Design Thinking: DesignLab's 2-day Workshop in Kuala Lumpur
"DesignLab© is a 2 days Design Thinking workshop that introduces professionals from multi-disciplined industries to work as a collective to create solutions using design process. Participant will be able to adopt a system and use it repetitively in solving the most complex challenges by understanding the process that is involved.
With today’s global economy, design thinking does not only allow us to be individually innovative, but also appreciation the collaborative spirit of eclectic ideas, better team building to produce solutions that are unique and creative.
In this DesignLab©, Granma Inc from Japan will be collaborating with us by providing real world issues and the selected project from Designlab© will be chosen as a part of solution provided at places most underserved on our planet. Some of the countries Granma Inc are involved are in rural spaces of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladash (sic) and other developing nations. With the collaboration, participants will be able to experience the importance of Design Thinking as an important innovation tool in their lives and others."
(Thinklab, 2012)
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Simon PerkinsSHARE
设计研究：以设计师的眼睛洞察消费者”公开课 / Design Research in Practice Workshop
"我们会导入设计研究理念，了解设计研究与传统市场研究的不同点，还会介绍设计思维和研究方法在创新中的作用，分享给大家提升团队研究能力与创新能力的设计研究的神秘工具。参与者可以从桥中资深设计研究顾问身上学到第一手的理论，了解他们在实践中是如何思考的，何种方法可以有效产生新的概念
In this workshop our team will introduce the participants to a definition and background of design research and how it differs from market research in its goals and outcomes. We will also demonstrate the power of design thinking and the research methodology for innovation. There will be interactive portions of the workshop where participants will learn firsthand, how to approach problems like design researchers, what is the methodology and frameworks which enables the generation of meaningful and resonating ideas. Techniques and experience sharing from the design researcher’s toolbox."
(CBi China Bridge, Shanghai)
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Simon PerkinsSHARE
Nottingham Creative Network: providing professional and business support for Nottingham's creative industries since 2006
"Nottingham Creative Network launched in October 2006 and is a project designed to provide smart-targeted professional and business support for Nottingham’s creative industries. ...
Our 6 themes are as follows:
--Selling Your Soul? – What are the tensions between pursuing your creative inspiration and making compromises to make your business work? Are there any? If so, how do you negotiate them?
--How to Make Friends and Influence People – The importance of networks and network development. How do you get good at networking and why?
--Who Do I Get Into Bed With – Having recognised the value of networks and collaborations for creative business, how do you use these relationship to their best advantage?
--Don’t Get Ripped Off – What do you need to know and do protect yourself and get paid properly?
--More Than Just Beer Money? – What are the opportunities, issues and added pressures associated with going from creative business as a ‘lifestyle’ choice, to growing your business into something bigger?
--Soul Food – How do you ‘refresh’ the creativity bit of your business to prevent stagnation?
Nottingham Creative Network aims to address all these issues in a way that connects tangible advice for business growth and development with discussions of these issues that are relevant for the specific of the creative industries. We realise that sometimes the creative industries operate in quite distinctive ways. We come from the creative industries ourselves. We will be holding regular expert seminars and workshops, offering 1-to-1 surgeries and responding to the needs of the creative community in other flexible ways when opportunities arise."
(Nottingham Creative Network)
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Simon PerkinsSHARE
