Tsubasa Naruse, the developer of "Rhythmshi", which boasts a total of 6 million downloads from the creative company "Mechanism Design" that creates the future, has joined the company! | RKB Online
notebook-laptopMechanism Design Co., Ltd. Mechanism Design (Headquarters: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Representative Director: Shunsuke Nakamura, hereinafter "Mechanism Design") was born in 2005 under the corporate philosophy of "Making everyone smile with the mechanism". A creative company that creates the future from Fukuoka. "Mechanism Design" is the development and visual programming of a new-generation musical instrument app "KAGURA" (a new-generation musical instrument that detects the movement of hands and body with a computer camera and can be played by simply moving the body without touching it). Through the app "Springin'", we are focusing on developing creative human resources who will lead the future of the Japanese manufacturing industry by letting children experience the joy of creating by programming. This time, we have developed the "Rhythmshi" series of media art works that can be played with sounds boasting a total of 6 million downloads, and "Tsubasa Naruse", who has received many awards such as the Japan Media Arts Festival New Face Award, has decided to join the mechanism design. did.
I have high expectations for Tsubasa Naruse in developing services that utilize sound from the experience of developing the "Rhythmshi" series, and in developing teaching materials that make use of knowledge about the familiar mechanism of nature from the background of being active as a nature observation instructor. Mechanism design aims to be a "co-creation" type that not only expands creators but also creates services together with creators. Therefore, we will continue to hire creators who promote co-creative development and strengthen cooperation.
Development process of the media art work "Rhythmshi" series that can be played with sounds boasting a total of 6 million downloads Early "Rhythmshi" was born in the era of home teachers who teach programming. I was devoted to music and production, but when I was in the 4th year of college, I became absorbed in the world of programming and started making interactive works that can be played with sound. After that, she stayed at the College of Music for a year as a student, and at the same time she was a tutor of programming for college students. She wasn't confident in the painting, but when she made a beta version of "Rhythmshi" as a teaching material for teaching programming, it was surprisingly popular among acquaintances, so from that time she used hand-drawn illustrations. I started to make. After that, she went on to graduate school at Tama Art University to learn more about the combination of sound and visual. The timing when I entered graduate school (around 2010) was the time when the iPhone became popular with the general public, so there was a trend to try to make an art app by raising the school, and in that, "Rhythmshi" as an iOS app. The series was born. At that time, hand-painted app icons were quite conspicuous, so the app ranking went up across the board without any special promotion. Having reached the top of the ranking, I was able to collaborate with companies and develop goods, and even won the Japan Media Arts Festival New Face Award.
About the encounter with Springin "Rhythmshi" on Twitter Voice of hope for redevelopment and reply from Shunsuke Nakamura
Actually, I met Springin recently (laughs), and I met him this winter. After graduating from graduate school, as one of my freelance jobs, I have been planning a serialization of "Let's play with familiar sounds" in the web literary magazine "Mato Grosso". While collecting and playing familiar sounds such as the sounds of wild birds in the serialization project, I became absorbed in the charm of nature itself, and after that I decided to work as an NPO staff related to environmental conservation. On the other hand, 64-bit compatible apps were truncated due to the timing of the appearance of iOS 11, so the Rhythm Shi series that could not be updated was suspended. Under such circumstances, around the summer of 2020, the general public buzzed with a post about Rhythmshi on Twitter, and various people requested redevelopment. In November 2021, I had time to redevelop, so when I was posting the situation on Twitter, Mr. Shunsuke (CEO of Mechanism Design) said, "If it is a springin, it can be easily created and distributed." In addition, I was asked about the possibility of collaboration on Twitter DM (laugh) While proceeding with the redevelopment of the application, I realized the fun of interacting with many people through the production of works, and the art system It was a time when I was eager to change jobs to the industry of programming education, but when I told him that I want you to wait for collaboration until the beginning of the year due to the work at that time, I definitely consider changing jobs to mechanism design. I was asked to do it. At that time, when I first learned about the mechanism design and investigated it, I felt that there were many parts that sympathized with "content that adults and children can enjoy," "specializing in making," and "doing interesting things," and the first zoom interview. When I came to the interview, I was told that it would be adopted on the spot (laughs). Currently, I am repeatedly prototyping Rhythmushi with Springin.
About the challenge in mechanism design When I saw the past production results of mechanism design, I thought that it had a great affinity with my own production results. I felt sympathy in the company information that emphasized "fun". Personally, I'm interested in changing the way of learning, so I would like to use Springin'and Springin'Classroom to approach children's way of learning. In today's educational environment, I feel that it is becoming more and more difficult to feel how what we are learning is connected to society. By using Springin, I would like to take on the challenge of connecting them. I also feel the potential of Springin as a tool for playing with sounds. Springin can record sounds, create a mechanism to make sounds, and publish it very smoothly.There are various kinds of sound-based music workshops, music performances, sound-themed work contests, etc. I think there is a possibility that it can be deployed. I definitely want to challenge that direction.
What is creative for Tsubasa Naruse? "Create = connect". Being able to connect with various people by creating.
Expectations for Tsubasa Naruse Expectations for service development that allows you to play with sound and development of teaching materials that make use of the knowledge of nature observation instructors I have high expectations for the development of teaching materials that make use of our knowledge of familiar natural mechanisms.
A mechanism that also has a face as an illustrator Mr. Hatomame, a design employee, has made a manga about Tsubasa Naruse's story! Now available on Springin'note! URL: https://note.com/shikumidesign/n/n7665d4f3a765
▲ Introducing a part of the manga "Tsubasa Naruse, the story of how she works and how she joined the company"
Tsubasa Naruse her profile
Graduated from Tokyo College of Music and Art School. While she majored in computer music at the University of Music, she performed various performances as a jazz pianist and keyboardist. A total of 6 million downloads of the media art work "Rhythmshi" series that you can play with her sound. She has received many awards including the Japan Media Arts Festival New Face Award. In her book, "Secret Goma-chan, The Mysterious Life of Her Goma Daracho".
Mechanism Design The creative company "Mechanism Design" that creates the future was born in Fukuoka in 2005 under the corporate philosophy of "making everyone smile with the mechanism". As a pioneer of user-participatory content, it boasts more than 1,500 achievements, including the Grand Prix at the global contest sponsored by Intel Corporation in the United States, the 13th Japan e-Learning Awards Category Award, and EdTech Japan Global Pitch 2017. Won many awards in. From 2020, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will participate in "Mira Pro", an initiative to enhance programming education at elementary schools nationwide, as a cooperating company, and children through the visual programming app "Springin'". We are focusing on developing creative human resources who will lead the future of the Japanese manufacturing industry by letting them experience the joy of creating by programming.
About the visual programming app "Springin'"
"Springin" is a creative programming app that anyone can easily create digital works without using letters. Become a creator who can create your own original works such as games and moving picture books by combining attribute icons that can add sounds and movements to drawn pictures and photos, even for those who have no programming experience or young children who can not read and write yet. increase. It also has a platform that allows you to distribute your digital works to other users through the in-app market and download works made by other users. In 2020, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry adopted the program "Mira Pro 2020" to enhance elementary school programming education. , Achieved a cumulative total of 860,000 downloads. (As of March 1, 2022) In March 2021, Springin'first introductory book "First Springin-Let's learn programming and make games-" (1980 yen, tax included) was released by Gijutsu-Hyoron Co., Ltd. You can purchase it at bookstores nationwide, as well as online stores such as Amazon and Rakuten Books.
Amazon sales page: https://amzn.to/3qX1xYi Download information: https://springin.onelink.me/DiUu/newsrelease [iOS version] -Supported OS: iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and his iPod touch.・ Price: Free [Android version] ・ Supported OS: Android 5.1 or later ・ Price: Free Springin'Official site: https://www.springin.org/jp/
About "Springin'Classroom", a service for educators who can teach from zero programming knowledge
"Springin'Classroom", which was born as a service for educators, has a mission of "increasing the number of people who know the joy of making", "increasing the place to deliver the joy of making to a wide range of people", and "the fun of making". We have developed it to provide "providing tools that allow you to experience the fun of making things in various ways" and "increasing the number of people who can teach you the joy of making things." In order for everyone to be able to quickly teach "the fun of exploration, creation, and expression," "Springin'Classroom" includes "text materials," "learning guidance plans," and "springin for educational institutions." We have prepared a "work sharing box in schools and cram schools", and it is a service that even people with no programming knowledge can teach programming.
