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软件比硬件更重要

对于IT公司,好的工业设计对于产品畅销到底能起到多大的作用?这是一个难以量化的问题。正如现在全球都为之疯狂的iPhone,有的人认为苹果其实已经是一个时尚品牌,而非单纯的IT科技公司。

人们很难确切地描述清楚,自己到底是被苹果时尚的外观,还是流畅的操作体验,或者是丰富的应用所吸引?

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“创新”能为其本身带来收益嘛?

我诚挚地希望在大连举行的一年一度的达沃斯论坛上,其新的领军者能够看到这个议程是多么富有挑战。达沃斯论坛在推动新创意的产生和新的、令人意想不到的推动世界发展的战略上一直发挥着极其重要的作用。在本次2011的论坛上,来自各行业以及全球各个地方的精英互相交流着各自的奇思妙想,这是一次极具广度和深度的思想碰撞。

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中欧国际工商学院与青蛙设计联合举办2010“创意中国”国际MBA挑战赛 INNOVATEChina 2010 by CEIBS in Partnership with frog design

Singapore Nanyang Technoloical University, Nanyang Business School is the winner of the INNOVATEChina 2010 Preliminary Round Award for its biodiesel motorbike proposal. INNOVATEChina is a competition and platform created by CEIBS for top business minds to interact and create innovative solutions to business problems with a China focus. The insights and involvement in China’s emerging markets have made frog design a perfect innovation partner.

Business schools from all over the world were invited to hand in presentations about their innovative ideas for China after which the best 7 teams were selected for the Grand Final. Among the seven Finalists INNOVATEChina — together with frog design — awarded the most innovative idea on June 20, 2010 in the Belgian EU Pavillon at the Expo in Shanghai (Preliminary Round Award). frog strategy director in Shanghai office, Ravi Chhatpar, was invited to be the judge for this award.

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Brand Building Through Product Innovation in Taiwan

Last week I spoke at Computex 2009 in Taiwan at an event hosted by the TDC (Taiwan Design Center). A key challenge faced by many Taiwanese companies in any part of the computing space is brand building. Taiwan’s computing culture, to generalize broadly, is all about OEMs. A few have made the leap into consumer brands (e.g., Acer, Asus, HTC), but most are still OEMS, increasingly evolving into ODMs, and no more than flirting with the notion of becoming a consumer brand. Under this backdrop, I spoke about brand building strategies for Taiwanese companies from 2 perspectives.

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How to Make Design Success Sustainable in China

I just got a copy of 21st Century Business Review from the bookstore in the airport for my flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou for a design competition. The feature story of the May issue is From Manufacturing to China Design.

The topic of 'China Design' has been discussed for the past few years. There is no doubt that Chinese companies should have original design as the first step to build their own brand. Originality has been promoted in the cities, big or small, in China with the government support. Hundreds of design conferences and competitions are held to promote China Design every year.

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Report from China: User-Centered Design as a Good Business Approach

During the economic slowdown, more and more companies find it hard to challenge the traditional way of doing business. Some organizations understand the importance of design and innovation but Very Few see the true value of user-centered design and usability as a good business approach. Looking at the Chinese context, the strategy and philosophy of top successful local companies is changing. The recent export figures, the engine of Chinese growth in the past decades, show a significant decline.

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创新因时而变,创意应需而生

《环球企业家》中国年度最佳产品设计奖

创新助企业成就基业常青。21世纪的工业创新,从上世纪90年代的“科技创新”一变而为“设计创新”,高品质工业产品不仅具有实用性能,而且体现“人性化”理念的卓越设计。立足中国、竞争全球的时代,“中国制造”向“中国创造”全面转型的时机逐步成熟,科技进步致力满足人性需求,外观设计越来越成为企业产品差异化和树立品牌的主要手段之一。

以推动中国商业国际化为依归,在“环球商业,中国创意”的主题下,环球企业家杂志社邀请青蛙设计担任这次“中国年度最佳产品设计奖”的顾问, 本次大奖主要推选以中国市场为服务对象的高水准设计产品和公司,为中国创意工业的崛起提供助力。