Celso Singo Aramaki

eMeme

eMeme

BigData visualizations and animations for companies and consumers

• Startup type: Sole Proprietor
• Status: Active
• Stage: Prototyping

Visual Artist, interaction designer and information architecture designer. Developed interactivity design for cultural and artistic contents databases in Tokyo. Executive Producer and entrepreneur for a variety of business projects. Special interest in projects for Semantic Web datasets visualization. Worked for Folha de São Paulo in Brazil and Dentsu in Tokyo, Japan.

Employer:	eMeme Produção AudioVisual Ltda-ME
Position:	Visual Artist and Director
Time period:	January 2010 - Present
Description:	Development of Audio Visual Projects, with emphasys on data visualization, information architecture and datasets animation

Employer:	FluxStreets Co., Ltd
Position:	Director
Time period:	January 2007 - January 2010
Description:	A startup/beta company developing a simple Data Visualization tool for transactions over small sets of MicroBranding Networks on the web. Sold to an investment company in January 2010

Employer:	Folha de São Paulo
Position:	Illustrator
Time period:	October 1999 - March 2004
Description:	Illustrator and Designer for "Folhinha", kid's section of Folha de São Paulo daily newspaper

Employer:	IMedia K.K.
Position:	Designer, Interaction Design, Information Architecture
Time period:	May 1992 - March 1998
Description:	Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture and Digital Contents Managements + Production for offline and online Interactive Projects

Employer:	Visual Factory Co., Ltd.
Position:	Designer, Illustrator, Art Director
Time period:	January 1990 - January 1992
Description:	Graphic design, illustrations and art direction

Employer:	VHD Editora
Position:	Revista Animal (Co-Criador), Editor Assistente
Time period:	January 1987 - January 1998
Description:	Co-founder and co-creator of the comix magazine 'Animal' and assistant editor during its implamentation phase

Employer:	Folha de São Paulo
Position:	Illustrations and articles
Time period:	January 1985 - December 1991
Description:	Weekly strip 'Sol' for 'Folhinha', the kid's section of Folha de São Paulo. Daily comic strip 'Rard' for 'Ilustrada', the culture section of Folha de São Paulo newspaper. Interviews and articles from New York for the same section.

University:	City University of New York System - Hunter College
Degree:	MFA

Articles:	'Maus' author and Pulitzer Prize Winner Art Spielgeman interview from NY to Folha de São Paulo, Brasil,1990, 'Love and Rockets' author Jaime Hernandez interview, from LA to Folha de São Paulo, Brasil, 1990, 'Batman' Digital' creator Pepe Moreno interview from NY to Folha de São Paulo, Brasil,1990, 'Naked City' 'John Zorn at the Knitting Factory interview for 'NY Comix, NY - 1992, 'The French Comix Connection' for 'NY Comix, NY, 1992 'Backpacker in Tokyo - Do I miss London' for 'Tribe', Tokyo, 1997 'Letter from Bangkok- Do I miss air conditioner', for 'Tribe', Tokyo 1997 'To Alice Springs - Do I miss you' for 'Tribe', Tokyo, 1997 'Lula, President'' from São Paulo to Tokyo Magazine, Tokyo, 2002
Papers:	'Brazilian and Latin America's Digital Contents Industry', for DCAJ White Paper / Digital Contents Association of Japan - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, 2007
Books:	'Rard' 'I love Wall Street' Comix Book - 1989, Brasil, 'Uluwatu' Short Stories - 1998, Japan 'Ultramarine' Short Stories 2011, Brasil, 'Noograms' Comix Graphix Romance to be published 2012, USA
Patents:	noograms

Sports:	Football (soccer)
Memberships:	IAB (Interactive Adverstising Bureau), Icograda
Awards:	Cannes Multimedia Prix 2007 , for the joint NHK and NEC's multimedia title 'Seimei', Visual Producer, 2007