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Kadine James is a successful serial entrepreneur and expert in all things web3, digital fashion, nfts/tickens and is cited as a pioneer of the Metaverse. She founded The Immersive KIND in 2016, a Web 3 commerce company, with a mission to bring brands into the metaverse through The Immersive KIND’s extended reality studio specialising in virtual reality, augmented reality and immersive production. She is listed as top 10 web 3 founders (Yahoo Finance) Kadine is ex Ryot, Verizon Media, Accenture. After working across architecture and data visualisation (AEC) producing virtual tours and immersive worlds for the built environment she dived into the world of advertising at Verizon, Yahoo RYOT and Accenture she has since worked with some of the most recognised names across fashion, media and the gaming industry. Kadine is pioneer in digital fashion having produced “ElectricCity”, a 3D-avatar based immersive shopping experience with POKEMON generating ‘in-game’ sales of its virtual fashion collection. Kadine produced Pop Star Nina Nesbitt’s “Virtual Reflection” dressing the star in RTFT for her debut as an Avatar at the Metaverse Music Festival in Decentraland 2021. Kadine worked with the brand Monkey Shoulder to create their first ever NFT wearable collection with the DJ’s A-Skillz and Krafty Kuts who performed as Avatars at Aft Decentraland’s first Metaverse Music Festival.

Partnering with leading gaming studio Epic Games, to digitally dress “Metahumans” in Streetwear Designer Charli Cohen’s “phygital” fashion collection with luxury retailer Selfridges along with bringing the Digital Garments onto Ready Player Me Avatars. Kadine worked with Warner Brothers & Niantic on the Dune Movie Campaign to create a Dune AR/VR/XR wearables collection connecting audiences at scale around the Globe. Kadine founded The Immersive KIND collective a crypto fashion & extended reality arts collective, working with BAFTA, Decentraland, Ready Player Me, and Spatial, where she has built Virtual Worlds powered by UNITY along with NFT/token/Collectables at Metaverse Fashion Weeks alongside The Immersive KIND’s Digital Fashion Metaverse Venue co-designed with architects Studio Multi. Kadine heads up The Immersive KIND Metaverse Collective working with the world’s leading Digital Artists and Fashion Designers. Kadine lectures at RCA and is Chief Metaverse Officer at Artificial Rome, and Executive Director and producer of L

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Design Education Talks Ep. 95 - Kadine James

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