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Some people love modular origami. So satisfying to fold the units and have it assembled into a beautiful model - almost like magic! Other people hate modular origami. Why would anyone want to fold the same simple unit over and over again? These people prefer the regular kind of origami: one sheet = one model. Give it a try and see what you think.

Many of the diagrams here are from Modular MM Mania - it's a must see site. As well, see pictures at from the flickr pool.

The value in between the parentheses represent the number of units needed to complete the modular origami model.

Tetrahedrons, Cubes, Octahedrons, & Prisms

Lazy Tetrahedron 1 (2u) (TK Lam)
Lazy Tetrahedron 2 (2u) (TK Lam)
$Trigonal Bipyramid (3u) (marigami)
Pyramid (2u) (J Casoblanco)

Cube (6u) (J Casoblanco)
Cube 2 (6u) (J Casoblanco)
Daisy Cube (24u) (M Mukhopadhyay)
Flower Cube (6u) (M Mukhopadhyay)
Heart Cube (6u) (K-D Ennen)
Jackson Cube (P Jackson)

Modular Cube (6u) (J Ardell)
Multicolored Cube (6U) (R Foelker)
Oxi Model (12u) (M Kosmulski)
Pajarita Cube/Cubo de Pararitas (6u) (J Concha)
Plain Cube (12u) (M Mukhopadhyay)

Ray Cube (24u) (M Mukhopadhyay)
Temate Baku (6u) (M van Gelder)
Temakobako (6u) (D Mitchell)
Thatched Cube (24u) (M Mukhopadhyay)
Whirl Cube (24u) (M Mukhopadhyay)
Dice Family (6u, 24u, 78u) (D Petty)

Trihedron Cubic Box (4u) (Gerardo)
Trihedron Photo Box (13u) (Gerardo)
Trihedron Photo Frame (4u+) (Gerardo)

Sonobe Unit (3u) Toshie Jewel
. . . . . . . .(6u) Cube
. . . . . . . .(3u-30u) with Earth patterns

Skeletal Octahedron: (6u) (R Neale)
here, with variation and variation
Skeletal Octahedron (2u) (K-D Ennen)
Octahedron Skeleton 1 pg 7 (12u) (J Koppel)
Octahedron Skeleton 4 pg 8 (12u) (J Koppel)

That Simple Unit (3u to 20u): pg 1, pg 2 (C Esseltine)
Gyroscope (12u) (L Simon)
Fluted Diamond (2u) (M Kahn)
Hanging Ornament (2u) (T Fuse)

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Plain Cube
Whirl Cube
Sonobe Cube

Dodecahedra

A4 Dodecahedron (30u) (P Macchi)
A6 Dodecahedron (12u) (ORC)
Dodecahedron from A4 (12u) (M Kono)
Dodecahedron from square (12u) (H Verrill)
Hacky Sac (+30u) (picture) (W Chan)
Rhombic Dodecahedron/Rombicoedro (12u) (JL Alonso)
A4 Rhombic Dodecahedron (12u) (N Robinson)
Stellated Dodecahedron (30u) (H Verrill)
Stellated Rhombic Dodecahedron (12u) (J Mosely)
Blintz icosidodecahedron (30u) (TK Lam)
Silvana Betti Mamino's Dodecahedra pic:
. . . Clover (30u) 1, 2, 3
. . . Easy (60u) 1, 2, 3
. . . Open (30u) 1, 2
. . . Pentagon (30u) 1, 2
. . . Star (60u) 1, 2, 3

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Ball and Spikey-Ball Models

Alpha Centauri (6u) (P Budai)
Blintz icosidodecahedron (30u) (TK Lam)
Bucky Unit (+20u) (D Petty)
Butterfly Ball (12u) (K Kawamura)
Curler Units (6u, 12u, 30u) pic, pic (H van Goubergen)
Deltahedron (Silvana Betti Mamino)

Fiore II (C Riccardo)
Football/Soccer: pg 1 2 , 3 (20u) (M Leonard)
30º Fuse Ball (D Brill)
Isa (30u) (David_paperfold)
Ilse (30u) (David_paperfold)
Icosahedral Globe (Simon & Arnstein) (30u)
Jitterbug (20u) (TK Lam)

Modular Ball (6u) (F Kawahata)
Moreno's Unit (12u, 30u) (JA Moreno)
Orb (12u): 1, 2 (J Mosely)
Rigel (6u) (P Budai)
Ruby Unit (3u to 30u) (N Robinson)

Sonobe Unit
. . . (12u) Stellated Octahedron
. . . (30u) Stellated Icosahedron
. . . (30u) Sonobe variation (M Mukhopadhyay)
. . . (30u) Two thirds Sonobe (M Mukhopadhyay)
. . . (3u-30u) with Earth patterns
. . . (30u) Boston Waltz Sonobe (mara-mama)

Spiral Star (6u) (G Bubniak) video
Spike Ball (12u - 54u) (Gurkewitz/Arnstein)
Super Simple Isosceles Triangle Unit (30u) (M Mukhopadhyay)
That Simple Unit (3u to 20u) (C Esseltine)
Various Models (M Sinayskaya)
. . . (30u) Chandelle Kusudama
. . . (30u) Clover
. . . (30u) Etna Kusudama
. . . (30u) Little Roses Kusudama
. . . (30u) Little Island Kusudama
. . . (30u) Waltz Sonobe
Windowed Icosahedron (12u) (TK Lam)
Yoshino Star (12U) photo (Yoshino)

Intersecting Planes

Octohedral Cross (12u) (YK Lam)
UVWXYZ (30u) (M Leonard)
VWXYZ (20u) (M Leonard)
WXYZ-diamond (12u) (TK Lam)
XYZmbe (6u) (N Robinson)
XYZguy (3u) (M Guy)

Meenakshi Mukerji's:
   QRSTUVWXYZ (90u)
   RSTUVWXYZ-Stars (72u) pic
   RSTUVWXYZ-Rectangle (72u)
   STUVWXYZ-Stars (72u)
   STUVWXYZ-Rectangles (72u)
   STUVWXYZ-Septagons (72u)
    TUVWXYZ-Stars (42u)
    TUVWXYZ-Rectangles (42u)
    TUVWXYZ-Hexagons (42u)
    UVWXYZ-Rect(30u)

Francis Ow's Models:
   Tornado (16u)
   VWXYZ (20u)
   WXYZ-rectangle (12u)
   XYZ-square (6u)
   XYZ-diamond (6u)

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Frames & Open Models

120º Unit (18u to 48u) (F Ow)
135º Unit (36u to 150u) (F Ow)
Icosahedron (30u) (C Sprung)
James Planks's Models:
   Square Module (12u) cube
   Triangle Module: (6u) tetra,
. . . . . . . . . . . (12u) octa,
. . . . . . . . . . . (30u) dodeca
   Pentagon Module (30u) dodeca
PHiZZ Unit (30u) (T Hull)
5 Intersecting Tetrahedra (30u) (video) (T Hull)
6 Intersecting Pentagrams (30u)
(Needle-ChengChit-Nolan)
6 Intersecting Squares (24u) (JC Lucero)
various interlocking frames (D Kwan)

Strip Folding read here first

Knotology (P Versnick);
pic; pic (H Rosciszer-Narloch)
Weaving Polyhedra .....Jim Blowers
Snapology, pic (H Rosciszer-Narloch)
Moravian Star (ORC),
also called Froebel Star (J Koller)
Tape Fish (T Yenn)
Easy Ribbon Fish (ORC)

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Not Polyhedrons

Caterpillar (N Robinson)
Pentagonal Coaster (J Casoblanco)
Hexagonal Coaster (J Casoblanco)
Magic Rings (6u) (T Yenn)
Sprinkler Units (P Versnick)
Stars, Rings, & Wreaths

Books about Modular Origami

Marvelous Modular Origami by Mukerji
Polyhedron Origami for Beginners (Origami Classroom) by M Kawamura
Origami Wreaths and Rings by David Petty
Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations by Tomoko Fuse
Unit Polyhedron Origami by Tomoko Fuse
Beginner's Book of Modular Origami Polyhedra: The Platonic Solids by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein
3-D Geometric Origami by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett
Modular Origami Polyhedra (Origami) by Lewis Simon, Bennett Arnstein, and Rona Gurkewitz
Multimodular Origami Polyhedra: Archimedeans, Buckyballs and Duality by Rona Gurkewitz and Bennett Arnstein
Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami by Betsy Franco
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