Fumiaki Shingu founded his graphic design company City Plan Co., Ltd. in Tokyo in 1984. His popular artwork has sold in a variety of retail settings, from Toys "R" Us to Loft, and he has clients from New York to Paris. In 1998, Fumiaki started producing works featuring origami. Fumiaki went on to create Origami Club (www.origami-club.com), a website where he shares his love of origami and offers instructions for origami projects. He has written dozens of books on origami in Japanese.