



commercial display work - POP - trade shows - product design - custom cutting
We design, build and package furniture and displays of all kinds. We write the instructions on their assembly and use by your customers. We do Point Of Purchase, Trade Show displays and environments out of wood, metal and plastics... we use the technology of CAD-CAM and the magic of the internet to communicate with you using rendered drawings. Then we communicate with N/C routers, Lasers, water-jet cutters and yes, humans to execute your orders. This use of our heads in concert with technology gets your project to you precisely, quickly and keeps your costs down by 1] applying thoughtful design 2] using the appropriate materials, processes and technologies. 3] simple no-tools assembly for your customer. 4] ships-flat keeps transport costs down. We communicate, we design, we manufacture, we pack, we deliver... We bring our no-tools, often no fastener, fold-up, knockdown spirit to every project... and we guarantee innovation. all pieces © Origami inc. Ask questions. Origami inc worked closely with Nikwax to get the feel just right. We incorporated the wheeled crate that everything travels to the show in into the display -- now the Nikwaxers don't have to wait for its removal and re-delivery at the end of the show. Can you spot the crate? neither can we... It's in behind providing support and show-storage until take-down. we designed and manufactured this 6' tall five-tiered display for NikWax the technical fabric and footware care and waterproofing company. It is one part of a 4 fixture suite addressing the needs of NikWax resellers. Ships flat - no metal fasteners used whatsoever...the plywood is sustained yield of 6 and 12mm thicknesses. These plywood parts are precision cut by machine and snap together using their inherent resilience. The blue panels are slide-in for in-store messaging. We created and manufactured fold-up laser-cut metal literature racks [below] that mount to the top shelf and we created pictorial instructions for ease of assembly by NikWax's resellers. Origami inc can do it all for you from initial concept to manufactured product in boxes. Have a look at the instructions ... Ask questions. function is form we designed and manufactured these slat-wall displays according to a concept by Tom Savelle. It is another part of the 4 fixture suite addressing the needs of NikWax resellers. Ships flat - no metal fasteners used whatsoever...the plywood is sustained yield of 6 mm thickness. These plywood parts are precision cut by machine and snap together using their inherent resilience. function is form










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As part of Nikwax's never-ending search for distintive point of purchase displays for their resellers. We created this slat-wall fixture that ships flat, snaps up in 30 seconds...of sustained yield fsc certified plywood.
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The times table, peripherack and keyster is outstanding computer furniture that erects in minutes, no tools... real wood... on-line ordering... As purchased by MIT Media Lab... "a snap to set up"...Wired Magazine Jan'97 |
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machined of elegant black ply and natural maple with plastic laminate top ...unfold and set up in two minutes... |


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We design build and package the fitting benches and test ramps you may have seen in your quality outdoor store...We engineer them of fine birch plywood and brand them with a lasered logo. A precision metal rubbing bar rotates and locks making possible absolute fit right at the foot - so to speak. The fit bench ships flat and is easily assembled by the retailer, with a wrench... Ask questions. |
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Origami's interlockin' system used by Montrail. It's a modular solution for studios and workrooms that slots together, the blue details in the shelf-corners are laser-cut... |
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For Strata, Toronto. The Rinaldo Chair [nee Spandrel] This is the collectors edition of ~150 of birch plywood and leather. This chair is being reprised in a ship-flat, snap-together version. Below is the modular StrataSystem also of birch ply...Ask questions.
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Seattle WA. Online since 1995,
We have licensed the name Origami to a case-goods office environment
by Teknion furniture of Toronto, we are
friends but are not related.