Recently, the Taro’s staff had the pleasure of teaching a huge origami class for Agios, a Cambridge based pharmachetical company.  This is the story of how we found a unique way to engage their staff and connect to the arts.

1: Brainstorming

Agios started with one work of art.  The piece is of a hand reachingout for a red blood cell.  As a company Agios is known for their work in cellular metabolism and they were inspird to try and connect the activity to the art work.   Then, after seeing our previous work with Glenfiddich on another recent project, we decided to create a similar collage of the hand and their origami work.

2: Teaching

Next, the team of Frank Ling and Jeff Raab traveled up to Boston, and got to work setting up.  They started with a presentation on the history of origami and how it has always had a tight connection to the worlds of art and science.  From there the lesson began, and they proceeded to star twith some simple origami models and then work up to some more impressive forms.

3: Collaborating

Then while everyone was busy folding new models, the staff collected all the origami hearts and suprised the team with a hand collage based on the original artwork.  During the lesson the team worked together to help make sure everyone was able to fold the models, and this new collage was a great way to remind everyone of wha twe did and them teamwork it took.