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By TF CHAN March 6, 2018 Great works of architecture can transform the way we experience and shape the world, says architect Ole Scheeren. Over the past decade, Scheeren has transformed skylines all over Asia with landmark buildings including the…

By CASEY QUACKENBUSH March 6, 2018 Alan Murray, the chief content officer of Meredith Corporation’s (MDP, -1.28%) Time Inc. brands, welcomed design luminaries and delegates Tuesday for the launch of the inaugural Brainstorm Design conference, hosted by Fortune, Time, and…

By DEBBIE YONG March 6, 2018 Every company wants to nurture the next Steve Jobs, or develop the next equivalent of the iPhone for their industry, but what should they do while waiting for a similar visionary to appear? Instead…

By ROBERT HORN 12:33 AM EST Alice Rawsthorn isn’t afraid to name names. If your designs are bad, useless or untrustworthy they could have serious consequences. Think of traditional prescription pill bottles that look so similar that they can lead…

By TF CHAN March 8, 2018 Good design, we all agree, should be sustainable. But how exactly are designers creating products, environments and services that are ecologically sound while economically viable? And how, in an industry often characterized by the…

A launchpad that offers young designers an opportunity to become entrepreneurs. Even before graduation, industrial design students from the National University of Singapore have already successfully sold their designs. They regularly fly between China and Singapore; negotiate with manufacturers and suppliers; handle…

The world’s top design firms have innovation down to almost a science. For traditional incumbents looking to build innovative capabilities, design can be the ideal catalyst. In 1993, Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun Hee made a humbling discovery in a…

Winners of the Rail Corridor Request for Proposal reveal a love of man and nature.By Sarah Liu  It was a moment of great anticipation for the team that emerged top among 64 respondents at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) RFP…