5OSME - Origami Design Challenge

wolf · Post by **wolf** » October 3rd, 2009, 1:22 pm

Dear all,

You are invited to participate in an Origami Design Challenge, which is being organized in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (5OSME), to be held in Singapore from July 13 to 17, 2010.

The theme is the Merlion and the challenge is open to everyone.

Participation is free and there will be no restrictions on the number of models you may submit.

The Merlion, originally designed as an emblem of the Singapore Tourism Board, is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. The lion head represents Singapore's original name "Singapura" or Lion City in Sanskrit. The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name of Temasek meaning "sea town" in Javanese.

The Merlion at Merlion Park is one of the few Merlion sculptures seen around Singapore. Pictures of this Merlion are uploaded at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10595819@N ... 125638741/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10595819@N ... 125638741/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10595819@N ... 125638741/

A page for photos of the models and their CPs will be created soon on the 5OSME website. Once your model is ready, please take photos of it from different perspectives and send them to Merlion Challenge at: origami@singnet.com.sg.

State your name, and country (city) where you are from in your email. Please also provide some information of your model, e.g. paper used, techniques applied and size.

This is a design challenge and there are no prizes. The winners will be decided by voting based on the picture submitted and uploaded on the website. Voting is open to everyone, and further information on voting will be put up on the website.

The pictures submitted will only be used for the purpose of the Challenge. Any request for commercial purposes will be referred to the model creator.

Submission of pictures from participants will only close on June 13, 2010. You will therefore have about 9 months to design your model.

Thanks,
5OSME Organising Committee