HIROMI KIM JOURNAL

Summer Greetings

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:16:27 +0900

In Japan, there is a culture that feeling cool by eyes and ears. For ex. Fu-rin is a Japanese wind-chime, a summer tradition, brings you nice and cool feelings in a hot humid day, and Japanse cuisine dish up using ice or green leaf etc. I would like to send you this summer card taking the cool air by the image of the world sea above. I collected various seas from the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific, the Mediterranean Sea and the deep sea. Enjoy color variations of the perception that the sea, light and the air combined. Enjoy your summer!

Copywriting

Tue, 03 May 2011 18:07:20 +0900

There was a competition for copywriting in japanese. Copywriting is the use of words and ideas to promote a person, business, opinion or idea. Although the word copy may be applied to any content intended for printing (as in the body of a newspaper article or book), the term copywriter is generally limited to promotional situations, regardless of the medium (as advertisements for print, television, radio or other media). by Wikipedia I interested in joining the competition. 340,000 copywriting applied, and 6,500 copywriting selected for a fist stage. It was only 2%. I entered in the 2%! But I couldn't go advance anymore... It is in Japanese, so it's difficult to show the First Prize Copywriting, but it was nice experience, and good exercise for my brain.

Please support HIROMI KIM'S charity t-shirt

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:31:38 +0900

HIROMI KIM started a charity for the earthquake & tsunami victims in Japan. Please support HIROMI KIM'S CHARITY T-SHIRT. It will be available in 3 sizes: S, M, L. Thank you for your help! click here

data correction

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:06:08 +0900

The first readings from American data-collection flights over the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan show that the worst contamination has not spread beyond the 19-mile range of highest concern established by Japanese authorities. But another day of frantic efforts to cool nuclear fuel in the troubled reactors and in the plant's spent-fuel pools resulted in little or no progress, according to United States government officials. Japanese officials said they would continue those efforts, but were also racing to restore electric power to the site to get equipment going again, leaving open the question of why that effort did not begin days ago, at the first signs that the critical backup cooling systems for the reactors had failed. The data was collected by the Aerial Measuring System, among the most sophisticated devices rushed to Japan by the Obama administration in an effort to help contain a nuclear crisis that a top American nuclear official said Thursday could go on for weeks. Strapped onto a plane and a helicopter that the United States flew over the site, with Japanese permission, the equipment took measurements that showed harmful radiation in the immediate vicinity of the plant -- a much heavier dose than the trace levels of radioactive particles that make up the atmospheric plume covering a much wider area. Jeffrey G. Lewis, an intelligence specialist at the Monterey Institute, a research center, noted that the Japanese assessment of Reactor No. 4 at the Daiichi complex seemed to depend in part on visual surveillance by helicopter pilots. Among these confusing situation, I think we need correct data and information, and think by self and do to act. Instead of being at the mercy of Media, it is important to use it. refer: Sankei Shinbun　March 19, 2011,18:38 The New York Times 　March 17, 2011

the Northern Japan earthquake and tsunami

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:52:23 +0900

4 days passed since we had the earthquake. I am stunned by the new report images, videos and the information every day. It is a kind like to see a natural menace and human powerlessness. Besides of the earthquake and tsunami, now, Japan is facing the fear of radioactive contamination. I don't have words to show thanks to people who are working in the stricken area and the nuclear reactors. I think that it is a trigger to rethink the fundamental social life.I urge us, everyone, to take this as a moment to reform our consciousness. I send my deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones and home town in the earthquake and tsunamis. Hiromi Kim

the Japan earthquake and tsunami

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:55:41 +0900

An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northeast Japan spawned a ferocious tsunami that's caused massive destruction; flattening whole cities, starting raging fires, and killing hundreds. Nearly 88,000 people are reported missing, according to the official Kyodo news agency.

The report videos and photos are cruel. I really hope and pray that people affected the disaster are safe and rescued as soon as possible. deep condolences to people in northern japan.

I don't know how can I do and help them. I show you some useful information here at least.

2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

Google Personal Finder tool for Japan Earthquake.

photos

Help Japan

Web site renewal

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:42:24 +0900

The website design has been renewed. I hope it is easier to use and improving usability of the page. Basically, the website has made in our office. Technology advances ever day, there is something remarkable, when I meed new function and people providing such a developed date or code, I really appreciate. I have just updated, so you might get in trouble. If you found something, you are welcome to drop me a line. thks.

new museum in Singapore

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:21:11 +0900

February 17, 2011, 1:18, the official date and also the ideal time for the opening of the Singapore ArtScience Museum as indicated by the master of feng shui. The architect is Moshe Safdie, The project is spread in 50,000 square meter and 4600 galleries.

season's greetings

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:11:11 +0900

May your holidays and new year be filled with joy. Happy holidays and Happy New Year!

TikTok and LunaTik Watch Kits have gone to raise more than $490,000

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:42:51 +0900

TikTok+LunaTik MultiTouch Watch Kits for iPod Nano from Scott Wilson on Vimeo. Creatives are looking toward Kickstarter as a way to fund their projects. What is Kickstar? Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors. Kickstar believe that... • A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide. • A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement. Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands. The site makes it possible for individuals or groups to fund an album, finance a documentary film or publish a quarterly magazine by soliciting backers online. This creates a huge incentive for project creators to really put a lot of thought into their project and to offer appropriate rewards for pledges. A Kickstarter project called the TikTok+LunaTik has gone to reach $491,489 -- far more than its initial funding goal of $15,000. Since then, the project has gone on to raise more than $450,000, making it the most successful project in Kickstarter's history. There is a Fashion Fund Raising Community "FashionStake" too. Finding fund was neck for creators, but Internet changes the world.

The Embrace Infant Warmer

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:19:19 +0900

This is an innovative infant warmer that cost less than 1% of a traditional incubator. The product produced by the social enterprise Embrace Global. Made from a wax-filled heating pad ensheathed in nylon, the product can keep the baby warm for four to six hours, then reheated in either an electric warmer or, if electricity is unavailable, in a water warmer for 20 minutes. The Embrace core team is international and composed variety of career holders, and the partner companies such as IDEA, Stanford University support the activities. I remembered Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund to invest a project to produce mosquito net for protecting malaria in Tanzania, and Grameen Bank that received a Nobel Peace Prize. I feel it may be new tide and movement.

JEAN DÉSERT

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:13:00 +0900

We create a new website "JEAN DÉSERT" to inform Design and Art stuff. For now, it is in Japanese only. Our daily life was influenced by media or advertisements. Making our future, we should know well a lot of things. If we could offer you something different point of view and useful information, it will be grad. Please check it!

RALPH LAUREN 4D

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:23:23 +0900

The Official Ralph Lauren 4D Experience - New York from Ralph Lauren on Vimeo.

Through the magic of cutting-edge, architectural light -mapping technology, Ralph Lauren presents the world's first 4 dimensional experience featuring 3D imagery, digital sound effects and scents from Ralph Lauren fragrances. It was 10 years of digital innovation event, and seems like a culmination of art, fashion and technology. Making the movie used real film making and 3DCG. I feel it open a door of new possibility. RALPH LAUREN 4D

The 2010 Kyoto Prize Workshop

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:08:05 +0900

I went to the 2010 Kyoto Prize commemorative lectures and workshop. The recipients of the 2010 Kyoto Prize are Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese medical scientist in the category of Advanced Technology, Dr. László Lovász, a mathematician who has dual nationality in the Republic of Hungary and the United States of America in the category of Basic Sciences, and Mr. William Kentridge, a South African artist in the category of Arts and Philosophy. It was really interesting to hear their lecture and know their personality and background. I think many people had a great stimulus and courage. Mr. William Kentridge's workshop and the story of the Johannesburg was impressed. The movie avobe is William Kentridge's work "Johannesburg". The photo below is Kyoto International Conference Center.

The Story of Stuff

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:50:00 +0900

[The Story of Stuff] was made by Annie Leonard. It was involved with many people, so I hope you'll take a minute to watch. When I see the consumer centric society, we are going to be an unwilled world if we should think about where we want to go and have responsibilities. Annie says "People created this society, so let's create something new!". I totally agree with her!