On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Diana Lee via Origami < origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:
> I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think that is a dodecahedron. It may > be an icosahedron. > The model could be the stellated icosahedron shown on this page: > https://www.origami-resource-center.com/polyhedra-origami.html The shape appears to be a stellated octahedron, not a dodeca- or icosadhedron. The "bumps" have triangular bases, which rules out anything dodecahedral (pentagonal faces/bases of the "bumps") and there just aren't enough faces for an icosahedron. On the Lexus enthusiast page that Peter found: https://lexusenthusiast.com/2018/03/08/lexus-celebrates-owners-with-new-commercial/ in addition to the advertisement itself, there's a behind-the-scenes video that talks about the origami, but sadly never gives a particular designer credit for the origami piece itself. Of which, according to the video, there are 2000 in the hanging arrangement! (The direct Youtube link to the behind-the-scenes video is here: https://youtu.be/xA18TAbnCYY ) The artist interviewed (who appears to have designed the hanging 3D shape part - he calls himself a "perceptual artist") calls the origami piece (around time mark 0:44) something that sounds like "katana" which I'm going to guess is him mis-speaking/mis-remembering the word "kusudama." (TOTAL conjecture on my part. But the word "katana" in Japanese means "sword" so something's odd there.) At time mark 0:47 there's a very clear shot of the pieces. It looks like it's made from just a few piece, or maybe even one piece - you can see that there aren't very many seams. So, 'fess up, creators - anyone know who did the origami? Anne
