Cryptomeria
Year: 2026
Theme: Axis Mundi
Creator: Chad Rice
Contributor: Chad Rice
Details:
This sticker, created by Burning Man artist Chad Rice, depicts Cryptomeria, the 2026 Man Pavilion designed by Alexander (Zander) Rose — the timber structure built to support that year's Man effigy.
Rose based the design on Japan's Jōmon Sugi, an ancient cedar on Yakushima Island estimated at 2,170 to 7,200 years old, rendering a tree at architectural scale with dual interlocking spiral staircases that form a double-helix rising 60 feet to the Man's base.
