Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co., Ltd. operates our blog, Let's Talk About Housing - IEHATENA,, on the weblog hosting service "Hatena Diary", owned by Hatena Co., Ltd. as a vehicle for readers to share views and ideas about ideal homes. We included a questionnaire called "IEHATENA questionnaire" in this blog.
We asked the questions about living and homes in a casual manner, in line with our theme for this project: "What is your ideal lifestyle? What are your views on homes?"
(Period of questionnaire: March through August, 2006) (Click here to see the question list of the IEHATENA questionnaire.)
While the questionnaire was on the website, we posed 103 questions to 1,000 Hatena questionnaire users over the six-month period. As a result, we collected 1,000 x 103 = 103,000 responses (voices) on the subjects of homes and living.
Koji Nishida of RAKU-GAKI, who creates his own imaginary worlds in collage, and other creators attempted to interpret those "103,000 voices regarding housing and living" in image form.
That is IEKAKI Ideal Housing.
(Note: Graphics, including buildings, flowers and greeneries used in IEKAKI Ideal Housing website are transformation of CGs and images that Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co., Ltd. created for our sales operation. These do not actually exist.)
At IEKAKI Ideal Housing, visitors can add comments to the responses to any of the 103 questions. Anyone can add their opinions on this website.
And, for those who "want to ask questions other than the original 103" or "want to ask about other matters to other people's opinions," there is a new question-creation function.
Using this function, visitors to the site can transform themselves into the questioners. The next visitor can enter his/her answer to the new question.
(Note: This function is limited to the Japanese language site)
IEKAKI Ideal Housing describes the process of using a great deal of assembled intelligence to collect further input and opinions,
individual thoughts about homes and living, and dreams and feelings that many people can share.
Why don't you share your thoughts about your ideal home and lifestyle with other visitors to this website?
Art Director / Designer
http://raku-gaki.com/
Born in Okayama. Creating his own imaginary world through photo collages and interaction using Flash, pursuing the concept of interactive graphics.
First Japanese winner of a Grand Prize in the Webby Awards (Individual Category 2004).
Has appeared on the Japanese TV program, SmaSTATION 4, "Japanese in the World" and the Television Education Course for High School Students, "Intelligence A," on NHK.
What is your vision of "ideal housing," Mr. Nishida?
I want my home to be a place where I can feel secure and comfortable when I return to it. It should be a place to rest, a place where I communicate with my family, a place to make memories and a place for creation. My ideal home is a place where I can feel more warmth the longer I live there.
WEB-Business
http://www.karatesystem.com/
Born in Hiroshima. Currently living in Kanagawa with dogs, cats, turtles and goldfish.
Has been a diver, Internet server administrator and designer. Became a freelancer in 2000.
Specializes in creating interactive works using Flash.
Award-winner at the Asia Pacific Advertising Festival 2005, 3rd Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards, and other competitions.
What is your vision of "ideal housing," Mr. Tozaki?
A place where I can look after my family and live a happy life.
And a space where I can accumulate memorable and fun time spending with my family.
Click "Enter" on the top page to visit the "IEKAKI Ideal Housing - RAKU-GAKI ISLANDS - " site.
- When you visit the floating island from the navigation menu, the "Enter" button appears.
(* The length of the vine changes depending on the number of submitted comments and sub-questions.)
- Click "Enter" and questions about housing and living, a graph showing results of answers to the questions, and the "Submit Comment" button will appear.
- Scroll the screen horizontally and you can see a list of comments floating in the sky.
(* You can scroll the screen horizontally in response to the mouse.)
- Click "Submit Comment" and a form to write your comment will appear.
After typing the necessary information, click "I agree and submit".
- When the completion screen appears, your contribution is completed.
- When you visit the floating island from the navigation menu, the "Enter" button appears.
(* The length of the vine changes depending on the number of submitted comments and sub-questions.)
- Click "Enter" and questions about housing and living, a graph showing results of answers to the questions, and the "Submit Comment" button will appear.
- Scroll the screen horizontally and you can see the flowers bloomed on the island.
(* You can scroll the screen horizontally in response to the mouse.)
- Click a flower and the ground of the island rises, showing the content of the sub-question.
Select a response item and click "Vote".
- After the "Vote" button changes to "Voted", your voting is completed.
(* You cannot vote for the same sub-question more than once.)
- The maximum limit of votes for sub-questions is 100.
When the vote number nears 100, the flowers on the ground gradually add color.
Why don't you vote on these ideas and change these flowers' colors?
