We shine the spotlight on everyday people who are making an extraordinary impact with design. See how they’re shaping a better world.
We Champion Design,
for All
As the national agency for design, we support creative innovation for all. Celebrate 60 years of Singapore’s courageous, forward-looking design with us in 2025.
As the national agency for design, we support creative innovation for all. Celebrate 60 years of Singapore’s courageous, forward-looking design with us in 2025, and boldly imagine the future.
A UNESCO Creative City of Design
Singapore excels at using design to turn constraints into possibilities. It’s why we’re recognised in the global network of design cities.
Singapore excels at using design to turn constraints into possibilities. We’ve always written our own playbooks for innovation. It’s why we’re recognised in the global network of design cities.
Design Drives Progress and Success
Dive into the power of good design through real-life scenarios. Unearth how creative ambitions drive success, making life in Singapore better by design.
Dive into the power of good design through real-life scenarios. Unearth how creative thinking gives shape to big ambitions and drives success, making life in Singapore better by design.
Browse and click to read design journeys in real-life scenarios.
Good Design Means Good Business
Designed from business model to outlet, the first Jason’s Deli turned a profit in three months.
Facing new operating conditions, the Dairy Farm Group utilised design to develop the business model, brand concept, and first store for Jason’s Deli. It was profitable in just three months.
Designing New Ways to Minimise Waste in the Fashion Industry
GINLEE Studio redesigned its business model, optimised output, and nudged consumer behaviour too.
Not all roads lead to landfill. GINLEE Studio redesigned its business model and production processes to optimise output. It found ways to nudge consumer behaviour too.
From “Nice-looking Things” to Designing for Social Impact
Scholarship recipient Sim Hao Jie’s passion for design is driving his new social mission.
From industrial design to design for social innovation, Sim Hao Jie is taking his creative career to new frontiers with the support of a DesignSingapore Council Scholarship.
How Inclusive Design Inspired a Career Switch
Former art teacher Chan Li Ping wants to empower people with disabilities using design.
Former art teacher Chan Li Ping has seen the empowering effect design can have on people with disabilities. She’s now retraining in design, determined to make life better for all.
Age is No Barrier to Design Thinking and Creative Confidence
Five students prototyped a tool for healthy eating and boosted their creative confidence.
Design thinking enabled five primary students to prototype a tool prompting healthy eating at school. It also nourished their creative confidence – just what tomorrow’s Singapore needs.
Find the right resources to help you thrive with design.
Design for Business
Design’s transformative power is within reach for your business.
Design’s transformative power is within reach for your business. Whether you’re starting small and local, or scanning new frontiers, design is your best strategic tool.
Design Education
Power up your design learning, wherever you are on the journey.
Whether you’re a school teacher, tertiary student, or career switcher, we understand what’s needed at all levels of design learning. Power up your design learning journey.
Design for Impact
Hone your critical and creative thinking skills to make a meaningful social impact.
Tough social challenges often need bold responses. Hone your critical and creative thinking skills to make a meaningful social impact using design.
President*s Design Award
Singapore’s highest design honour recognises design excellence in all disciplines.
Discover greatness.
Conferred by the President of the Republic of Singapore, the nation’s highest design honour recognises the impact of design excellence across all design disciplines.
Discover greatness.
Singapore Design Week
We organise Asia’s premier design festival every September.
Explore the festival.
We organise Asia’s premier design festival, celebrating our distinct brand of creativity and innovation. Join the action every September!
Explore the festival.
What’s On
Exhibition runs 7 to 13 April 2025
Future Impact 3: DESIGN NATION
Our annual Singapore design showcase at Milan Design Week returns. Marking SG60, we’ll feature purposeful innovations that define Singapore as a “Nation by Design”.
Applications Open Until 4 April 2025
DesignSingapore Scholarship 2025
The DesignSingapore Scholarship is the only one in Singapore for the study of any design discipline. Discover all you need to know about this unique opportunity.
Applications Open Until 11 April 2025
Challenge Y
Challenge Y lets youths tackle real-world challenges, build problem-solving skills, and drive change. Form a team and register through a teacher or parent today.