Nick Robinson



Nick Robinson (born 8 January 1957 in Burnham-on-Sea, England) is a British paperfolder. He was awarded the Sydney French medal in 2004 by the British Origami Society and is an Honorary Member of the British Origami Society.

He has folded a kaleidoscope of projects over the course of his career, but is drawn to folding containers, masks, and simple designs. His approach to origami is to try and capture the essence of a subject using minimal creases, rather than a more realistic representation. He is actively involved with the Folding Didactic movement, which aims to promote academic study of the history of paper-folding and the most effective way to teach it.

Publications
Robinson is a prolific author, having written nearly 70 books of origami. Some of the books written by Robinson include:


 * World's Best Origami 2010 ISBN 978-1615640539
 * Origami For Dummies Wiley & Co 2008 ISBN 978-0-470-75857-1
 * Picture Perfect Origami St. Martin's Griffin 2008 ISBN 978-0-312-37596-6
 * The Origami Giftbox Firefly Books 2006. ISBN 978-1-55407-198-2
 * A Beginners Guide to Origami Parragon Books, 2006. ISBN 1-4054-5048-7
 * Encyclopedia of Origami Quarto Publishing 2005. ISBN 1-84448-025-9
 * Pub Origami New Holland Publishers 2005. ISBN 1-84330-935-1
 * Adult Origami New Holland Publishers 2004. ISBN 1-84330-744-8
 * The Origami Bible Collins & Brown 2004. ISBN 1-84340-105-3
 * Paper Planes that Really Fly Quintet Publishing 1992. ISBN 1-85076-325-9

You can also find diagrams for folding some of Robinson's original models on his personal website.

Teaching
Robinson is an experienced origami teacher who has taught paper folding classes to both children and adults since 1984. He has worked in schools, youth clubs, hospitals, art galleries, prisons, libraries, and shopping centers within the UK. He has also taught and lectured on origami in America, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Catalonia, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

Commercial Work
Robinson has used his origami skills in many commercial projects over the course of his career, including creating a trophy for the British Book Design and Production Awards and designing models for Kelloggs "Art Attack" promotion. He also worked with Verve Clicquot, The Victoria and Albert Museum, N-Power, Xerox, Ribena, Penguin, Google, the Guardian newspaper, Waddingtons, Norske Skog, Chatsworth House, Bibbi, Sappi and many others. He also created origami models as part of an effort to promote a book called "The Airman" by Eion Colfer.

Personal life
Robinson lives in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Although he has been working as a professional origami teacher since over 30 years, Robinson was formerly a professional musician, performing with Typhoon Saturday, the Comsat Angels and Neil Ardley.

He still performs as a “looping” guitarist working extensively in the Sheffield improvised music scene. His most recent release is “Cotyledon” under the Lost Garden name.

Biography
Nick has been folding paper since the early 80's and has been a member of the British Origami Society for more than 25 years. He has contributed articles and designs to nearly every issue of the Society’s magazine since 1987 and has served on its council for more than 20 years.

He edited their bimonthly magazine for five years and maintains their web site. In 2004 he was awarded the "Sidney French medal," the Society’s most distinguished award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to origami. He has in addition been made an honorary member of the Society.

Nick has been a professional origami teacher for nearly 30 years, travelling to schools, libraries, youth clubs, hospitals and art galleries, teaching origami and paper artwork. He runs sessions with people of all ages and physical abilities. Tutees have included both the visually and hearing impaired.

He has appeared on television in England and Germany and has fulfilled numerous commissions for magazine, television and internet advertising campaigns. More than 300 of his original origami creations have been published in 13 countries, including Japan, and his work has been included in prestigious exhibitions around the world. Nick has also taught and lectured on origami in numerous countries, including France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Japan.

He has written and illustrated nearly 60 origami books (making him by some margin the most published origami author in England), with total world-wide sales of well over a million.

Nick lives in Sheffield, England, with wife Alison, grown-up children Daisy and Nick, and cats Rhubarb & Matilda. He is also a former professional musician who still performs solo improvised ambient guitar concerts.