Folded Fun | Quilt Construction by Studio Gorm wool felt and dense foam make this tesselated blanket from Studio Gorm - Via Style Addiction

Origami — the Japanese art of paper folding — is often credited as the driving inspiration behind modern furniture designs. Geometric and refined, the shapes that origami inspires range from the "Origami" plywood armchair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his home at Taleisan West to an entire collection of super-contemporary folded pieces by the Bouroullec brothers for Ligne Roset to a the new-to-market Flux portable chair.

Whether facetted or actually folded, these designs are minimalist and simple and take a cue from origami in exciting ways:

FOLDED FURNISHINGS

• Folded Fun | Quilt Construction by Studio Gorm wool felt and dense foam make this tesselated blanket from Studio Gorm - Via Style Addiction
• Folded Portable | Flux Chair by Douwe Jacobs + Tom Schouten - $199 each only at YLiving (8 colors + optional cushion available)
• Folded Chair | Real Good Chair by Blu Dot - $129 each at Blu Dot (available in white, blue, red and black)
• Folded Classic | Noguchi Prismatic Table by Isamu Noguchi for Vitra - $630 each at Hive Modern
• FIY: Fold-It-Yourself | Furniture Origami Book - $12 at Fred Flare via Design-Milk | Origami Furniture
• Folded Family | Facett Collection by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Ligne Roset includes sofa, ottoman, armchair, dining chair, side chair and rug
• Folded Felt & Foam | Fold Chair by Nina Bruun
• Folded Mod | Rosewood & Cane Origami Chairs - $8,500 for set of four (1960) from 1stDibs seller Pascal Boyer Gallery
• Folded Contemporary | "Origami" Easy Chair by OFFECCT
• Folded Frank Lloyd Wright | Origami Armchair by Frank Lloyd Wright - designed for use at Taliesen West and reproductions were made by Cassina until the early 1990s. Miniature versions are available

Images: 1-9: as linked above; 10: Flickr member IngaMun licensed by Creative Commons

MORE ORIGAMI, TESSELLATIONS & FACETS
• Origami-Inspired Home Decor
• How To Video: Jeremy's Origami Tessellations Tutorial
• Takayuki Senzaki's Origami Chandeliers