After almost two years in the making, the Icsid Congress 2009 is finally here. As part of the organizing committee, we wait with bated breath where the outcome of our collective efforts will be known when the doors open at 9 am tomorrow.

Full coverage at my strategic industrial design blog Design Sojourn.

Simple but Edgy is now Showing at Philips Design!

I have been invited and accepted a position at Philips Design Singapore as The Senior Design Manager in charge of the Home Cinema Sound, Home Video and Home Controller business portfolios. It is a design management position which finds me managing design programs for internal Philips clients.

I’m sure there will be many exciting times to come!

After almost 5 1/2 years and 5 international design awards later, I have decided to resign from my position as Head of Industrial Design and Senior Manager at Nakamichi’s Regional HQ in Singapore. Today the 8th August or 08/08/08 was my last day. The decision to leave was a tough one, but I believe it is time for me to move on.

While writing this, I suddenly realized that it also happens to be a cosmically auspicious day to the Chinese, not to mention the start of the Olympics! “Eight” in Mandarin rhymes with “Fa” which means luck and prosperity.

So while I’m pretty sad leaving behind some great colleagues, it looks to me like a happy ending that is going to lead into a flying start!