About
Pleat Farm is an informational and inspirational online platform – a design pasture showcasing the latest in apparel, textiles, architecture, furniture, paper art and product design, with a focus on innovative material applications such as folding, bending and knotting.
I’m an architect, a seeker of good design, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. ‘Folding’ has been my modus operandi ever since I began my design education at RISD, and the technique has served numerous possibilities in my works. Hence, this has inspired me to create an online archive on design that utilizes folding as well as innovative material applications, and so P|F was born.
Enjoy grazing!
Elizabeth Surya




























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I love this site. I am also obsessed with pleats! Good work!
This is fantastic work!! And absolutely the best blog I have come across!! THANK YOU!!
Beautiful site. Stumbled across your site doing research for an article on the role of fabric in tensegrity structures to the Encyclopedia of Tensegrity. Are you interested in that subject as well? I found some good stuff here: http://www.tensionstructures.com/terminology.htm.
hey was trying to email you but could not decipher your email address … any help
this is really a amazing site
thanks for sharing us those amazing posts and keep working
Pleatfarm still living?
Hi Noud,
PF is taking a little sabbatical & will be back very soon. Thanks for your patience!
- Elizabeth
hi..
its a super inspirational site.
really love the fold concept!!
was browsing for some paper ideas…and found your link ..
look fwd for more uploads!
thnks elizabeth..
take care..
I am teaching folding fabrics in my class in university. We visited your site many times with my students for improving our knowledge about new works in folding design and art. The books you introduced are in our library too!
Thank you very much for sharing the great things, with interesting subject, in beautiful way, with us.
All the best and Good Luck
Are you back yet? I wanna see new posting!!
I found this and it might be of your interest as well (architecture and folding).
http://7coffeeaday.blogspot.com/
Thanks LL for the link! awesome stuff!
Mojgan,
Your note is such an encouragement and a joy, and I’m so glad that Pleat Farm has been a resource for your class. Thank you!
I like your the specific point of Pleatfarm and it’s own expression such as “Pleat”, “Graze”. Like, Like, Like!
Hi Elizabeth,
This site is awesome. I would love to get some of my fathers work posted on your blog. He has been pleating for over 60 years…actually my entire family has been doing it for 4 generations. We do a lot of work for the couture fashion houses. Looking forward to your response
Regards,
George
Elizabeth! I browsed PleatFarm almost everyday in school. Very inspirational and informative indeed. I had no idea it was your blog! Good work and hope you are doing great!
Hi George, please email me and we can talk further! Thanks! – Elizabeth
Hi Ravie! So glad that you’ve checked out Pleatfarm! Just exactly what’s intended to do! Thanks for dropping by, & hope you’re well!
Dear Elizabeth, i just ran across this site and i was inspired a lot from here.Thanks so much for your optional sharing.
Regard.
Thanks for sharing this source of inspiration!
If you want learn more about paper architecture and folding, check out my projects:
http://www.instructables.com/member/sphere360/
Hi! This is a magical site! Thanks for putting it together. Are you Indonesian by any chance?