VIDEO –Conversation with Oriol Esteve
Topics Covered in the Conversation with Oriol Esteve
- Connecting with the origami community — from private folding to AEP and the international scene
- The transition from folder to designer — what triggered it
- Origami and social media — the gap between what performs online and what is excellent to fold
- Complexity as a genre — challenging the value placed on complex models
- OAS (Origami Always Succeed) — its origins and the role of the creative community in his designing
- The design process behind specific models — the Horse and the Standing Squirrel
- Creating an origami shark.
- Working method — subject-first vs. paper-led designing
- The three books and the evolution of his philosophy across them
- Breaking the myth that you need advanced skills before designing
- Training creative intuition — deliberate practice vs. organic development
Biography
Oriol Esteve, born in Barcelona in 1972, is a prominent Spanish origami designer and author known for his accessible and intuitive approach to model creation. A member of OAS (Origami Always Succeed) — a creative group he co-founded — and the AEP (Asociación Española de Papiroflexia), he began designing original origami models in 2014 after years of folding, particularly inspired by traditional techniques.
Esteve has challenged conventional views in the origami community by encouraging creators to start designing early, without needing elite technical folding proficiency first, emphasizing intuition, flow, and experimentation over rigid mastery.
Esteve has been a sought-after special guest and instructor at international origami conventions, including OrigaMIT (2018), JOAS Kyushu branch (2022), Tokyo Tanteidan (2023), and events in Israel, Bogotá, Portland, Lyon, Sevilla, Rimini, México, Germany, and Poland. His work, often shared through diagrams, workshops, and social media, inspires folders worldwide to embrace personal creativity in origami.
Origami Books by Oriol Esteve
Oriol has authored three well-regarded origami books that reflect his philosophy.
- Stop Thinking, Start Folding*(2018), which promotes breaking myths around design prerequisites and training creative intuition
- Fold with the Flow *(2020)
- Crease Crazy* (2023).
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Visit Oriol Esteve’s Creators Website, Facebook, Instagram.
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For the horse diagrams, visit Oriol Esteve’s Instagram.
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