How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

I used to fold an origami unicorn design by Marc Kirschenbaum. I can't find any instructions on the Modern Internet, but I used to fold it out of gum-wrappers while sitting in class.

The unicorn from the film itself wasn't "true" origami, being a prop consisting of several pieces glued together, but it really popularized the idea of an origami unicorn and a number of the current designs were prompted by it.

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by lovegrenoble » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

Nice

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by kittikitti » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

Thank you for sharing, I really enjoy origami and look forward to learning this fold.

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by ge96 » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC

Interesting it starts off the same as a crane

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by skrebbel » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC

21asdffdsa12 wrote: post #3

Its not foldable from one paper sheet?

Okay?

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by jcl » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

21asdffdsa12 wrote: post #3

Its not foldable from one paper sheet?

Correct… they “cheated” a little to make the props for the movie. There are other designs for single-sheet unicorn, winged unicorn, and Pegasus — particularly the ones from John Montroll — but they look a bit different from the movie props, and are harder to fold.

https://johnmontroll.com/books/dragons-and-other-fantastic-c...

Re: How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)

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Post by bisby » Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

21asdffdsa12 wrote: post #3

Its not foldable from one paper sheet?

https://web.archive.org/web/20071017100610fw_/http://cgi.lin...

On the final page it has a link to the "How to fold from a single sheet"