Simone FM radio did a live interview with me once.
It was fun to do, I placed the interview in this video: 




       

Origami king of the Netherlands
Next to Willem-Alexander the Netherlands has another king now.
He might be a little less famous, but that will probably change soon.
It's Origami king Joost Langeveld, his videos have millions of hits.

           

       

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

       

Origami Letter K design for a paper factory

BZT Show - Origami Dragon

Money Origami for a Health Magazine

This boat of my is used during the Monaco Yacht Show, at guest dinners of a shipyard which makes luxurious yachts (Heesen Yachts).
The Origami boat is used as table decoration and by magicians entertaining the guests pic.twitter.com/3fEi5ehOmV

— Joost Langeveld (@LangeveldJoost) December 6, 2019

Origami Exhibition in 2021
This is a showcase of a small exhibition I had in 2021. It showed some of my better Origami and paper models.

       

         

Largest Newspaper of the Netherlands: Puzzle with Paper
Please blink your eyes for a few seconds. Because those croissants on that counter... Are made of paper!
Just like the aubergines, the cutlery and most others things. Joost Langeveld (46) is ICT employee five
mornings a week and Origami Master for the rest of his time. Whatever he sees and likes, he can make
out of one paper square.
About 15 years ago  Joost had the wish to become extremely good in something and decided to focus on
Origami. The first few years he made models out of other peoples instructions, later he started designing
his own models, mainly flowers at first. But also animals and food like a croissant, a hamburger or 
French Fries.
It's difficult designing models with all those edges, but that's what makes Origami so interesting.
Designing is like solving a puzzle, Joost says. Sometimes the model is good in one try, other times it just
doesn't go right for him. In those cases, Joost leaves the model for a while and tries again with a clear
mind a few hours later.
Joost designed about 750 models so far, some models are real stunning. His house is a true
'Paper Art Museum' full of beautiful creations like a minature city and a large castle. His first exhibition
is done now: At his daytime work in a nursing home.

   

Origami Superyacht
  
In 2021 a superyacht refit company from Spain asked me to design an Origami Superyacht.
They wanted to use the superyacht as (part of) a business gift for their customers.
The name of this company from Barcelona is MB92 and refits large superyachts

       

Joost lives in a paper paradise   (DAGBLAD VAN HET NOORDEN)
Because of my open house weekend in 2024, I invited a large newspaper magazine to come and
take a look in my house. They were very impressed and made a real nice article about me  🙂

   

This is a brief translation of the article:
Joost Langeveld is Origami artist, his house is full of folded models he created himself. You could say Joost created a paper reality. The kitchen for example, looks like a normal kitchen with a real dinner table, real plates etc. but all the food like fried eggs, hamburgers, strawberries and pastries are fake. The door of Joost his fridge is always open, but the milk, sandwiches, pudding and cheese don't get spoiled. "My curtains are always closed, everything discolors by sun real fast.", says Joost.
Joost works 18 hours a week as ICT employee in a nursing home, but he spends most of his time on Origami and everything that has to do with Origami. Joost likes working with his hands and he also wants to be very good in something, Origami gives him that opportunity. Before Joost started on Origami, he tried other things like pool billiards. As teenager he played in pool bars and café's, just for fun. In his early twenties he even practiced 6 hours a day and became pretty good, sometimes even clearing the table in one turn. But pool billiards became to monotonous for Joost, so he started focussing on Origami, a logic choice.
Joost got inspired by seeing photos of Origami artworks on the internet and started with folding various flowers. People around him were totally impressed by the flowers he made and this also inspired him to go further. Soon he started making instruction videos and placed them on Youtube. His videos got millions of views and were watched all over the world. "Mostly by woman, but that doesn't matter", says Joost. "People folding models which I designed myself gave me a real kick". Joost earned a few hundred euros a month with his videos, but deleted his channel after a few years.
Fans were really worried, some even thought Joost was dead. But Joost is still alive and well. "I just had it with Youtube, I began feeling like a Youtube slave. They once asked to check all videos whether they're made for kids or not. "I had 500 videos that period, I had better things to do than checking 500 videos which were already uploaded"
Meanwhile he's back on Youtube, starting from zero with less subscribers, Joost shrugs his shoulders. He also makes Origami books: "This is my first book, Fabulous Folded Flowers had a first edition of 12.000 copies, sold in the USA. And this book, Flower Origami, more than 75.000 copies sold, really.
Joost isn't an Origami purist, he also made things like a mini-city with ferris wheel and a large witch house. "crafting / art should remain fun", says Joost
Soon, Joost is having an Open house. About 50 to 80 people already registrated for the open house weekend in April. To avoid Project X situations (You never know in Haren), Joost wants to spread his visitors a little. "So, if more people are interested they can contact me to make an appointment for visiting".