Innovation can derive from combination. Good design can derive from removal of things that's not necessary. This is the device that good innovation and good design meet. Tinitell.
Tinitell is a watch equipped with the phone function for kids. Tinitell will link to their parent's phone to connect them together seamlessly. Parents can track their kids because the device is composed of GPS equipment. Design attracts kids to wear it. It seems they are playing toys and willing to wear it as a cool gadget.
This is not new thing but it's a new way to present the concept to the individual target group. It's answered by Family. Success.
http://www.tinitell.com/
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Business ThinkTank No.46 - Digital Touch Micro Donation
At London subway, you can donate your tiny amount of money left in the subway card by touching the device attached on the subway. I may call it 'Micro Donation'. The money of cents can be donated to the box and people might not think lots and perceive it's very small things to give that.
If this concept applies to Thailand, I'll make a device that can deduct the last digit of Rabbit cards and put that amount to the charitable association. Or we join with companies that have their own deposit cards like Starbucks, mPay, TrueMoney.
Micro donation is the area we should consider. Think small doesn't mean Small Money :)
If this concept applies to Thailand, I'll make a device that can deduct the last digit of Rabbit cards and put that amount to the charitable association. Or we join with companies that have their own deposit cards like Starbucks, mPay, TrueMoney.
Micro donation is the area we should consider. Think small doesn't mean Small Money :)
Business ThinkTank No.45 - Solar Cell Phone Booth
The public telephone booth is now obsolete because of the advent of mobile phones. In London, they turn unused telephone booth into solar cell booths to be a beacon for charging devices.
We have look for the unused inventory and try to exploit them somehow. Definitely, in Thailand we have many phone booths standing without utilizing them lots like previously. In addition, we also have taxi stations built but not used. If we can turn these assets into something that can be benefits to people even though it's not free, if really useful they are willing to pay for it!
Remember, remember. No asset values 0!
We have look for the unused inventory and try to exploit them somehow. Definitely, in Thailand we have many phone booths standing without utilizing them lots like previously. In addition, we also have taxi stations built but not used. If we can turn these assets into something that can be benefits to people even though it's not free, if really useful they are willing to pay for it!
Remember, remember. No asset values 0!
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Business ThinkTank No.44- Sell things in Taxi
The number of taxi prevails in Bangkok and you can ride on anywhere you are. In taxi, you may accidentally find that some cabs offer you free candies or newspaper. What if it turns into business or additional services rather than just taking you to destination.
Let's imagine. You get on a taxi, spend a boring time in there. Activities you seem to have are sleeping, or sitting and watching outside. But if there are things you can do more inside like buy goods or read books, trips and those offerings can charge you some amount of money. That's possible and sounds interesting?
People love shopping, and well when they're retained in the small space and nothing to do. If we provide more activities they can do. That must be great and profitable! See?
Let's imagine. You get on a taxi, spend a boring time in there. Activities you seem to have are sleeping, or sitting and watching outside. But if there are things you can do more inside like buy goods or read books, trips and those offerings can charge you some amount of money. That's possible and sounds interesting?
People love shopping, and well when they're retained in the small space and nothing to do. If we provide more activities they can do. That must be great and profitable! See?
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Business ThinkTank No.43- Night Deliveries
Night seems less activities, less traffic. And less opportunity to do business? If you think so, it is- however nothing is wasteful in the business world.
UseLuna - Moonlight Deliveries - is a start-up company to offer sending things to customers during night period. What is beneficial? Yes, no traffic jam, well-weather, and romantic.
Day or night. New or old. Black or white. The difference doesn't matter but when you see the opportunity at one side. Definitely, there is a great big chance at another opposite side waiting you catch the golds.
Good luck and Happy new year 2014.
UseLuna - Moonlight Deliveries - is a start-up company to offer sending things to customers during night period. What is beneficial? Yes, no traffic jam, well-weather, and romantic.
Day or night. New or old. Black or white. The difference doesn't matter but when you see the opportunity at one side. Definitely, there is a great big chance at another opposite side waiting you catch the golds.
Good luck and Happy new year 2014.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Business ThinkTank No.42- iQueue
I'm very irritated to restaurants where their customers have to do long queues for many minutes. While waiting, if good management, there will be someone who are responsible to jot down your queue and announce when your turn is there. The time gap is going waste if restaurants don't offer any value, like order food beforehand. And here is our opportunity to solve it.
For popular food restaurants, iQueue app is the right mate to place into their work process. The app can provide many benefits to waiting customers to not get bored and leave before their turn by allowing them to play games or do some activities relating to restaurants' food or brands. Fairer, the longer they wait, the more they gain points and use points to exchange valued-items when reach some amount designated.
Great idea? Need someone initiate and act. Please.
For popular food restaurants, iQueue app is the right mate to place into their work process. The app can provide many benefits to waiting customers to not get bored and leave before their turn by allowing them to play games or do some activities relating to restaurants' food or brands. Fairer, the longer they wait, the more they gain points and use points to exchange valued-items when reach some amount designated.
Great idea? Need someone initiate and act. Please.
Business ThinkTank No.41- Time-Related Advertisement
Nowadays, Ad agenaycy has many methods to pl with audience. The social marketing/ viral communication is pervasive among all ages. While things mentioned exist digitally, another physical view is also rather more interesting when we borrow the power of time.
Time can deal with Sun and Moon. Both yield lightness and darkness as well as limitation in terms of day and night span. During days, we're hit by sunshine and sky. On another flip, we face moonlight and nightfall. If we consider time's characteristics clearly and have insights on it, we're capable to exhibit advertising media sounding distinctive.
Like in Korea, a company employes sunlight to form a QR code shadow. The crafted object must be touched the light with the right time and angle so as to produce particular shadow according the shape of the object. When the time comes, e.g. about 14.00 PM when the sun is diagonally on heads of us, the QR code appears perfectly. People will scan the code to get discount coupons and keep them into their mobile phones or using immediately.
In Chicago, the ad billboard, among sun dominance, doesn't display anytime. But when the sky goes dark, the picture is attractively revealed to the hangouts within that art frame.
There are many applications to deal with time-engaging communications however it still depends on how well you pick up contexts to express messages.
Time can deal with Sun and Moon. Both yield lightness and darkness as well as limitation in terms of day and night span. During days, we're hit by sunshine and sky. On another flip, we face moonlight and nightfall. If we consider time's characteristics clearly and have insights on it, we're capable to exhibit advertising media sounding distinctive.
Like in Korea, a company employes sunlight to form a QR code shadow. The crafted object must be touched the light with the right time and angle so as to produce particular shadow according the shape of the object. When the time comes, e.g. about 14.00 PM when the sun is diagonally on heads of us, the QR code appears perfectly. People will scan the code to get discount coupons and keep them into their mobile phones or using immediately.
In Chicago, the ad billboard, among sun dominance, doesn't display anytime. But when the sky goes dark, the picture is attractively revealed to the hangouts within that art frame.
There are many applications to deal with time-engaging communications however it still depends on how well you pick up contexts to express messages.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Sharp Idea 2
I like collecting the good statements quoted in the books. And the sharp ideas below derive from:
Source: ราคาคือของจริง, วรากรณ์ สามโกเศศ
Here they are:
Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation: Milton Friedman
We make ourselves rich by making our wants few: Henry David Thoreau
Debt is the worst poverty - M.G. Lichtwer
Happiness is not perfected until it is shared - Jane Porter
Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worst - African Proverb
Source: ราคาคือของจริง, วรากรณ์ สามโกเศศ
Here they are:
Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation: Milton Friedman
We make ourselves rich by making our wants few: Henry David Thoreau
Debt is the worst poverty - M.G. Lichtwer
Happiness is not perfected until it is shared - Jane Porter
Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worst - African Proverb
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Business ThinkTank No.40- Books and Toys
When you were a child and read the fantasy book, had you ever imagined that magical objects or fairy-tale character could be touchable. GoldieBlox is the initiator upon this thought.
The company provides a book that instructs girls many ways in constructing toys. This toy is designed to promote favor in engineering to girls. Together with a book, toy can encourage girls to play it with fun and passion to pursue engineering-education path. Of course, the book is not a normal one. It's written as a story telling about a girl who loves invent things. In this way, girls can enjoy reading and playing as well as ingraining their engineering-oriented mindset.
So, I believe we can copy and develop this excellent concept from this case to other areas. We may offer painting kit to let children draw high-profiled artist paintings in correspondence of storytelling in the book. To wrap it shortly, build passion, let it drive action. ;)
The company provides a book that instructs girls many ways in constructing toys. This toy is designed to promote favor in engineering to girls. Together with a book, toy can encourage girls to play it with fun and passion to pursue engineering-education path. Of course, the book is not a normal one. It's written as a story telling about a girl who loves invent things. In this way, girls can enjoy reading and playing as well as ingraining their engineering-oriented mindset.
So, I believe we can copy and develop this excellent concept from this case to other areas. We may offer painting kit to let children draw high-profiled artist paintings in correspondence of storytelling in the book. To wrap it shortly, build passion, let it drive action. ;)
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Business ThinkTank No.39- Bundle Sells
Selling each may cost you more than offering in bundles. And people sometimes don't want to waste time to buy a single item in a particular purpose.
I found the medicare website sets the product for cancer patients who face difficulty to keep their life in safe by using the aiding equipment. New patients usually have no awful experience what they are coping with, thereby lacking of necessary things to ail pains occurred.
The point of this business is to go for niche markets and provide groups of things to customers who hardly use them but become very essential when bad situation comes or special events approach.
Sets could be: medical box, adventurous tools, survival equipment, flood-fighter package, etc.
Yet not easy, you have to study lots to collect right items and encapsulate them into one chuck.
I found the medicare website sets the product for cancer patients who face difficulty to keep their life in safe by using the aiding equipment. New patients usually have no awful experience what they are coping with, thereby lacking of necessary things to ail pains occurred.
The point of this business is to go for niche markets and provide groups of things to customers who hardly use them but become very essential when bad situation comes or special events approach.
Sets could be: medical box, adventurous tools, survival equipment, flood-fighter package, etc.
Yet not easy, you have to study lots to collect right items and encapsulate them into one chuck.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Business ThinkTank No.38- Up-To-You Donation
On our ways towards somewhere, we often meet street musicians conducting themselves amongst flowing stream of crowd. If content to performance, we just admire in mind and give a little money to them.
In the era of web2.0, audiences are centrally attentive to service offers. Thus, business changes and donations either.
From now on, we can choose one of the music we would like to listen to by putting pennies into one of the bottles which are labelled in front of it about genre of music. Like a jukebox ;)
Voila, the example is this.
Remember, let users create their own product. They will be happy and you too ;D
In the era of web2.0, audiences are centrally attentive to service offers. Thus, business changes and donations either.
From now on, we can choose one of the music we would like to listen to by putting pennies into one of the bottles which are labelled in front of it about genre of music. Like a jukebox ;)
Voila, the example is this.
Remember, let users create their own product. They will be happy and you too ;D
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Design Library
This post is dedicated to displaying design examples and manners across the globe.
1. Road Tripper - Plan and manage your trip
Design subject: Patterns and Interface for map application
2. Stanley Piano - Play songs according to Twitter
Design subject: Page transition, and graphical menu
1. Road Tripper - Plan and manage your trip
Design subject: Patterns and Interface for map application
Design subject: Page transition, and graphical menu
Monday, August 6, 2012
Frint in Japanese
When I experienced the Japan internship, I wrote the Japanese blog at http://ameblo.jp/piyawits/. Here I expressed and shared my what's-going-on matters to AIESEC members and those who were interested in.
Throughout the blog, you could see my vision upon Japanese society and notions of comparison between my original stereotype and the contrast. I pointed out difference and similarity I faced on culture, norms, language, and attitude.
I've got Japanese name from AIESEC help and feel warmer because of inner heart touching family-like care. Finally I decide to stay in my own country, even if I love this fresh-air and blue-sky country. Because I was ingrained the patriot soul someday I can do gratitude to my country.
Well, find me more via the blog as mentioned above,
And call me Furinto, if you see me in Japan.
;)
Ja mata ne.
Throughout the blog, you could see my vision upon Japanese society and notions of comparison between my original stereotype and the contrast. I pointed out difference and similarity I faced on culture, norms, language, and attitude.
I've got Japanese name from AIESEC help and feel warmer because of inner heart touching family-like care. Finally I decide to stay in my own country, even if I love this fresh-air and blue-sky country. Because I was ingrained the patriot soul someday I can do gratitude to my country.
Well, find me more via the blog as mentioned above,
And call me Furinto, if you see me in Japan.
;)
Ja mata ne.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Business ThinkTank No.37- Money Credit
Money doesn't only exist in formats of coins and banknotes, but also it's available in virtuality-money credit.
To receive money credits, user may have to invest upon somethings like hard exercise, long-distance running, in turn, get the points. The business should establish a platform to let users spend their credits earned. Auction stages, discounting stores, premium shops are the examples in this regard.
In summary, let users exchange their efforts with virtual money and an enterprise provide places to allow them to spend money credits. Victory. Both!
To receive money credits, user may have to invest upon somethings like hard exercise, long-distance running, in turn, get the points. The business should establish a platform to let users spend their credits earned. Auction stages, discounting stores, premium shops are the examples in this regard.
In summary, let users exchange their efforts with virtual money and an enterprise provide places to allow them to spend money credits. Victory. Both!
Sunday, June 24, 2012
App- Alarm Clocks
The iPhone app is very pervasive. There are many sorts of app invented diversely. Alarm clock function seems to have less attractive to developers since provided as built-in app.By the way, if have creativity, distinction still exists.
The airline company released the alarm clock app with gift offering. If users guess correctly the city where voice is belling while alarming for a few minutes, they will get an air ticket to that city for free of charge.
In Japan, the alarm ring will be tailored corresponding to weather.
Even though the functionality is limited like alarm clock, let's attempts to get out limitation with Valuation.
The airline company released the alarm clock app with gift offering. If users guess correctly the city where voice is belling while alarming for a few minutes, they will get an air ticket to that city for free of charge.
In Japan, the alarm ring will be tailored corresponding to weather.
Even though the functionality is limited like alarm clock, let's attempts to get out limitation with Valuation.
Business ThinkTank No.36- Free Inventory Stocking Shop
Many business may sometimes cope up with high cost of inventory storing. The unsold products are burden to the company's balance sheet and difficult to manage. Is there a solution to eradicate this cost out from the business? Unfortunately, no.
However, according to this circumstance, if there are someone offering you to help sell your products but in exchange you have to let them take a picture of your products and input to their e-commerce websites. Your products will display on the websites for free and you get the nice images of the products. As such, you have more selling channels and no cost of distribution. Your partners doesn't need to bear inventory cost because of merely pictures. A thing you do is to wait orders from partners. Fasten inventory stream and increase turnover rate. Win-win scenario.
However, according to this circumstance, if there are someone offering you to help sell your products but in exchange you have to let them take a picture of your products and input to their e-commerce websites. Your products will display on the websites for free and you get the nice images of the products. As such, you have more selling channels and no cost of distribution. Your partners doesn't need to bear inventory cost because of merely pictures. A thing you do is to wait orders from partners. Fasten inventory stream and increase turnover rate. Win-win scenario.
Business ThinkTank No.35- Street Show in the City
Often I extract the business idea from Springwise.com. One article narrated about the very creative tourism in New York. You can ride on the city tour bus and see the live dancers along the streets you pass. The stage is moved out to outdoor and invite audience to their show without reserving any seats or buy tickets. Just sit and see on the bus. The show will become more fantastic when happens at night time.
Think out the box, show off the hall. Street performance!
Think out the box, show off the hall. Street performance!
Business ThinkTank No.34- To-do-list for My Business
I run my click and mortar business for a year and a half. The shop sells musical instrument- in particular- guitar. I put forth the lessons studied from both school and real life to this business. I created the business cards that were printed at the back with the fundamental chord guitar.
I designed the board telling about the website URL and social network contact. Besides, launch continuous promotion and discount since it has opened. But not sufficient. I should do
- Acquire the multimedia presentation and place in front of the shop. In such way, I may buy one TV and DVD player, let it play the musical tutorials. Customers enjoy lessons, meanwhile increase possibility to sell goods and business brand.
- Produce freemiums like free download guitar chords which help the website obtain good pagerank scores effectively.
- Establish the bill board set up on the facade of the shop. The message should give the business persona in quick glance along with the web address.
- Product tag and indicator display like hot sale, recommend. Among products, customers have no time to consider all, why not tag the products which are high pop. Reduce time of searching and increase profitability.
- Hire musical teachers and let him/her give easy tutorials to customers.
- Establish platforms for young musician and if possible, build up music streets.
-Free beverage and candies.
I designed the board telling about the website URL and social network contact. Besides, launch continuous promotion and discount since it has opened. But not sufficient. I should do
- Acquire the multimedia presentation and place in front of the shop. In such way, I may buy one TV and DVD player, let it play the musical tutorials. Customers enjoy lessons, meanwhile increase possibility to sell goods and business brand.
- Produce freemiums like free download guitar chords which help the website obtain good pagerank scores effectively.
- Establish the bill board set up on the facade of the shop. The message should give the business persona in quick glance along with the web address.
- Product tag and indicator display like hot sale, recommend. Among products, customers have no time to consider all, why not tag the products which are high pop. Reduce time of searching and increase profitability.
- Hire musical teachers and let him/her give easy tutorials to customers.
- Establish platforms for young musician and if possible, build up music streets.
-Free beverage and candies.
Business ThinkTank No.33- Name Card after Meals
I once went to a nice and sweet Thai restaurant at Sathorn. The menus are quite delicious. Till the end of the meal I learnt many good practice from this restaurant considerably.
The restro shows the actual look of dessert, particularly-cake, to sweet hungers.
In the sum-bill folder, there is a name card put inside. Calling customers come again.
All staff offers good manner and care.
Despite high price, I'm willing to pay for it. Worthily.
The restro shows the actual look of dessert, particularly-cake, to sweet hungers.
In the sum-bill folder, there is a name card put inside. Calling customers come again.
All staff offers good manner and care.
Despite high price, I'm willing to pay for it. Worthily.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Font Archive
In a designer's life, I have to invent shapes, lines, layouts, styles and themes by combining to colors, shadows, textures, lighting, and all relevant composition. To express the message of the artwork, I can lend the power of aesthetic menus as mentioned above but I have the shortcut to make a job done. Seek a proper font!
Typography or fonts are potential gadgetry arm for designers to construct an artwork storytelling an objective along with emotional felling. Each font owns particular characteristic that indicates habitual look. The designer's job is to discover one or a few of thousand fonts to put into the artwork. I thus choose and collect promising fonts to ensure I will have a great font matching to my artwork perfectly.
Here are my free font websites using:
Thai fonts: http://www.f0nt.com
Free fonts: http://www.fontsquirrel.com
Freefonts: http://www.dafont.com/
Web fonts: www.google.com/webfonts
Make your font collection and try, type, dont' be tired to take trails!
Typography or fonts are potential gadgetry arm for designers to construct an artwork storytelling an objective along with emotional felling. Each font owns particular characteristic that indicates habitual look. The designer's job is to discover one or a few of thousand fonts to put into the artwork. I thus choose and collect promising fonts to ensure I will have a great font matching to my artwork perfectly.
Here are my free font websites using:
Thai fonts: http://www.f0nt.com
Free fonts: http://www.fontsquirrel.com
Freefonts: http://www.dafont.com/
Web fonts: www.google.com/webfonts
Make your font collection and try, type, dont' be tired to take trails!
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