While the story of Oru Kayak’s viral startup has been told many times, little has been written about its performance on the water. Oru Kayaks redefined “folding boats” with its origami-inspired design ...

When Anton Willis invented the portable, origami-influenced Oru Kayak in 2012, he very quickly wound up with a Kickstarter hit on his hands. The kayak earned $443,806 in crowdsourced funding (Willis’s ...

Campers and backpackers carry their tents, sleeping bags, and climbing gear with them – so why not their boats? Oru, The Origami Kayak is a full one-person boat made from heavy-duty corrugated ...

The Earth’s waters are rising. Since 1880, global warming has increased the world’s sea level by eight inches, and climate scientists report that the rate of this rise will only accelerate (to the ...

Ever since Oru introduced its first origami-style folding kayak back in 2012, other brands have come out with boats that were claimed to be lighter and more compact. Oru has now addressed that ...

It was a profile of master origamist Dr. Robert J. Lang found in the pages of The New Yorker that inspired Anton Willis to create a foldable kayak. His first iteration, made of the same corrugated ...

Earlier this year, Inhabitat was excited to introduce you to Oru, the Origami Kayak. The 12-foot-long, 25-inch-wide elegant, one-man kayak folds into its own compact carrying case, making it easy to ...

Just a couple of months ago, we first heard about the Oru – a prototype touring kayak made from corrugated plastic, that can be folded up and carried like an art portfolio. Designer Anton Willis and ...

The Inlet, which launched on Kickstarter today, promises to bring a slew of nice refinements to the Oru formula. For instance, the boat weighs just 20 pounds, which the company says is 36% lighter ...