{"id":3314,"date":"2026-09-13T06:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/meet-pepet-takeos-palm-size-paper-friend-readies-a-pomme-edition\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T06:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:05:04","slug":"meet-pepet-takeos-palm-size-paper-friend-readies-a-pomme-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/meet-pepet-takeos-palm-size-paper-friend-readies-a-pomme-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet P\u00c9PET: TAKEO\u2019s Palm-Size Paper Friend Readies a \u201cPomme\u201d Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>P\u00c9PET, the palm-size \u201cpaper friend\u201d produced by <strong>TAKEO Co., Ltd.<\/strong>, turns a fruit\u2019s familiar silhouette into a playful character. Originally designed by <strong>Masae Nagao<\/strong>, the charming figure borrows the rounded contours of a pear or apple, complete with two eyes and a stem-like nose. Lift one and it gently wobbles and ruffles, emphasizing its delicate build and tactile appeal.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:left\">Layers, names, and a new \u201cPomme\u201d edition<\/h2>\n<p>Each P\u00c9PET is composed of <strong>more than 400 layers of colorful paper<\/strong>, creating a compact, weighty stack that animates with the slightest touch. The characters arrive with spirited monikers\u2014examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cDandel\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFuji\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSky\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drawing directly from orchard hues, TAKEO will release a new edition titled <strong>\u201cPomme\u201d<\/strong> on <strong>October 14<\/strong>, inspired by the saturated red and green of apples and their leaves. The palette nods to fruit and foliage while staying true to P\u00c9PET\u2019s petite, hand-friendly form and paper-first construction.<\/p>\n<p>While P\u00c9PET\u2019s personality comes across in its simple facial features and bobbing motion, its craft is anchored in layering: sheet upon sheet of color that, together, suggest softness, buoyancy, and an almost kinetic surface. That combination of structure and motion is what makes the characters feel so animated when handled\u2014without any mechanism beyond paper itself.<\/p>\n<p>TAKEO notes that updates about the release can be found on the company\u2019s Instagram, where the evolving lineup of names and colorways sits alongside this forthcoming ode to apple-reds and leaf-greens. For those already acquainted with \u201cDandel,\u201d \u201cFuji,\u201d and \u201cSky,\u201d \u201cPomme\u201d extends the lineup into crisp autumn tones while keeping the focus on material, color, and that endearing little wobble.<\/p>\n<p>Originally conceived by Masae Nagao and carried forward by TAKEO Co., Ltd., P\u00c9PET distills personality into a palm-size stack of color\u2014proving how much expression paper alone can hold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>V\u00eda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/09\/masae-nagao-takeo-pepet-paper-friends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thisiscolossal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P\u00c9PET, a palm-size \u201cpaper friend\u201d produced by TAKEO Co., Ltd. and originally designed by Masae Nagao, is built from more than 400 layers of colorful paper. TAKEO will release a new apple-inspired edition called \u201cPomme\u201d on October 14, following characters like \u201cDandel,\u201d \u201cFuji,\u201d and \u201cSky.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happening-now"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.echoartfoundation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}