Rethinking Sustainable Packaging With Origami

Periodicity reimagines the future of circular product packaging for everyday products through traditional paperfolding techniques. The name ‘Periodicity’ was inspired by the tessellating, repeating intervals of folds formed in Origami patterns.

By utilising the mysterious strength and flexibility unlocked from folding a single flat sheet of material, we developed a dynamic packaging system as a replacement for problematic, difficult-to-recover plastic-based materials such as Expanded Polystyrene and other polymer-based packing foams.

In proof-of-concept testing, an origami padding design formed from a single sheet of 120GSM A3 paper was able to support a uniformly distributed load of 70kg under controlled conditions without crushing at fold corners or deforming.

Periodicity presents the potential for an affordable, lightweight, adaptable, easy-to-recover protective packaging for a wide variety of products whilst adding curiosity and wonder to the packaging experience.

Project date - Completed Q3/Q4 2024

Packaging Design

• Dieline & Fold Design
• Dynamic and parametric folding simulation
• Computer Numerical Control (CNC) fabrication
• Stress Testing & Analysis