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0.00 How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996) (web.archive.org)
247 points by exvi 3 days ago | 35 comments on HN | Neutral Mixed · v3.7 · 2026-02-25
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The archived URL contains only Wayback Machine infrastructure code and Ruffle Flash player initialization, with no substantive website content accessible. No human rights–related editorial or structural signals are observable from this snapshot. A comprehensive HRCB evaluation is not feasible.
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HN Discussion 13 top-level · 10 replies
21asdffdsa12 2026-02-25 14:46 UTC link
Its not foldable from one paper sheet?
saalweachter 2026-02-25 14:50 UTC link
I used to fold an origami unicorn design by Marc Kirschenbaum. I can't find any instructions on the Modern Internet, but I used to fold it out of gum-wrappers while sitting in class.

The unicorn from the film itself wasn't "true" origami, being a prop consisting of several pieces glued together, but it really popularized the idea of an origami unicorn and a number of the current designs were prompted by it.

lovegrenoble 2026-02-25 14:54 UTC link
Nice
kittikitti 2026-02-25 15:33 UTC link
Thank you for sharing, I really enjoy origami and look forward to learning this fold.
ge96 2026-02-25 15:40 UTC link
Interesting it starts off the same as a crane
notorandit 2026-02-25 16:26 UTC link
Where is Bladerunner mentioned?
puttycat 2026-02-25 16:27 UTC link
I recently picked up an origami book and started practicing in dull moments. I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with phone addiction.
chao- 2026-02-25 17:28 UTC link
I used to do origami obsessively in my youth, and recently picked it up again while spending time with my nephew. I'll have to give this one a go!
shevy-java 2026-02-25 19:29 UTC link
Are we losing old websites like that?

I actually was unaware that this warranted a website. When I was young, I had one origami book. I completed it to about 40%; wasn't too bad but was far away from being really good. Origami is quite an art. These days I tend to watch youtube videos more than look at oldschool books but I loved that old handbook. Never folded a unicorn though.

mbfg 2026-02-25 19:36 UTC link
Now we need the 1 cut and fold algorithm.
Obscura- 2026-02-25 22:00 UTC link
Very Cool
delichon 2026-02-25 23:06 UTC link
I just read about the backstory. Gaff (Edward James Olmos) put the unicorn where Deckard would find it as a message. He was gently informing Deckard that he was a replicant. Deckard had just dreamed about the unicorn and told nobody, so the only way Gaff could know is if he knew which dreams Deckard had implanted in his memory.

This came from Ridley Scott, not Philip K. Dick.

I am impressed that Scott was so subtle about this for so long. It would have been a short-term boost to hit us over the head with it, as in The Sixth Sense. But being coy about it helped to make the movie a true classic.

skrebbel 2026-02-25 15:57 UTC link
Okay?
jcl 2026-02-25 16:17 UTC link
Correct… they “cheated” a little to make the props for the movie. There are other designs for single-sheet unicorn, winged unicorn, and Pegasus — particularly the ones from John Montroll — but they look a bit different from the movie props, and are harder to fold.

https://johnmontroll.com/books/dragons-and-other-fantastic-c...

bisby 2026-02-25 16:19 UTC link
https://web.archive.org/web/20071017100610fw_/http://cgi.lin...

On the final page it has a link to the "How to fold from a single sheet"

etrvic 2026-02-25 16:37 UTC link
As many origami folds do, I believe
the_af 2026-02-25 16:38 UTC link
Am I the only one who starts folding an origami design, gets distracted, and somehow ends up with either a crane or a frog?
MrPapz 2026-02-25 16:53 UTC link
Can you share any tips on good origami books for beginners?
Wistar 2026-02-25 16:56 UTC link
Thanks. These are waaay better instructions.
Aardwolf 2026-02-25 20:12 UTC link
It does reference it in links on the 'COMPLETE' page
comonoid 2026-02-25 21:43 UTC link
"Diagrammed by Kenneth Thompson". The name sounds familiar...
noughtnaut 2026-02-25 22:41 UTC link
I'm having problems interpreting step 23, to arrive at 24.

The archived Japanese instruction wants to unfold the paper entirely, and then ... what? I'm stumped.

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