{"id":17914,"date":"2022-12-26T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/?post_type=interview&#038;p=12412"},"modified":"2024-08-08T18:05:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:05:33","slug":"%e9%9b%91%e8%aa%8cswitch%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%93%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%80%8ecocone-creators-file%e3%80%8ffile-04-2d%e3%83%87%e3%82%b6%e3%82%a4%e3%83%8a%e3%83%bc-%e4%b8%8a%e5%a0%b4-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/news\/media\/id=17914\/","title":{"rendered":"Magazine SWITCH Interview &#8220;COCONE CREATORS FILE&#8221; FILE.04 2D Designer Mai Kamba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u203bThis article is machine translated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n<div style=\"font-color:#222;font-size:0.9em;line-height:1.4em;padding:1em;background-color:#eaeaea;overflow:hidden;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/i20221226c_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-height:120px;margin:0.5em;float:left;\"\/><div style=\"margin:0.5em;\">This article was originally published in &#8220;SWITCH Vol.41-No.1&#8221; and is reprinted with permission.<br\/>\nPHOTOGRAPHY: GOTO TAKEHIRO<br\/>\nTEXT: KAWAKAMI HISAKO\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\"><strong>FILE.04<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mai Kamba<\/strong> 2D Designer<br>Joined the company in July 2014. After working on internal projects, he joined CCP Business Division \/ Pokepia Product Planning 2D Team in September 2022. Currently working as a creative director and item designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading fashion &#8220;moods&#8221; that change with the times<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/i20221226b_2.jpg\" style=\"width:50%;max-width:340px;float:left;margin:1em 1em 1em 0;\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8211; What did you do before you joined Cocone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to become a fashion designer, so I went to a fashion school. However, my thinking changed while I was in school, and I began to think that I wanted to design freely without being bound by the framework of fashion. Around that time, the market for mobile services was becoming more vibrant, and after working as a designer for mobile services, I later moved to Cocone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8211; Do you notice any differences between real world fashion and avatar clothing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel that here there is a need to design clothes that are too flashy to wear in daily life, or decorations that you would have to physically give up in the real world. I think there is a place in the apps provided by Cocone where the possibilities for self-expression, such as &#8216;I really want to wear this kind of clothing,&#8217; are unlimited, so I try to design to help with that wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8211; What does a 2D designer do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We start with the product planning of what items we will release each month, and we also create design drawings of specific items. Based on the design drawings, we have a 3D designer create models, and I also check the 3D models to ensure that the relationship between 2D and 3D is seamless so that we can provide even better items to our customers. I also work as a PR person, considering ways to expose the items when they are released, and I sometimes propose plans for items that will make customers feel more &#8220;cute&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8211; What exactly is the &#8220;cuteness&#8221; that Cocone is looking for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no clear definition of Cocone, but I think the key is to decipher the &#8220;mood&#8221; of the times. I think the interesting part of this job is to explore what is &#8220;cute&#8221; in the current era, while dealing with values that are constantly changing and being updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/recruit\/\">Click here for current open positions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135601793,"parent":0,"template":"","news_cat":[125075],"class_list":["post-17914","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_cat-media"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135601793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocone-one.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_cat?post=17914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}