1415T2g1 South Korea/Reflection/day4
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Day 4: Reflections
KBS
We visited KBS and got a tour around the building. KBS is South Korea's largest broadcasting station and it was interesting to see the filming stages, halls, broadcasting room, and props store.
Visual Dart
Visual Dart is a game art designing firm with about 60 employees. They modularize the design into various forms such as sketching, initial drawing, 3d creation, animation, background design and more. A single design takes about 10 days to a month to create depending on the design complexity. Visual Dart started off small and they initially did work for home shopping networks. They then moved on to small scaled designs and the company was promoted through competitions and exhibitions. From our interaction with the first employee in the company, I've learnt that
- communication with the client is important to ensure that both parties have an agreement on how the design concept should be developed
- fostering good relations out of work helps to build better relations with co-workers
- get constant exposure locally and internationally and stay up to date on the latest technology advancement and change in trends
- idea generation can be inspired from various ways e.g. by watching movies, playing games, and observing the environment
Seoul tech networking night
At the sharing session and networking event, we heard about the South Korea and Singapore start-up system. In both countries, the government plays a big role in encouraging people to start their own businesses. The government takes various initiatives to nurture talent, support mentors, provide funding, and educate its people on entrepreneurship. I think it is good that the government takes the lead to develop the start-up ecosystem. I expect that in the future, reliance on the government will be reduced if start-ups can support each other. Also, there will be more private services that cater to support the community.
Tomorrow is our last day and we will be visiting Seoul Topis, Auctionary, and Korbit!
