Seems that the last time I posted shop window origami was way back in 2011. Here are photos of ones I've spotted, all in Hong Kong, since April this year.
Cool! Hummingbirds in earth tones at Coach (Queen's Road). It's not really obvious what's going on in this window until you take a step back, and it turns out the hummingbirds are holding up shoes. I guess the mannequin is meant to be enjoying a fine fall day in the park, surrounded by shoes and hummingbirds. So random, but interesting:
Not real origami, because it's not really folded out of a piece of paper but more like assembled. A giant faux origami elephant at Gap Kids (Hysan Place):
This one was hard to photograph but turned out kinda cool looking. Birds and starburst geometric origami in the Sogo window facing the street. I like the different positions of the wings:
These cranes are folded out of lai see envelopes, at Mint & Lemongrass (Soho). A really good idea, since those envelopes can be really pretty, are often free and a waste to throw out. This is a kind of display that a small store can easily put up to add a festive air around Chinese New Year time. But it also seems weird to combine Chinese and Japanese traditions, imho, and cranes are so strongly associated with Japan:
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