How to make ‘design’ really work
You might have attended a design thinking workshop for a few days or half a day. You might have mapped a customer’s journey, and learned interesting…
February 1, 2018
Why human-centred design matters (even more today)
As part of Singapore’s SkillsFuture initiative, I had the pleasure of talking about Human-Centered Design through the story of my seven and a…
January 11, 2018
The Aesthetics of Simplicity
Source: Tea Room http://www.tearoom.us/Way_of_Tea.html Picture yourself a Japanese tea room. There are windows and a sliding door made of Japanese…
February 27, 2017
Simplicity In Banking Is Anything But Simple.
Written for The Financial Brand and Bank Marketing Strategy by Jim Marous, the world's most read banking blog. It's time to build your simplicity…
February 9, 2014
Designing for Trust
‘Trust’ is an elusive concept. Trust can be perhaps likened to the air. When it’s there, we don’t notice it, but its absence is certainly palpable.…
January 13, 2019
Design thinking and failure
Ever since Singapore’s prime minister’s speech earlier this year positioned design thinking as a critical in country’s future national building,…
August 21, 2018
On simplifying modern women’s lives
Stephanie is a woman of enchantment. When I visited her cozy studio of Eden and Elie, it was a wonderland. As I entered the corridor, tiny sparkling…
July 8, 2018
Keep calm and simplify
Recently I had a conversation with a CEO of a European private bank. One of the interesting questions he posed was how should companies 'innovate' in…
April 8, 2018
Thoughts on Millennials and the role of design
This is a 3 minute interview with the Institute of Service Excellence (ISE) at the Financial & Health Care Industry Forum. As part of the…
April 8, 2018
Anders Buchmann on Intrapreneurship
When innovation is imperative, what kind of mindset and people do organizations need in order to relentlessly push the boundaries of what a product…
December 12, 2017
Clear is More, a video interview with Jackson Tan
"It is about expecting unknown. Be prepared for the unknown. Most businesses want to do something that they are very sure where they are and what…
July 26, 2017
Jackson Tan on Clear is More
Jackson Tan is one of the Singapore's most successful designers, an artist, and a curator. He is the man behind Singapore's national branding…
June 14, 2017
Designer vs Design-thinker
When I was in my design school, I remember one particular typography class taught by a professor who was a well-known typographer in South Korea. I…
April 3, 2017
Mark McCormick on Simplicity
As the first issue of #Designful.Leaders series, I had a great conversation with Mark McCormick, a Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo and Head of…
March 9, 2017