Akira Yoshizawa, The Father of Origami On Google Logo Today

Akira Yoshizawa is known as the Father of Origami, the art of paper folding is quite popular and is said to come from Japan.

Origami is found in Japan in the 17th century, before being circulated widely to various parts of the world around mid-1900. Since then, Origami is known as a modern art form.

Today, March 14, 2012, marks the 101 anniversary of Akira Yoshizawa. He has created 50 000 origami models of various shapes and sizes. Most of them have been enshrined into 18 special origami book.

Akira Yoshizawa was born on March 14, 1911 and died March 14, 2005. Throughout his career, he served as an international ambassador for culture of Sakura.

In 1983, in the reign Emperor Hirohito, Akira received his Order of the Rising Sun, the highest award to a Japanese citizen.

Akira is a pioneer of origami techniques, one wet-folding, or fold the paper in a wet state. In this technique before it folded moistened paper, create a more rounded and chiselled looks.

It is considered by many to be the beginning of a paradigm shift origami into a work of art, from the previously considered just as an ancient folk craft.

Google logo today is inspired by the origami artist, Google showed its appreciation to the figure of Akira Yoshigawa by displaying Google text made ​​out of paper origami folds a variety of colors. What do you think about the Google logo today? Write in the comments.

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