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DBCS Circles Connects (Nov’ 21)

DBCS Circles Connects (Nov’ 21) 1342 1338 Design Business Chamber Singapore

About this event

It was such a delightful evening last Thursday to hold our first FTF members’ workshop & networking session in almost 2 years. We could feel it in the house at DBCS Circle Connects.

Meaningful conversations were exchanged and new friendships formed, this is the first and certainly won’t be the last. Special thanks to @impixelsg for being our venue partner!

If you want to be part of our Design & Business Community, do join our membership programme! It’s free (for now)! 

“Your network is your net worth”: A Designer’s Perspective

“Your network is your net worth”: A Designer’s Perspective 640 400 Design Business Chamber Singapore

What motivated your career switch?

I always knew I wanted to start something of my own. Most of the time, I pursued things that were of interest to me. So you can say the “career switch” was motivated by interest and curiosity. I went from studying Biological Sciences (hoping to be a scientist) to a very much design, engineering and business driven career. 

(I’m not sure I switched careers, I more of switched paths. My career has always been in design, engineering and business.)

How would you advise your younger self?

I’d spend more time making meaningful and long-lasting connections. I realised a bit later in life that “your network is your net worth”.

What’s the key thing you see lacking in the design community?

I meet a lot of designers who are perfectionists. Not sure whether it stems from character or from the design education, but I would like to see more designers give precedence to iteration. Designers can adopt the mindset that getting it right is a process of “continuous improvement” rather than hoping to hit a homerun on the first try. This also helps a lot with the anxiety designers face when putting their work out.

What is your greatest fear?

I have a fear of regret. I don’t want to get old and think, “I should have done this, I should have done that”. So as much as I can, I try to be very open to new experiences, opportunities and projects. But I also have learnt how to say “No” – the opportunity must either allow me to learn or earn. Equally great is my fear of getting old.

Shafiq Bashir, Principal of Mēkā and his team are striving to build a better world by inventing great products and solutions that improve the human condition. 


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Second in the series of Conversations for Singapore Design Awards 2021

Second in the series of Conversations for Singapore Design Awards 2021 1080 1080 Design Business Chamber Singapore

About this event

A webinar where conversations centre on how designers can nurture and strengthen empathy, compassion in our common spaces.

Designers have the power to create spaces that can foster stronger bonds in the community, to celebrate diversity, create meaning, and inspire change. An open call for Singapore Design Awards, innovative projects will be selected for funding, project development and rapid prototyping.

Organised by Design Business Chamber Singapore & the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

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Singapore Good Design 2021 Awards Ceremony

Singapore Good Design 2021 Awards Ceremony 2560 1707 Design Business Chamber Singapore

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The Highs and Lows of Design

The Highs and Lows of Design 2560 1267 Design Business Chamber Singapore

What do you love most about your job?

By helping businesses build brands, it is constantly enriching to see how our work can help our clients transform themselves, especially during Covid. Helping them survive and thrive, saving businesses and jobs, improving their products/services/designs during these trying times give meaning to what we do. There’s never an ordinary day as we’re working on multiple projects across different industries, bringing in new challenges and opportunities for us to ideate and design solutions. It is a privilege to make something out of nothing every single day. 

What’s your advice for those passionate about pursuing a career in design?

Going beyond your innate passion, design is about solving other people’s problems – which means it isn’t always going to be what you like. It’s our responsibility to make the world better through understanding, innovating, and solving unmet needs. We must also ensure that our creations won’t add more problems to the world – socially and environmentally. What you do is important, and in a certain way, every little thing you put out there can impact the world for better or worse. 

What made you join DBCS Circle?

I wanted to be involved in the local design community to learn from the veterans and participate in design initiatives. Sharing my voice for the community allows me to play a part in shaping Singapore’s design scene as well.

Kimming Yap is the Managing Director of Creativeans, an interdisciplinary brand and design management consultancy with its HQ in Singapore and offices in Jakarta and Milan.


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DBCS x PitchMark Webinar

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SG Mark 2020 Sharing Session

SG Mark 2020 Sharing Session 1616 1080 Design Business Chamber Singapore

We had the pleasure of organising and hosting the lunch-time Good Design sharing session on 25 October 2019 at Genexis Lounge, Fusionopolis. Past SG Mark winners’ representatives – Ms Yvon Bock (Founder & CEO, Hegen), Ms Celia Law (Design Lead, Dell) and Mr Helder Filipov (Creative Director, American Standard) – shared about their winning projects and how the accolade has helped open doors for their products in local and overseas markets as well as unify team members within their organisations.

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