Kim Jin-su (senior), who is a student in the Department of Industrial Design in Keimyung University, won the grand prize at the 1st Marine Environment Advertisement Contest hosted by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation.

This contest was hosted to announce the importance of the marine environment and inspire the preservation of the marine environment. Anybody who is more than 18 years old could attend. A total of 250 works from all over the country were presented.

Kim Jin-su was inspired by the news that Korea has established a tree-planting day for the ocean as a national day for the first time in the world. He presented his piece “The ocean is the biggest blue tree in the world,” which compared the function of the ocean to a tree, and won the first prize of 3 million won. The piece received a high score because it teaches the ocean’s value easily by showing the ocean produces 75% of the earth’s oxygen and absorbs 50% of the carbon dioxide.

Kim Jin-su said, “I wanted to introduce the ocean’s important function that people do not recognize. I simply designed a calm, sandy beach to express the image of the tree.”