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SWITCH Magazine Interview: Web3 services opened up the future of the digital world

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_Mari Kim, the artistic director for our upcoming service Centennial gave an interview gave an interview to [The Dong-a Ilbo](https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20230317/4026040/1). We are proud to see our upcoming Centennial project receiving positive attention already before its release. Find the complete article below:_

“With Cocone’s avatar techniques and my 'Eyedoll' paintings, I want to dominate the global metaverse market.”

Mari Kim, the first Korean artist to sell artwork as non-fungible tokens (NFT) at 600 million won two years ago, turned herself into a metaverse producer this time. In partnership with metaverse specialist Cocone, she took on the overall planning of Centennial, a metaverse service that uses avatars. The service, for which she created stories, avatars, and digital fashion items, will be released later this year.

“I love to try new things, so I decided to jump into the metaverse after NFTs,” she told the Korea Times on Wednesday. “People in the modern era who feel dissatisfied with their real selves will feel liberated through their digital alter egos, avatars.”

Mari Kim, who studied creative media at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, gained popularity by drawing 700 paintings for over two years, one every day, and posting them on her Cyworld page and blog. In 2011, she directed the album cover and music video of 2NE1, a female K-pop group of YG Entertainment. Despite not having any connections in the domestic art world, she became an exclusive artist for Gana Art Gallery and held exhibitions at the Hakojae Gallery. Former F1 President Bernie Ecclestone, among others, owns her works.

Founded in 2008, Cocone has been in the “character customization” business that combines avatars and fashion. To date, it has 130 million global users who have purchased 16 billion digital items. “I feel both responsible and excited about this metaverse project because it embodies a world that today’s alpha generation (born after 2010) feels as more real than reality,” said Kim, who named her wide-eyed girl character “Idol” and replicated it in various forms.


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NFT artist turns into metaverse producer

**Paris Blockchain Week 2023** brought together some of the biggest names in the blockchain and crypto industry. From 20-24th of March, prominent industry players gathered in Paris to discuss and share their thoughts on the decentralized ecosystem’s past, present and future. Throughout the week, Cocone had the privilege to participate as the title sponsor for the event and connect and dive into the wonderful world of Web3 and virtual fashion. Here’s a short overview of Cocone’s activities during Paris Blockchain Week and our thoughts we shared with the audiences.

The first day of the week kicked off on March 20th with the **Talent Fair**, a dedicated day for talents and employers at the Westin Hotel in the heart of Paris. This full day event introduced us to key recruiters from top and leading companies in crypto, web3 and digital assets, as well as students, candidates and young professionals looking for new job opportunities globally. We had the pleasure to connect with international talent, introduce the background of Cocone and its services and encourage young professionals to shape their careers and find their next dream job.

![Cocone at Talent Fair of Paris Blockchain Week](https://cocone.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/uploads/3afa4a8cdde81cb77981cd4bdb22ef02.jpg)

**Investor Day** took place in the same venue as the Talent Fair, during which, [Woonsuk Lee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/woonsuk-lee-76b789191/), Cocone’s Global IR Team Lead, joined the panel discussion on “Talent management: Investing in employee retention strategies” together with talent representatives from [Halian](https://halian.com/), [PyratzLabs](https://www.pyratzlabs.com/) and [DEC Institute](https://www.decinstitute.org/). The panel discussed the hiring process of Web3, whether it differs from hiring Web2 talents and unanimously agreed that the Web3 hiring process is the same as the traditional process and each talent needs care and clear focus in the company. 

![Woonsuk Lee (Cocone) at Talent Fair Panel at Paris Blockchain Week](https://cocone.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/uploads/ed18d6aa983fbf98fc8b3f550b9eb46a.jpg)

Woonsuk emphasized the importance of inspiring creativity in Cocone’s recruitment process. Cocone's designers make up more than half of our staff (there’s more than 500 of them!) and are the most valuable assets in Cocone. Therefore, we are providing [opportunities](https://cocone.global/culture) for our employees to stay creative and be inspired daily by offering flexible working hours, various co-learning events and overseas study programmes and also by investing in our own medical and therapeutic services.

The next day was **Web3XP**, where the focus was on unlocking the real power of Web3. Carrousel du Louvre was the place for prominent players to gather and discuss choosing the right tech, digital asset ownership, metaverse and more. Cocone had the honor to present a keynote on the event's Master Stage and introduce Cocone’s success story on “How we have sold 16 billion pieces of avatar fashion items to date?”. The keynote was given by [Suk-Jae Chang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjchang/), CEO of Cocone Europe and Chief Global IR & PR Officer, who spoke about Cocone’s background and notable achievements over 13 years of avatar styling & social networking experience. 

**The Paris Blockchain Week Summit** took place over 2 days through 22nd and 23rd of March, and explored the latest developments in blockchain technology and its potential applications across a range of industries. Next to crypto and blockchain companies, Cocone was present with a big booth, which caught the attention of many visitors and presented good opportunities to have meaningful discussions with dedicated professionals, blockchain enthusiasts, investors and entrepreneurs. 

During the Paris Blockchain Week Summit, we  were also glad to participate on a panel discussion ‘’NFTs, Gaming & Metaverse: what’s your next move?’’, together with people from organisations shaping the future of the ecosystem -  [The Oikos](https://theoikos.game/), [The Sandbox](https://www.sandbox.game/en/), [Animoca Brands](https://www.animocabrands.com/) and [EOS Network Foundation](https://eosnetwork.com/).

Our team met with a lot of potential collaboration partners, investors, journalists and people eager to learn more about avatar and digital fashion creation. We are super happy that we participated in the flagship blockchain event and made the first steps in our global outreach. 


![Your avatar, endless possibilities - Cocone](https://cocone.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/uploads/36e9ccc84801513470f3821848d4d1a1.jpg)


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