If you hit google.com today, you’ll see that their logo is a photo of origami. I’m going to take the liberty of posting a screenshot here, since it’s probably a one-day event (although I’m sure that all of their Doodles end up in an online museum somewhere):
It was created in honor of Akira Yoshizawa, who would have been 101 today. Mr. Yoshizawa is recognized as the father of modern origami. He invented the notation system that’s used worldwide to create instructions for folding origami models. He also invented wet-folding, a technique which adds a sculptural aspect to origami. It’s not an exaggeration to say that he’s the person who transformed origami from a relatively simple craft to the complex art form it is today.
Each letter in the logo was folded from a separate sheet of paper by Robert Lang. There’s a blog entry here about it.
