Milton Tan Dreambook
Dreams: a dynamic realm of possibility and the nonsensical, fleetingly masquerading as reality. It is no wonder why Dr. Tan always kept a notebook by his bedside to write or sketch the ideas that would visit through dreams. Taking after its namesake and purpose, this blog shares our ideas, observations and experiences with design and creativity with the hopes that you, in turn, will share yours.
Don’t Mind If I Ask…
Don’t Mind If’s inaugural communications design community and industry survey report provides a much needed and overdue introspection into Singapore’s creative industry. If you’re part of this colourful community, considering a path in it or even just curious, grab a copy and peak at the consolidated perspectives on what makes it tick.
Why some Ideas take a long time to be taken up?
Roof gardens and “sky rise” landscaping is now a rage in many cities such as New York and Singapore. It’s like, “why didn’t we think of this before?”
Devoting Money to Culture and Creativity
The implied case of Singapore’s lack of culture and creativity is a different matter, let alone if they can be improved by “devoting” more money.
Alternative Value Propositions
Designers are in a good position to propose alternative value propositions. But they need to be laterally creative and not be so naïve about how bureaucrats and bean-counters work. A creative win-win is often the only way.
Some things don’t change
Change can be extremely slow and surprisingly resilient. This of course can be a good or bad or indifferent thing.
Design in Singapore’s Economic Strategies
Beyond the strangely-familiar call for improved productivity, you will not miss “design”.
Virtual Meetings are Virtually Impossible
AI’s long-fought frontier of natural language processing and gesture-based controls has made some progress over the decades, but this occasion with MM Lee shows how intractable this can be.
Singapore Plans for 2050!
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.