Design & Tell

Be kind to your mind. That’s the public service announcement from the WHO. It’s the start of another month of 2020 and the pandemic is far from over. So we thought it'll be good to replay our episode with Alice Yu, titled 'Like mother, like design' where she tells us how she used art and creativity to deal with her postpartum depression, and how she mobilized a community of mothers who can embrace the arts with Mama on Palette. Alice is a marketing pro, so you'll also get some insight into marketing trends in China as well as the rest of Asia. There are a bunch of takeaways and lots of inspiration, so listen up!

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page - https://dribbble.com/____Lingjun____

References:

Alice on Linkedin

Mama on Palette

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini 

Content Marketing Institute 

Killing Marketing by Joe Pulizzi 

Hubspot 

Marketing School Podcast by Neil Patel 

For people with disabilities, consumer sovereignty is a myth. When a new product enters the market, people with disabilities have to figure out how they can get in sync with it rather than the other way around. In today's episode, we spoke to Ken Chua, founder of (these)abilities, an inclusion-focused design agency, and a social entrepreneur listed on the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list of 2019. He tells us that this is a design problem. A Singapore University of Technology and Design alumnus, he speaks to Nisha about how he uses engineering and design principles to create technologies and systems that promote inclusive innovation. 

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page.

References:

Ken Chua on Linkedin

Ken on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List

(these)abilities website

Today's episode features Ian Goulding, a household name in the CX world, an influential speaker and blogger, and a well-known customer experience specialist. Nisha speaks to him about his book, Customer What? The Honest and Practical Guide to Customer Experience and how the pandemic will change businesses' attitudes and approach towards CX principles and strategies. 

Find out about Ian's SGT Online CX Professional Masterclass here. 

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page.

References:

Ian's website

Ian on Twitter

Ian's book on Goodreads. 

CustomerThink.com

 MyCustomer.com

CXM.co.uk

If you’re a podcast buff and are tuned into all things Asia, get excited, because today we’re gonna be Skyping with the host of Southeast Asia’s No1 podcast, Leaders of Learning, Ling Ling! She chats with Nisha on how she sees work culture changing in a post-pandemic world, what skills the Asian workforce will need to adapt to the new normal, and she also shares her advice on making the best use of this circuit breaker to upskill. 

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page.

References

Ling Ling on Linkedin

The Leaders of Learning Podcast 

Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown 

In this week's episode of Design & Tell, Nidhi reviews some online art courses. Tune in to find out if it's worth your while to spend time and money on these courses during the lockdown. 

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page.

References:

Character Art School Complete Character Drawing Course on Udemy

Character Art School Complete Colouring and Painting Course on Udemy

Sketchbook Creation: Find your own Language on Domestika

Kirsty Partridge Art on YouTube

Jazza on YouTube

Proko on YouTube

Phygital business will define the 'new normal'. Among these, coworking space providers such as JustCo have gone mainstream and are sprouting all over Asian cities. In today's episode, you'll hear from Faith Soh, Head of Innovation & Partnerships at Justco, and Sylvia Bay, Design Director at Justco, on how they conceptualize and implement their flagship products and services such as JustCo Lab, Future of Work and the JustCo App, and on all the work that goes in constructing these hotspots of productivity and new-age business. 

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page.

References

Faith Soh on Linkedin

Sylvia Bay on Linkedin

JustCo on instagram

Dezeen Magazine 

Today's episode features Jonathan Courtney, CEO of AJ&Smart, a digital agency based in Berlin. He speaks to Nisha about his new book, The Workshopper Playbook, running remote workshops in a post-Covid-19 world, and why he thinks workshopping will be the next big in-demand job skill. He also describes his experience of working in Asia and how work cultures vary across the hemisphere. It's a super-fun chat; prepare to be entertained!

Find out more about Jonathan's book at https://workshopper.com/book!

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Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page.

References:

The Workshopper Playbook by Jonathan Courtney

Jonathan on Linkedin and on Instagram

AJ&Smart on Instagram

The Mandalorian on Disney+

Double Your Profits in Six Months or Less by Bob Fifer

In our latest episode, Nisha introduces you to designers who're doing their bit to make life easier as we grapple with COVID-19. Prepare to be enlightened, and inspired!

Get to know us at agl.sg and follow us on Instagram at @aglsgdesign

Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page - https://dribbble.com/____Lingjun____

References:

UN & WHO Global Call to Creatives - https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/30/united-nations-who-be-ready-coronavirus/

Weiman Kow on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/weimankow/?originalSubdomain=sg

... and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/weimankow/?hl=en

Singaporean artists' coronavirus works - https://mothership.sg/2020/02/singapore-artist-infocomic-coronavirus/

Messy Cow - https://messycow.com

BioGirlMJ on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/biogirlmj/?hl=en

In this episode of Design & Tell, you'll hear a heart to heart between Nisha and Khye Chan, financial consultant, and content creator. His is an inspiring tale of discovering his passion and his strengths that creative people will both relate to and learn from. 

Get to know us at agl.sg and follow us on Instagram at @aglsgdesign

Credits to Ling Jun for the podcast cover art. Check out her Dribbble page - https://dribbble.com/____Lingjun____

References:

Khye Chan's Linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/khyezr/?originalSubdomain=sg

ShoyuTheWorld; Khye's Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpgSoNv_JiWWpuOV_zJdAdA

The Creative Heart; Khye's Podcast - https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-creative-heart/

Chopsticks on the Loose - https://chopsticksontheloose.com