Jawn LIM
Profile
SIT Appointments
- Deputy Cluster Director, Business, Communication and Design– Present
- Associate Professor– Present
- Deputy Director, Office of the Vice President (Planning)–
- Deputy Programme Director, GSofA BA (Hons) Interior Design–
- Assistant Professor–
Education
- Doctor of DesignHarvard University , United States
- Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Innovation and TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management , United States
- Masters of ArchitectureSouthern California Institute of Architecture , United States
- Bachelor of Arts in ArchitectureNational University of Singapore , Singapore
- Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment in Adult Education and FacilitationInstitute of Adult Learning , Singapore
- Certified Competitive Intelligence Professional Level I & IIAcademy of Competitive Intelligence, Boston , United States
Achievements
- Society for the History of Technology Dibner Fund Grant
- Capability Development Grant, DesignSingapore Council
- Harvard GSD Advanced Studies Program Grant–
- Harvard GSD Teaching Fellowship–
- National Science Foundation of America Travel Grant
- Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Conference Grant
- DesignSingapore Council Creative Industries Scholarship–
- Harvard GSD Doctor of Design Grant–
- SCI-Arc Graduate Scholarship–
Professional Memberships
- Consultant, OCBC– Present
- Board Advisor, Precursor– Present
- Harvard Club of Singapore– Present
- Member, The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals– Present
- Hon Sec, Interior Design Confederation of Singapore–
- Member, MIT Enterprise Forum–
- Member, The Society for Social Studies of Science–
- Member, The Society for the History of Technology–
Corporate Experience
- Assistant Director, DesignSingapore Council, Singapore–
- Adjunct Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore–
- Adjunct Studio Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Teaching Fellow & Studio Instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA–
- Project Manager & Senior Designer, Hetzel Design, Los Angeles, CA–
- Project Designer, Frank Gehry & Associates, Los Angeles, CA–
- Architectural Designer, Arquitectonica, Los Angeles, CA–
Research
Research Interests
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Science-Fiction Design
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Smart Technologies
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User Experience Design
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Architecture
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Product Design
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Business Models
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Innovation Management
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Systems Dynamics
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War-gaming
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Futurology
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Strategic and Competitive Analysis
Publication
Journal Papers
Featured Projects in Geometry of the Unconscious by Jyanzi Kong
“Lost in Translations” 306090, Princeton Architectural Press
“Lost in Translations” Singapore Architecture Issue 251
“Processing Design Ingredients” Singapore Architect Issue 245
Conferences
Panel chair for “Technoscientific Practices, Constructions and Imaginaries” at the 2011 Annual Meeting of 4S and presented his paper “Concept Design: Technoscientific Imaginaries from Hollywood.”
Presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).
Presented “Anime Robots and Robotics in Science, Technology, and Society”, at The Society of Social Studies of Sciences (4S) Annual Meeting 2010, Tokyo University
Presented paper “Sculpting Catastrophes: Concept Design and Technoscientific Imagination of Science Fiction Cinema” and as part of the panel “Visionaries and the Technological Imaginary."