British paper artist Owen Gildersleeve has paid homage to the Nissan Juke in the form of a life-sized origami replica.
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Since the Juke was introduced in 2010, 150,000 units have been sold in the United Kingdom, all produced in Sunderland.
Owen Gildersleeve, said, “This was a great project to work on, hard work but very rewarding”.
To get ready for the new model, Nissan previously announced plans to invest £100 million at the factory in United Kingdom and it is believed the new Juke will make the switch to the CMF-B architecture that will also serve as foundation for the next Nissan Micra and Renault Clio.
Work on the Q30 will be followed by a second Infiniti model, the QX30, with both becoming the first premium models to be made in Sunderland and first to be exported to the U.S. and China. Using thousands of paper products also signifies the thousands of people who helped create the Nissan Juke.
‘So we think it’s very apt that on its fifth birthday, we celebrate the Nissan Juke with a tribute that harks back to that simple, but bold, first step, all carried out with Nissan’s signature innovation and excitement of course’.
Nissan Juke is not like the models Volkswagen Golf, Scirocco and many other cars particularly built in the 1970 that have a “folded-paper school of design” characteristic, hence, the origami making was not easy at all for Gildersleeve, according to vehicle and Driver on MSN.
The stunt coincides with the celebration of World Origami Days, which is held from October 24 through November 11.
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‘From that simple start, it’s a complex journey to production involving hundreds of skilled people, thousands of man-hours and millions in investment.
