What DreamVok does

DreamVok (意集設計) is a Taipei-based B2B innovation design consultancy and the first spin-off from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in the institute's 40+ year history. Founded in October 2017 by CEO Kevin Yang Ph.D., the firm delivers design-driven innovation consulting organized around four service lines: integrative design research, patent/technology commercialization, brand experience and new business model design, and 50+ aging-market product/service co-development. Its core intellectual property is the proprietary "Dechnology" (Design + Technology) methodology—a structured approach combining service design, business model creation, and technology integration—applied through a four-phase (4D) Service Design Process.

The company has executed over 350 innovation projects across R&D, travel, healthcare, finance, and public service sectors, producing tangible commercial outputs such as the Lobsang Stairlift (co-developed with Lobsang Corporation, achieving 23% overseas market share and over TWD 100M in customer revenue), the LED Facial Mask (multiplying the underlying photoconductive film technology's value by 10x), the Water911 rescue motorboat (raising rescue capacity from 1-2 to 4-5 victims), and the Dementia Future Care Support System. Reusable toolkits include the 50-card Experience Design Toolkit, Retirement Life Design Toolkit, and Aging Product/Service Innovation Toolkit, alongside a published catalogue of innovation research projects such as the 2020 Future Living Experience Design report.

DreamVok operates a project-based B2B professional services model, generating revenue through innovation consulting engagements, corporate design workshops (e.g., Pfizer), and co-development/licensing arrangements with brands and startups in the 50+ aging market. Distribution is entirely direct enterprise sales, supplemented by thought leadership content via the Vokano Medium publication and community platforms (5% Design Action, Service Design Network Taiwan). The firm is privately held with ITRI as its originating parent entity, employs 1-10 people, and serves clients primarily in Taiwan with limited international exposure (notably Bangkok Design Week 2018).

Name

DreamVok

Legal name

DreamVok

Website

https://dreamvok.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DreamVok is a Taipei-based B2B innovation design consultancy and ITRI's first spin-off, applying its proprietary Dechnology methodology to help enterprises, R&D institutions, and brands commercialize technologies, redesign business models, and co-develop products for the 50+ aging market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Innovation Design Consulting

NAICS

Specialized Design Services (5414), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

UX, Design Thinking & Customer Research for PMs (EDABAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Innovation design consulting
• Service design methodology
• Technology commercialization consulting
• Aging market product design
• Brand experience strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Taipei

HQ country

Taiwan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Innovation Design Consulting Services: DreamVok provides professional innovation design consulting services to enterprises and organizations, including integrative design research, patent/technology commercialization advisory, brand experience design, and new business model development. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements with major enterprise clients.
2. Corporate Innovation Workshops: The company conducts corporate innovation design thinking workshops for enterprise clients like Pfizer, helping organizations enhance innovative capacity and build internal consensus for strategy implementation.
3. 50+ Product/Service Co-development: DreamVok acts as a 'Design Accelerator' and 'Design Investor' partnering with brands and startups to co-design and develop next-generation products and services for the 50+ aging market, potentially including licensing or revenue sharing arrangements.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DreamVok is an innovation design consultancy that helps enterprises and R&D institutions commercialize technologies and design new products, services, and business models through its proprietary Dechnology (Design + Technology) methodology. Core offerings span integrative design research, patent/technology commercialization, brand experience design, and 50+ aging market co-development, delivered as project-based consulting engagements.

Product overview

DreamVok 意集設計 is an innovation design consultancy and the first spin-off company from ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), founded October 2017. The company offers a portfolio of consulting services organized into four main categories: (1) Integrative Design Research for Innovation, (2) Patent/Technology Commercialization and R&D Distribution Consultant, (3) Brand Experience and New Business Model Design, and (4) 50+ New Aging Products/Services Co-development. At its core is the proprietary 'Dechnology' (Design + Technology) innovation methodology combining service design, business model creation, and technology integration, applied across all engagements following a 4D Service Design process. The company has delivered 350+ innovation projects and supports 35+ products that have won international awards. The product portfolio includes tangible solutions such as the Future Retailing & Traveling Experience Design Toolkit (card-based design tool), Dementia Future Care Support System (smart care system), Real Estate Technology 3.0 (cloud-based property service platform), Lobsang Stairlift, Water911 Water Rescue Motorboat, LED Facial Mask, and Medical Tattoo Stickers, alongside research products like the 'How to Age with Good Design?' toolkit and '2020 Future Living Experience Design' reports. DreamVok also provides workshop services for corporate innovation and partners with organizations like ITRI, Prudential, Leofoo Tourism Group, and Yung-Ching Realty Group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vokano: A Medium publication/blog platform operated by DreamVok for sharing insights on trends, innovation, and design thinking

Products and services

• Integrative Design Research for Innovation Service involving trend research across 9+ domains (aging, travel, finance, retail, healthcare, future living), market/user research integration, and visualization/facilitation for organizational co-creation. For enterprises and R&D institutions seeking systematic innovation inputs.
• Patent / Technology Commercialization and R&D Distribution Consultant Service helping R&D institutions and technology holders commercialize patents and technologies through design research, visualization of technical features, market positioning, product/service design, and future R&D distribution planning.
• Brand Experience and New Business Model Design Service providing the Dechnology Innovation Model and Tools to systematically define experience/value gaps, conduct brand diagnostics, and offer one-stop services including technology integration, system development, product/service design, and training. For enterprise clients seeking brand transformation.
• 50+ New Aging Products/Services Co-development Service focused on co-designing and co-developing next-generation products and services for the 50+ (senior) market segment, linking brands, living labs, and startups under a design investment approach. DreamVok positions as a 'Design Accelerator' and 'Design Investor'.
• Innovation Design Workshop for Corporate Corporate innovation workshops using service design and lean start-up methods to help enterprises redefine products/services, enhance innovative energy, and foster organizational consensus. Notable engagements include Pfizer corporate innovation design thinking workshops.
• Future Retailing & Traveling Experience Design Toolkit A card-based design toolkit with 50 cards combining service design tools (customer journey maps, personas) presented as board games for cross-departmental and external collaboration in retail and tourism innovation.
• How to Age with Good Design? (Aging Product/Service Innovation Toolkit) Toolkit for aging product and service innovation with design principle cards across four dimensions (physical evidence, servicescape, processes, human-ware) to guide R&D team thinking for elderly-friendly products and services.
• Retirement Life Design Toolkit Analysis tool for identifying 9 lifestyle dimensions of retirement life, enabling 50+ groups to systematically plan their future lives like designing a new product. Developed for Prudential International Life Insurance's retirement market service.
• Real Estate Technology 3.0 A new-generation real estate consultancy service model integrating technology tools and cloud systems for agents to serve customers via smartphones/devices, enabling precision matching. Saving approximately 20% of property survey time. Developed with Yung-Ching Realty Group.
• Dementia Future Care Support System A smart dementia care system that connects care organizations, communities, and homes to create sustainable location-based day care services, developed with ITRI technology integration team.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% time savings in real estate property surveys through Real Estate Technology 3.0 integration
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Ren Shin Wellness Park (仁馨樂活園區)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiving lab partnership in central Taiwan combining medical care technology of Kuang Tien General Hospital with nursing homes, day care, and healthcare training centers. Future plans include dementia area, dialysis center, and joint clinic. Service concept integrates open innovation for creating health center community benchmark in Asia.
• L'elan Enterprise (樂齡網)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaiwan's first company dedicated to fulfilling elderly needs in food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and leisure. Committed to establishing a station satisfying physical, mental, and spiritual needs of elderly, targeting to become top elderly life business platform in Chinese communities.
• 5% Design Action (5% Design Action 社會設計平台)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial design platform founded by CEO Kevin Yang to engage designers in solving aging society challenges. Undertook 2016 Taipei World Design Capital International Open-Call Project with cross-national design teams from Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark.
• Service Design Network TaiwanflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerKevin Yang co-founded Service Design Network Taiwan to promote service design discipline and build local ecosystem. DreamVok leverages this network for thought leadership and industry collaboration.
• Dr. Yuan Lu (陸遠)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociate Professor in Business Process Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. Background in mathematics, industrial engineering and innovation sciences. Interests include design probes for innovation opportunities and intelligent products/systems for aging society independent living.
• Leap Year Design (閏年設計)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterior design consultant specializing in space design, green space planning, and pet-friendly designs. Key projects include WDC Taipei aging society exhibition design and brand design work.
• He Feng (和風起造)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitectural design consultant with lead architect Wang Shifang. Past experience includes Huang Sheng-Yuan Architects and Fieldoffice Architects culture work. Concerned about environmental land, space architecture, and user behavior in urban/rural contexts.
• Lobsang Corporation (羅布森公司)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTaiwanese stairlift manufacturer. Co-developed slim motor stairlift chair for local market, achieving #1 in Taiwan with 23% overseas market share and over TWD 100M revenue.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IDEO: Global design and innovation consulting firm offering human-centered design, service design, and business model innovation — the archetypal direct peer to DreamVok's Dechnology methodology, with a much larger global footprint.
• Frog Design: Design and innovation consultancy delivering service design, product design, and transformation work for enterprises; directly comparable to DreamVok in methodology but with global reach and deeper technology product emphasis.
• Innosight: Innovation consulting firm focused on growth strategy and disruptive innovation; comparable to DreamVok in helping enterprises reframe business models, though Innosight leans strategy-first while DreamVok emphasizes design-driven innovation.
• Doblin: Deloitte's innovation consulting practice specializing in innovation strategy, design, and venture building; comparable to DreamVok in offering systemic innovation services but with vastly greater enterprise scale and global reach.
• Board of Innovation: Innovation consultancy combining foresight, corporate innovation, and venture building for large enterprises; comparable services to DreamVok's enterprise innovation workshops and methodology-driven transformation work.
• IA Collaborative: Design strategy consultancy helping enterprises innovate through human-centered design and service design — closely comparable methodology and enterprise client base to DreamVok.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Song (formerly Fjord): Accenture's design and experience consulting arm delivering service design, brand, and digital transformation at global scale; broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities to DreamVok's innovation design work as part of a wider portfolio.
• McKinsey Design: McKinsey's design practice integrating design thinking with management consulting at the world's largest C-suite clients; broader incumbent offering overlapping innovation service capabilities as part of a much larger transformation portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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