Design Skills × Strengths: Creativity & Ideation
For Those Strong in Creativity & Ideation
This collection features jobs that may suit those who are relatively comfortable generating new ideas and concepts.
Creativity holds value not only in artistic fields but in all kinds of work. Both small ideas that improve existing methods and entirely new concepts are expressions of creativity. Additionally, some deepen their thinking alone, while others develop ideas through dialogue with others.
The jobs introduced here tend to offer more opportunities to utilize new ideas. Explore how your creativity can flourish.
11 jobs found.
Coral Processor
Coral processors process raw coral materials through polishing, carving, drilling, and other techniques to manufacture products such as accessories and ornaments.
Yuzen Sketch Artist (Hand-Drawn Yuzen)
A traditional craft technician who traces patterns used in the Yuzen dyeing process onto silk fabric with ink or charcoal as a preliminary sketch, supporting the subsequent dyeing operations.
Inkstone Maker
Traditional craft occupation that handcrafts inkstones for grinding ink in calligraphy using natural inkstone stones.
Bamboo Weaver
Traditional craft artisan who designs and produces braided products such as baskets, containers, and interior goods by weaving bamboo as material.
Bamboo Bark Craftsman
Artisan who braids and finishes baskets, trays, ornaments, etc., by hand using bamboo bark as material.
Tsuishu Manufacturer
Tsuishu manufacturers are traditional lacquerware artisans who layer red lacquer multiple times and carve the lacquer layers to create raised patterns.
Hanging Lantern Maker
Craftsman who fabricates, repairs, and restores traditional Japanese hanging lanterns and lighting fixtures used in shrines, temples, ryotei restaurants, and tea rooms using woodworking, metalworking, lacquering, and other techniques.
Pottery Class Instructor
Pottery class instructors teach students pottery techniques from clay forming to firing and finishing, supporting the creation of artworks as a specialized profession.
Ceramic Painter
A profession that enhances product aesthetics by painting patterns and designs on ceramic bisque ware.
Rantai (Ran) Lacquerware Maker
Rantai lacquerware makers weave bamboo to create vessel bodies, apply multiple layers of lacquer, and perform decoration and polishing—a traditional lacquerware manufacturing technical occupation.