到了1950至60年代,日本折纸大师吉泽章提出了一套革命性的折纸图解系统。他在1954年发表的《新折纸艺术》(新らしいおりがみ芸術)中首次介绍了这套系统,其中运用了点线和虚线来分别代表山折和谷折,并融入了如“吹气”和“圆形”等新符号。这套方法引起了塞缪尔·兰德列特(英语:Samuel Randlett)和罗伯特·哈宾(英语:Robert Harbin)的注意,他们又增加了如“旋转”和“放大”等符号,并将其定为标准。吉泽-兰德列特系统于1961年首次在兰德列特的《折纸艺术》(Art of Origami)中被详细介绍[1],并迅速成为全球折纸界的通用标准,至今仍被广泛使用。
Robert J. Lang. The Complete Book of Origami: step-by-step instructions in over 1000 diagrams. Dover Publications, Mineola, NY. Copyright 1988 by Robert J. Lang. ISBN 0-486-25837-8 (pbk.)
Pages 1–30 are an excellent introduction to most of these skills. Each of these 13 models is designed to let you practice one skill several times. Unfortunately, the remaining 24 models leave out lots of pre-creases.
Peter Engel. Origami from Angelfish to Zen. Dover Publications, Mineola, NY. Copyright 1989 by Peter Engel. ISBN 0-486-28138-8 (pbk.)
Pages 1–88 explain how the crease patterns of the classic bases are related to each other, how they are examples of fractal design, and how it is possible to generate arbitrarily complex origami designs.
Robert J. Lang. Origami Design Secrets: mathematical methods for an ancient art. A K Peters, Natick, MA. Copyright 2003 by A K Peters. ISBN 1-56881-194-2 (pbk)
This book shows how crease patterns and folding techniques are related to the large-scale structure of a model. It also shows how closed-unsinking was derived, using Lang's TreeMaker software for prototyping arbitrarily complex origami designs.
Tomoko Fuse. Unit Origami: multidimensional transformations. Japan Publications, inc. Tokyo. Copyright 1990 by Tomoko Fuse. ISBN 0-87040-852-6
This is an excellent book about modular origami, and serves as a great introduction to geometric models and designs.