Fiery Dragon Crease Pattern

Chan Pak Hei, Kade, Founding Chairman of Hong Kong Origami Academy, who is a professional origami artist and product/graphic designer, graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Design (Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Industrial and Product Design). Born in 1993, he started folding paper in 2005 at the age of 12. Now Kade Chan has more than 300 original origami designs and over 16 years of experience in origami teaching, also organized more than 500 public events/exhibitions and collaborated with many famous brands such as Ferragamo, Lamborghini, and Bottega Veneta. In 2008, when Kade Chan was 14 years old, he designed his first origami model - the Fiery Dragon. The diagram has been published in the book Origami Worldwide by John Montroll and Brian K Webb. In addition, instructions for the Fiery Dragon were made into a YouTube video tutorial by Tadashi Mori, which has had over 6,000,000 views. Kade Chan has received a great deal of recognition for his designs and has been the recipient of many international origami awards and honors. Most notably, in 2012, he received the Éric Joisel Award from Origami Canada. And in 2013, he received the Yoshino Issei Fund from the Japan Origami Academic Society. This is the most prestigious award in the origami community, and he is the first Chinese to receive it. 2015, Kade Chan was invited by the TEDx HKPolyU to be the guest speaker, sharing his creative design thinking process and origami techniques with the public. During 2016 and 2017, Kade Chan was invited to be the special guest of Origami USA Convention 2016 and Korea Origami Convention 2017, it was a great recognition for his design career. In 2019, Kade Chan was invited by the TEDx Victoria Harbour to be the guest speaker, sharing origami art. The same year, he collaborated with The Hong Kong Jockey Club, created a new Guinness World Record together, Largest Origami Lesson! In 2020, Kade Chan was awarded as one of the Hong Kong Ten Oustanding Young Persons, this is a great honor.