A menu you unfold

Five sheets of paper, creased and stacked. Open the packet and each panel swings out on its hinge, then its content drops down in accordion folds, shading itself as it turns toward the light.

Kyoto, since 2014

A small atelier for folded objects: lamps, wayfinding, and packaging that opens like a gift. Everything begins as a single uncut sheet.

Our story 01.1
People 01.2
Press 01.3

kraft 120g

Selected pieces

Forty-one commissions across lighting, retail and stage. Each one folds flat for shipping and stands up in under a minute.

Lighting 14
Retail 19
Stage sets 08

cream 150g

Crease, score, fold

We draw the crease pattern first, score it by hand, then let the paper decide the final form. No glue, no cuts, no shortcuts.

Crease patterns 03.1
Materials 03.2
Workshops 03.3

coral 110g

Notes from the bench

Short essays on tension, memory in fibres, and why a fold remembers where it has been.

The patient crease Aug
Wet folding Jun
Paper weights May

sage 130g

Visit the atelier

Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. Open Thursday to Sunday, 11–18. Commissions by appointment; workshops monthly.

hello@kamiandfold.jp
Map & hours
Newsletter monthly

cream 150g