Charmaine Qiu – Looking Outwards – 05

ModelingCafe is a CG company in Tokyo that focuses on 3d modeling and character concept design. They aim to break the current constraints of modeling, and does work in a huge variety of representation methods or genres. The company recently introduced the world’s first computer generated fashion model “Imma” (means “now” in Japanese) who took over magazine covers in Japan.

From a live body and background, Imma’s head are being transposed onto the body, and that is how her images are created. As a hot topic in current Japan, she also has a instagram and Twitter account, where she posts photos and stories almost mimicking a real life human. Though 3d generated fashion models can bring perfection towards the human body, the gap between what is presented in the media and the everyday world would become further apart. This could also damage the modeling industry for real life models. As a designer, I think it is important for the current world to realize the possibility of designs that could people to comply to the innovative world.