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Dear Waymen, Our team has just started looking into this and has written a couple of short articles: Entrepreneurship Driven by Design http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soren-petersen/entrepreneurship-driven-b_b_3341482.html The Future of Industrial Design http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soren-petersen/the-future-of-industrial_b_2063009.html Good luck with your project. Yours sincerely, Soren On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Waymen Yu <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Design Professors and Scholars, > I am an international student, Waymen Yu in a graduate program in the > Industrial School of Design at Carleton University in Canada now. Before I > start my thesis study and make it to be more specific, I want to inquire > some advice and suggestions from you. Personally, I have a strong intrigue > on entrepreneurship for designers. One of the reasons is because I had > tried to step up a small business before I enroll into my current program. > Unfortunately, it was very successful. Another one is getting an > inspiration from a book, Design Direct – how to start your own micro brand, > written by Roger Ball and Heidi Overhill, and it is also a suggestion from > my supervisor. > > The concept from this book is quite general, a course which teach students > how to set up their own micro brand. At the same time, I believe this is > also a new area for design research study or maybe not. I am not sure. That > is why I wrote this email for inquiry. In fact, I want to inquire for three > things. First, can this be a case of thesis study? If it is not, what is > your advice? Second, I want to inquire is there any professor is studying > in this area, Micro Business for Designers, Design Small Business, or Micro > Entrepreneurship for Designers? Who are they and their contacts (either in > China or Canada)? Third, due to the lack of theoretical study, I am baffled > by how to make a proper topic for my thesis. My question is I am not sure > should I based on the method in the book of Design Direct then to set up a > similar method for designers who want to start their enterprises in China > as my thesis topic or should I narrow to a specific step in the method in > this book as a thesis topic study like what kind of platform will be an > appropriated place for designers to sell their products. > > I sincerely want to hear your suggestions and opinions. Thanks for your > attention to read my email and inquiries. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Soren Ingomar Petersen, PhD. _______________________________________ ingomar & ingomar consulting Los Angeles, Copenhagen Office: +1 626 441 4862 Cell: +1 626 497 2648 [log in to unmask] www.ingomar.net _______________________________________ Welcome to a new and beautiful day! ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------