Origami hats for world leaders, folded from the currency of their respective nations

Hasegawa Yosuke creates origami hats for presidents, dictators, and monarchs from the currency of the nations they led. via MyModernMet.

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http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

This is fantastic.

What’s that hat the Queen has on though? Trilby? I’d have gone for a flat-cap.
- http://www.xeni.net/ Xeni Jardin
  
  She’s a Shriner.
  - http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
    
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http://www.facebook.com/victor.fricke.1 Victor Fricke

Gandhi did not “lead” India, and Ernesto Guevara did not “lead” Cuba.
- twianto
  
  …and that British lady still leads (present tense) the UK.
solitaire

I loved this 3 years ago!
http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/origami-hats-for-the.html