talk at Design Singapore
talk and discussion on business models and design thinking at Design Singapore Council (web), invited by Thierry Do and Jawn Lim.
“The mission of the DesignSingapore Council is to develop Singapore into a global city for design where design innovation drives economic growth and enhances the quality of life. The DesignSingapore Council promotes and develops the design industries as a creative cluster, encourages the adoption of design by enterprises, and nurtures a climate of co-creation and innovation through design … more
Thierry Do (linkedIn) is also an adjunct Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore. He is co-developing with the “Engineering Design and Innovation Centre (EDIC)” team a design-centric curriculum for the faculty that aims to equip all engineering students with design thinking skills to help spark design-driven innovation.
Dr Jawn Lim (linkedIn) is Doctor of Design & Technology at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and was trained as an architect and project manager while working at Frank Gehry and other architect studios.
The talk aims at learning about and applying the visual business model canvas to describe, challenge, and design business models. The concepts are illustrated by examples of business model innovation. Design thinking attitude and techniques are emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models.
