Date & Time: Friday, December 19, 2025 14:00-15:00 (Reception opens at 13:45)
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / EVENT SPACE (1F / next to the museum shop)
Fee: ¥500 (a TABF admission ticket valid on the day of the event is required)
Language: Japanese

 

Speakers: Fukunaga Print Co., Ltd. (a paper design, processing, and manufacturing company) × Yuta Shimoda (structural engineer specializing in architecture)

 

Fukunaga Print, known for collaborating with diverse creators, and origami researcher Yuta Shimoda present a Christmas tree-making workshop. In this session, you’ll create your very own three-dimensional Christmas tree by folding specially designed paper with pre-cut lines. Add patterns and decorations with stamps or pens to make a one-of-a-kind, original tree!
The shape of this tree is inspired by the tetrahedral kite conceived about 130 years ago by Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. It’s a fascinating and unique design, where small triangles come together to form a larger structure.
No glue or scissors are needed—just folding—so even small children can safely take part. This hands-on experience, perfect for December, offers a fun way to explore the wonders of origami and geometry.

 

*No reservation is required for this workshop.

 

 

 

Yuta Shimoda
Completed a Master’s degree at the University of Tokyo Graduate School. Architectural structural engineer and origami researcher. Member of Biomatter Lab. Part-time lecturer at Meiji University and Tokyo University of the Arts. His specialties are the geometry of origami and architectural structural mechanics. Drawing inspiration from natural forms and everyday phenomena, he explores future architectural possibilities through geometry and structural mechanics.
He actively engages in interdisciplinary collaborations, such as providing folding patterns for Comme des Garçons noir kei ninomiya. In 2023, he was selected for Forbes JAPAN’s “30 UNDER 30”, which recognizes young innovators shaping the future.

 

 

Fukunaga Print
A paper design, processing, and manufacturing company based in Tachikawa, Tokyo, which marked its 60th anniversary in 2023.
Since 2006, Fukunaga Print has launched collaborative projects with designers, including “Kami no Kousakujo (Paper Workshop),” “Terada Mokei,” and “Airvase.” Through these initiatives, they develop, manufacture, and sell original paper products developed in-house at the factory.
Their consulting team UNBOX, made up of paper structure design experts, proposes packaging solutions that balance functionality and beauty.