Nigel Geh

NIGEL GEH. 34
SINGAPOREAN
EMAIL nigelgeh@gmail.com

EDUCATION.

Division of Industrial Design,
National University of Singapore - 2015
B.A. (Industrial Design) 
Graduated with First Class Honors

Folkwang Universität der Künste -
Summer 2014
B.A. (Industrial Design) - 
Exchange Semester in Germany
Experience & Interaction Design

LANGUAGES.

English  – Spoken & Written (Fluent)
Chinese – Spoken (Conversational)
German – Spoken (Basic)

WORK EXPERIENCE.

BCG X - Southeast Asia
Lead Strategic Designer
Leading teams through human-centered design and lean innovation methodologies to drive digital/tech-led growth strategies for the Southeast Asia region. Servicing industries such as insurance & banking, ride-hailing, transportation, clean energy, electric vehicles, etc.  
Current (Jan 2023 - Present)

BCG Digital Ventures - Southeast Asia
Senior Strategic Designer
Building new digital-led ventures for clients in the Southeast Asia region, driving workstreams from user research, concept definition and product visioning, MVP definition through to GTM strategy and design delivery.  
Duration - 1 year 5 months (Sep 2021 - Jan 2023)

Royal Philips, Philips Experience Design Design - Asia Pacific
Experience Design Consultant (Industrial & Experience Design)
Design consulting for both the ‘Personal Health’ and ‘Health Systems’ businesses. Driving upstream strategic activities such as strategic multi-stakeholder cocreation workshops, ethnographic research, and translating solution requirements into multidisciplinary designs ranging from industrial design, UX design, spatial design and design for virtual reality.
Duration - 5 years (Jul 2016 - Sep 2021)

Design Exchange Pte Ltd. (for Changi Airport Group)
UI/UX Designer (Contractor)
User workflow analysis, user experience and interface design (UI/UX) of the new Changi Airport Terminal 4 automated self-boarding gates.  
Duration - 3 months (Jun 2016 - Aug 2016)

Department of Anatomy, National University Health System (NUHS)
Research Assistant (Industrial Designer)
Supporting a research grant to investigate the applications of 3D technologies (i.e. scanning & printing) in medical education. Translating medical data (e.g. CT/MRI scans) into anatomical study models with 3D printing. 
Duration - 11 Months (Sep 2015 - Jul 2016)

Freelance Designer (UIUX, Furniture, Packaging & Graphics Design).
Furniture design for Star Furniture, JotterGoods brand (Design of a new standing mirror, BOB). 
Graphic design for National Heritage Board via Ones.sg (Icon bank design of national landmarks).  
Packaging design for NUS Business School (Loreal Brandstorm 2014)
Duration - Varied (May 2013 - Jun 2016)

Design Incubation Centre                    
Industrial Designer (various medical design projects) 
Duration – 7 Months (May & Dec 2013)

STUCK LLP           
Design Researcher (ethnographic research) 
Duration – 2 Months (June 2012)

UOB Kay Hian Pte Ltd.   
Customer Experience Intern (Customer Services)
Duration – 4 Months (Jan 2011)

Information Systems Platoon (ISP) Commander     
Rank: Lieutenant – LTA (NS)
Leading a platoon of 40 for information systems communications and network planning)
Duration – 1 Year (Jan 2010)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

Royal Philips x Division of Industrial Design x Department of Architecture (NUS)
Industry Tutor – Philips x NUS Healthcare Experience Design (2021)
Topic: Vision of New Distributed Healthcare Systems
Platform Duration – 13 Weeks

Royal Philips x Division of Industrial Design x Department of Architecture (NUS)
Industry Tutor – Philips x NUS Healthcare Experience Design (2017/18)
Topic: The Notion of Movement - Healthcare Experiences
Platform Duration – 13 Weeks

Division of Industrial Design, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Teaching Assistant – Philips x NUS Healthcare Experience Design (2015/16)
Topic: The Waiting Experience (Under the tutelage of Mr. Song Kee Hong)
Platform Duration – 13 Weeks

DESIGN AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS.

iF Design Award - 2023
Communications: Printed Publication
Project: Designed Futures - Distributed Healthcare

iF Design Award - 2023
Product Design: Medical
Project: Casey: The Lumify Holder

iF Design Award - 2023
Professional Concept: Service Design
Project: A Distributed Healthcare Story

iF Design Award - 2021
Professional Concept: UX & Service Design
Project: A Brief Speculation on
Autonomous Healthcare

iF Design Award - 2021
Professional Concept: Service Design
Project: Health Mobility Service Concept

iF Design Award - 2021
Professional Concept: Spatial Design
Project: ICU Critical Care Suite

President’s Design Award (Jurors’ Shortlist)
Designer of the Year, 2021
Team – Philips Experience Design, APAC

iF Design Award - 2020
Concept Design Category - Winner
Project: X-Ray Clinic of the Future

Singapore Design Awards - 2019
Corporate Category - Platinum Award
Best Multi-disciplinary Design Practice

Singapore Good Design Award - 2018
Spatial Category - Winner
Project: Consumer Care Experience Center

Singapore Good Design Award - 2017
Product Category - Winner
Project: Philips Mobile Health Monitor

D’Star Design Award - 2015
Grand Winner
Project: BOB – The Vanity Mirror

LITE-ON Award - 2015
Design Innovation Category - Grand Winner
Project: Rebound – Bed Rehabilitation Unit

LITE-ON Award - 2015
Design Innovation Category - Merit Award
Project: SoundCARE – Ambient Monitoring

VISA x NUS DesignStorm - 2014
1st Place  - Winner
Project: VISA – The Next Frontier

Launch-Pad Asia Award - 2014
Winner
Project: SPOT – The Light with a Sweet Spot

International iF Design Concept Award - 2014
Winner
Project: MUSE – Keeping Noise on a Low

James Dyson Award - 2013
Regional Finalist
Project: +ONE Prosthetic Fingers