{"id":10767,"date":"2021-12-17T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/?p=10767"},"modified":"2021-12-17T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:00:50","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-a-happy-home-paradise-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-happy-home-paradise-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life of a Happy Home Paradise Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, I am a designer for Happy Home Paradise. I\u2019ve been working for 3 weeks now, and it\u2019s been like a roller coaster that only goes up.<\/p>\n

My workday as a designer for the Happy Home Paradise usually goes something like this: I fly to the holiday island where I inform my boss Lottie that I\u2019m ready to work. After I\u2019ve changed into work clothes \u2013 we have a specific uniform so that the customers identify us \u2013 I walk around the beach, trying to find a customer whose dream holiday home I\u2019m interested in designing. There are many customers so I\u2019m sure there is something for every designer out there since all the customers have different hopes and ideas for their holiday homes.<\/p>\n

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Me at the airport, on my way to work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sometimes I like to design something with themes I would want if I were to have a holiday home \u2013 such as a \u201cWee Library in the Fall Woods\u201d or \u201cTabletop-Game Grounds\u201d, but sometimes it\u2019s also fun to design something that would probably never even cross my mind like \u201cRestroom Refuge\u201d or \u201cDusty Desert Dwelling\u201d.
\nSometimes the theme is secondary, since usually when I see a familiar face among the customers enjoying the island life \u2013 whether it\u2019s someone who used to live at the same island as I do but has moved away or someone I would like to have as a neighbour but haven\u2019t had met them before \u2013 I want to design their home no matter what.
\nIt\u2019s such a nice feeling to get the chance to design a holiday home for a former neighbour \u2013 even if they don\u2019t remember me or the times we had together. But now we can make new memories. And I can make sure they get a nice little place to relax!<\/p>\n

It sure does make my job easier that I don\u2019t have to go around asking the customers about what they want for their homes, since I have this weird telepathy skill that makes it so I can read customer\u2019s mind about what kinds of themes they want. I have no idea how it works; I just work here!<\/p>\n

After deciding which client is the lucky one, who gets an island home designed by yours truly, we sit down to discuss the details \u2013 me, the client and my boss Lottie. I decide the location for the home, there are plenty of areas and islands to choose from and I usually try to find a place that suits the theme, and each theme does have a recommended season, winter, summer and so on. I also decide whether the home has one or two floors.<\/p>\n

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Going through the details with the customer. Left to right: me, my boss Lottie and the customer Eugene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today our lucky one was Eugene, who was hoping for \u201cA Place to Tell My Story\u201d. I got an understanding of what he wanted just by the name of the theme and from the items he requested \u2013 TV camera, Studio Spotlight and Cool low table. Now I didn\u2019t really know much about Eugene, but he seemed like a cool chill dude, so I decided to make his holiday home into cool and chill as well.<\/p>\n

And off we go to the island where the home is. I usually start designing the house and the yard itself since each home has those.<\/p>\n

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Where we started from. Inside the boxes are the items Eugene requested, as seen from the previous picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I usually just go with the flow, don\u2019t plan too much and just see what happens and then make changes if needed. I wanted to give Eugene a place to work but also a little nook where he can crash, have a milkshake to relax too. And I think it turned out quite nice.<\/p>\n

And we got another happy customer! At least he seemed satisfied.<\/p>\n

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The finished paradise home for Eugene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It turned out that Eugene\u2019s house was the 50th<\/sup> house I\u2019ve designed, as Lottie kindly informed me after I got back. So, naturally, we decided to have a little celebration with the team – me and my lovely co-workers, Niko, Wardell and our boss Lottie. It\u2019s so nice to have supportive co-workers and a working environment where we celebrate the milestones we have crossed together. That is such an important part of work as well. We headed out to the cafe (designed by yours truly, of course) and had a little party. So much fun!<\/p>\n

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A little party among the Happy Home Paradise team at the cafe. (From left to right) Niko, me, Lottie and Wardell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There you have it, a regular day for me as a designer. The job has been much more fun than I even expected and as I\u2019ve just gained a new title, a promotion you could say, as a Superstar Designer, I expect even more chances to grow as a designer. I\u2019ll even get the chance to practice what I\u2019ve learned during these three weeks at my own island, by re-designing the homes of my neighbours so that should be interesting and fun as well.<\/p>\n

Game: Animal Crossing: New Horizons \u2013 Happy Home Paradise DLC (2021)
\nPublisher: Nintendo
\nScreenshots of the game: Taken by the author<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings from Happy Home Paradise and welcome to a regular day of a designer. Today we designed a holiday home for Eugene! And had a little office party as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":10770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[1242,1035,1578],"class_list":["post-10767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-animalcrossing","tag-freeform","tag-simulatorgame","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}