Coined as the new R. Buckminster Fuller and founder of ChersonProm, Eddy Sykes is a sculptor and architect with studios in both Los Angeles and Detroit. His latest project, Yakuza Lou is presently on display at Materials & Applications in Los Angeles.
Based on an origami tessellation, Yakuza Lou is a mechanical articulation of this angular pattern (a difficult feat, to be sure) which opens and closes. For this top lighting-based piece, this almost looks like it's breathing... I wish I could embed the videos here, but QuickTime is lame, so here's the link. So cool!
Eddy standing next to Yakuza Lou
'Aerial' view of the grounded half of Yakuza Lou
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