Jun Maekawa, Tokyo, Japan
Jun Maekawa was born in Tokyo in 1958. Having studied physics, he developed a new origami method based on fundamental geometric patterns that mark the beginning of “complex origami.” Maekawa’s insights into the connection of mathematics and origami are summed up in the “Maekawa Theorem.”
I Want To Fly. Know Impossibility. But, Wish Innovation (KIWI),
concept 1984, model 2005
The model is made of Japanese washi paper which was tinted yellow and brown. A square sheet of paper measuring fourteen centimeters on the sides was folded without the use of scissors or adhesive.
