{"id":3245,"date":"2025-12-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:00:00","slug":"tomohiro-okazakis-paper-study-transforms-a-quotidian-material-into-mesmerizing-animations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3245","title":{"rendered":"Tomohiro Okazaki\u2019s \u2018Paper Study\u2019 Transforms a Quotidian Material into Mesmerizing Animations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/paper-study-1.gif\" alt=\"Tomohiro Okazaki\u2019s \u2018Paper Study\u2019 Transforms a Quotidian Material into Mesmerizing Animations\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From pieces of everyday white paper, a series of delightful stop-motion animations illuminates how a simple material can be transformed into a sophisticated design. Created by Japenese designer Tomohiro Okazaki, who runs a studio called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SWIMMING<\/a>, \u201cPaper Study\u201d is a series of short intervals in which pieces of cut, folded, and sculpted paper appears to move on its own.  Flat sheets transform into voluminous structures before collapsing back into a single plane, and arches, circles, and myriad other shapes move in sync. <\/p>\n<p>Okazaki is known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/tomohiro-okazaki\">playful optical animations<\/a> using matches and other household objects. See more on SWIMMING\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@swimming1681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> and the designer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/paper-study-3.jpeg\" alt=\"A still from a video of animations made from white pieces of paper in different cut shapes and arrangements\" class=\"wp-image-466275\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/paper-study-2.gif\" alt=\"An animated gif of a square piece of paper with circular holes that appear to be moving around on their own\" class=\"wp-image-466276\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/12\/tomohiro-okazaki-stop-motion-paper-animations\/\">Tomohiro Okazaki\u2019s \u2018Paper Study\u2019 Transforms a Quotidian Material into Mesmerizing Animations<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From pieces of everyday white paper, a series of delightful stop-motion animations illuminates how a simple material can be transformed into a sophisticated design. 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