‘Squid Game’ leads to UK origami boom

nme.com:

Squid Game appears to have led to a boom in origami in the United Kingdom.The South Korean Netflix show has been a huge hit for the streamer since its debut in September, becoming the most viewed show on the platform in just a matter of weeks.However, The Times reports that the show has helped a surge in the popularity of the Japanese paper-folding art, despite having little to do with Squid Game.The newspaper said that people are using origami to create tiles for the South Korean game of ddakji, which was portrayed in Squid Game as the mysterious recruiter uses it to bring in players for the violent games at the centre of the show.TikTok videos with the hashtag #Ddakji have received 17.6million views in a few months, the company said,.