Why is a cube 'startling'?
- Most of the work is done by a single folding motion, i.e. starting from a pre-creased paper, one motion gets you almost all the way to the cube
- All of the visible surface is from the active side of the paper
- the cube appears to be very structurally stable (considering it is made of paper)
The slide into the first folding motion is magical and I'm glad they just go ahead and repeat it in the video because it deserves many viewings.