Past Event

As part of our MOU with the Singapore Business Federation in May, our collaboration includes helping companies/entreprises to use Design Thinking and Innovation as a strategic leveller in business transformation. On 22 Jan 2019, we conducted our signature programme – ‘Design Kitchen’ – to the first group of SBF members in the service and lifestyle industries. We received a very good turn-out for the first workshop titled “Customer Journey Mapping”. We would have loved to accommodate those on the waitlist if space was not a constraint. On that note, DBCS will organise another workshop for those who were unable to attend the Design Kitchen yesterday. Look out for more info in the coming months!

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Valuable insights were gleaned from quantitative+qualitative research and co-creation sessions with our key stakeholders. The Roadmap is the foundation to our strategic direction on which our programmes and events are planned. 

Out of 83 Singapore Good Design (SG) Mark winners, there were 1 Platinum winner, 5 Gold Winners & 3 Special Mention winners. A new category of Smart Nation was incorporated, in line with the government’s initiative. SG Mark Winners’ Exhibitions were held at Raffles City and Changi Airport Terminal 4 to showcase the winning projects & products. 

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.