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Our AGM this year witnessed the successful change in our Constitution where we included a new category of membership – professionals and companies with an interest in design – to be more inclusive and to promote design thinking and innovation among the business community. 

The Awards Night & Gala Dinner in 2018 will go down in history for us in DBCS as we signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with 4 other Trade Associations & Chambers – Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS), Singapore Business Federation (SBF), Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) & Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF).

Design Perspectives + Golden Pin Salon. Design experts from Taiwan and Singapore shared their insights about their observations at the crossroads of culture design and brand, applying design thinking to culture thinking and the power of design.

Our first Design Crawl to 4 of our SG Mark 2018 winners’ facilities – Philips APAC Centre’s Health Continuum Space, St Luke’s Eldercare Ayer Rajah Centre, Dell Experience Design Group’s Alienware Gaming Series and Autobahn’s Car Vending Machine.​

Our President was invited by Senior Minister of State (SMS), Ms Sim Ann, to share about human-centred design at the Bosses Network Cruise 2018. Following morning, Mr Andrew Pang and another DBCS EXCO Member, Mr Kimming Yap, conducted a workshop on Customer Journey Mapping.

SMS Ms Sim Ann accepted our invitation to be Patron of DBCS.

An invigorating time together taking stock, answering hard questions and envisioning how Singapore (and beyond) can achieve Better Business by Design. 

The International Design Master Lecture Series on 6 Sep had overseas design experts share their experience and observations on design culture, design education and the relationship between design and life.

The Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) Preliminary Selection was held outside of Taiwan for the first time at the National Design Centre on 7 Sep where a panel of international jurors assessed students’ submissions in the different categories.

We are honoured to be the partner of DTIA Practitioners’ Get-together 2018 that was organised by Design Thinking in Action-Asia, supported by DesignSingapore Council held in Singapore on 27-28 Oct. A weekend packed with brilliant insights and invigorating discussions among the design thinking community from different parts of the world!

As a follow-up to the Design Thinking in Action-Asia Get-together, DBCS organised and hosted the first drinks and dialogue for the DT practitioners in Singapore on 14 Nov. It was attended by a good mix of those from the public and private sectors (including a non-profit organisation). Everyone contributed to the potluck spread and lively discussions.