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November 2007 eBulletin

Design|Value
DMI Singapore 07 Conference
November 28-29, 2007
Grand Hyatt Singapore

Event Partner:
DesignSingapore Council

Event Supporters:
IE Singapore
SPRING Singapore

Speakers:

• A Brand Born Out of the Internet
  BanY.J, CEO, Stikfas
• Ya Kun—Designing Tradition for Today’s Customers
  Adrin Loi, Chairman, Ya Kun International
• Humanizing Brands through Emotional Design
  Judd Harner, Chief Operating Officer and President, Desgrippes Gobé Group
• Experience Virtuosos | Culture Change Agents
  Surya Vanka, Senior Manager, User Experience, Microsoft Corporation
• Finding the Market’s Sweet Spot
  Lee Green, VP, Brand and Values Experience, IBM
• Building Leadership Brands by Design
  Jerry Kathman, President/CEO, LPK, Inc.
• Branding a City: Gold Coast City, Australia
  Christine Jane Moody, Managing Director, Moody Design Pty. Ltd.
• The Digital Landscape
  Simon Waterfall, President D&AD; Creative Director, POKE
• Design or Die
  Kwon Cjan Ho, Managing Director, Design Services, Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts
• Panel Discussion
  Moderator: Christine Jane Moody, Managing Director, Moody Design Pty. Ltd.
  Tan Kia Tong, Chief Technology Officer, OSIM International Ltd.
  

DMI has created a white paper for additional conference background: How Design Management Helps Companies in Asia.

This conference is organized with the cooperation of the DesignSingapore Council as part of the Singapore Design Festival 2007: Always a Better Way. Please visit the DMI website for current information about this gathering of thought-leaders from around the world.

Design Leadership Series Webinar - Sponsored by Microsoft
New Interdisciplinary Methods for Collaboration
This coming Tuesday, November 6, 1pm EST (Online)
Richard Watson, Partner, Essential
Mike Mooney, Partner, Catapult Thinking

Richard Watson		Mike Mooney

This webinar looks at the challenges, opportunities, and insights of cross-organizational collaboration, now common in both consulting and in-house firms. Essential and Catapult Thinking share insights about working together and with clients using interdisciplinary work methods. Sharing competencies is not without its challenges, yet done effectively it can harness specializations in product and service development, business innovation and brand strategy to measurably impact business transformation and market success.     

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International Conference on Managing Design in Global Environments
Organized by KIDP (Korea Institute of Design Promotion)
In Collaboration with DMI
November 30, 2007
Seoul, Korea

KIDP, in collaboration with DMI, will hold an international conference in Seoul, Korea. Keynote speakers in the conference include Dr. Thomas Lockwood, President of DMI, and Professor Alison Rieple, University of Westminster. The conference will be a forum for the exchanges of ideas and best practices among academics and practitioners from across the world. Please visit the DMI website for complete information about the conference.

Call for Papers: International DMI Education Conference
Design Thinking: New Challenges for Designers, Managers, and Organizations
April 14-15, 2008
ESSEC Business School, Paris, France

The Design Management Institute in collaboration with Lancaster University, ESSEC Business School, and SDA Bocconi School of Management, is inviting researchers and practitioners from all fields to submit paper proposals to the International DMI Education Conference. The conference will be held just prior to DMI's 12th DMI European International Design Management Conference, which will run April 16-18, 2008 in Paris.

The conference committee, chaired by Thomas Lockwood, is interested in papers that contribute to theory building, provide examples of empirical research, or use case studies to illustrate how, when and why designing can become an organizational asset. Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of DMI Academic Journal. For consideration, please email your abstract proposal by December 7th, 2007 to s.junginger@lancaster.ac.uk.

Hold the Date: DMI European Conference goes to Paris in April
The 12th DMI European Design Management Conference
April 16-18, 2008
Paris, France

DMI's popular European Conference will achieve another milestone with its first visit to Paris this coming April. The last two conferences, held in Amsterdam in 2006 and Copenhagen in 2007, have been DMI's largest and most successful ever. The 2008 venue will be the Hilton Paris, centrally located near the Eiffel Tower and overlooking the Seine River. Just prior to the professional conference, DMI will also hold an academic conference at the ESSEC Business School (see above). Look for theme, speaker, and registration announcements at www.dmi.org/conferences in the coming weeks.

32nd Design Management Conference Photo Gallery & Impressions

If you missed the recent 32nd Design Management Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, you'll want to check out our entertaining photo gallery of the event. A personal report of the conference has been posted by Chris Bedford, President of the Karo Group and member of the DMI Advisory Council. Complete video of all conference presentations is now in production and will be available to all conference attendees and DMI members shortly.

Upcoming Seminar

Strategies for Designing Meaningful Brand Experiences/
Producing Happiness by Design
Dave Norton, PhD, Principal, Lead Strategist, Stone Mantel
November 8-9, 2007, Cincinnati, USA

This special session will offer the synergy of two seminars by Dave Norton. Engaging individuals in meaningful experiences is a powerful means of creating new value. Understanding how people experience happiness helps you innovate to build better brand value and loyalty.
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DMI Review Download of the Month
Design Managers as Company Strategists: The Power of the Eighth S

By EunSook Kwon, Associate Professor, Director of Industrial Design, University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture; Michael Cooper, Founding Principal, Ziegler Cooper Architects; Joe Synan, Founder and President, Leadingwell Associates
From the Design Management Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 2007

Across the spectrum of design management issues, the workplace is often overlooked. In a thoughtful analysis and case study, EunSook Kwon, Michael Cooper, and Joe Synan indicate how a fine tuned office layout can improve communications and business processes, complement an organization's structure and strategies, promote adaptability and facilitate change, and enhance performance and job satisfaction.
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