It is almost like an origami phone like a paper craft, a conceptual model of a phone whose handset is completed from a piece of paper

"Origami handset" is a concept model that produced origami as a motif from only one paper on a fixed phone.

From that name I can see that origami in Japan is a motif, but rather it is made with a concept closer to a paper craft.

About Origami handset which makes handset with one sheet of paper from below.Weii Design Ideas 1

"Origami handset" was designed by Chengyuan Wei, a student studying industrial design at Zhejiang University in China, it is one that forms a handset by folding only one sheet and is actually capable of talking .

Wei had a question about the fact that all the existing phones had similar shapes, and found that the part which functions as a disassembly receiver was a very small part. And it seems that it seems that if it is efficient assembling method using light material, it seems that it will arrive at a unique design, and it got to make a handset using paper.

"Origami handset" before assembling is like this. There is a guide for attaching creases, but it is made of one piece of paper.


Use the metal terminal at the bottom of the main unit so that it hangs on the telephone line.


The design is pretty simple. Besides metal terminals there is no particular attachment, the main material is paper.


When assembled it is like this. It is a shape that reminds me of a paper spoon about yogurt and others.


Usage image. Because it is well organized, I do not feel a sense of incongruity in appearance. Durability is somewhat anxious, but fresh look and simple mechanism is attractive design.