell's weblog
Have Paper, Will Travel Michael Sanders' origami blog
Dosis Diaria de Origami Roman Diaz' blog. In Spanish
fold / unfold Hideo Komatsu's blog. In Japanese
Noboru Miyajima's blog Noboru Miyajima's blog. In Japanese
Origami, Aesthetics and Natural History Saadya Sternberg's insightful blog
EL CODIGO d'CP Eric Madrigal's exploration of crease-patterns. In Spanish
Paper Forest An excellent blog about paper-crafts, with some origami content.
Orizuka In French. Many pictures and book information.

Websites I visit when I go origami-shopping:

Janet Hamilton's Origami Sources A great list of many sources for books and paper in the world. Very useful when traveling!
Origami books on Amazon.com Click on the link on the left to see all origami books on Amazon.com - I buy most English origami books here.
Origami books on Amazon.co.uk Click on the link on the left to see all origami books on Amazon.co.uk
Origami books on Amazon.co.jp Origami books on Amazon.co.jp - took 2 weeks to ship to Israel.
Lower prices than you can get in most places.
The ordering process should not be too difficult, even if you don't read Japanese.
Yesasia.com Carries Asian origami books, and offers free world-wide shipping for orders over $39.
Origami-shop.com Here you can find special origami papers, origami books published by Nicolas Terry, as well as other books from around the world, some of which cannot be found anywhere else.
Gallery Origami House Publishers of Tanteidan convention books and the fantastic "I Love Origami" series. It's a little tricky to order from the directly, as they do not accept credit cards.
Kim's Crane Origami Specialist, with a large stock of books (English and Foreign) and a very big variety of origami paper.
The Source Origami USA's online shop - many books, including self published convention books, paper and more.
Viereck Verlag In German - a large stock of books and paper. Their paper catalog is very useful.
Origamido Michael LaFosse's studio - offering his books and videos.
Paper Circle Makers of O-Gami, high-quality paper made specifically for origami.
Style of Japan Style of Japan.com features fine traditional handmade Japanese papers such as Yuzen Washi Paper, Chiyogami, Origami Paper, Lamp
Shade Paper and Shoji Paper.
The Paper Crane Beautifully made Jewelry, ornaments and more by Miya Cline.