Design Education Summit 2025 

Details

The Design Education Summit returns for its fourth edition on 6 November 2025 at The Star Performing Arts Centre! Organised by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) as part of its Learning by Design initiative, this one-of-a-kind summit, held every two years, is the only event in Singapore that brings together passionate educators, curious researchers, and creative trailblazers to explore how design can shape a more inclusive, accessible, and sustainable future for learning.

Curated by Dsg’s Learning by Design team and co-curated by Dr Jeffrey Koh, Associate Professor at Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Head of the Design Factory@SIT, this event explores the theme – The Wonder Lab: Bringing Design Mindsets to Life. It invites participants into an immersive, hands-on experience where design mindsets are not only discussed, but lived.

Participants will be invited to explore questions such as: what are the mindsets our students need for the future? Why do they matter now more than ever? And how can we cultivate these capacities in meaningful, enduring ways? 

More than a conference, it is a vibrant, action-oriented space to reimagine education together with visionary educators, practitioners, entrepreneurs.  

Curiously Curated By

Lead Curator: The Learning by Design Team

The Learning by Design Team, led by Tamsin Greulich-Smith, helms the transformative initiative by the DesignSingapore Council dedicated to nurturing the next generation of changemakers. They are passionate about empowering youths with design thinking mindsets, fostering creativity and the ability to navigate and shape the future. By integrating design thinking into education, this team has been cultivating a community of individuals who are not only problem solvers but also proactive contributors to a sustainable and inclusive future.

Co-curator: Jeffrey Koh

Dr Jeffrey Koh is a transdisciplinary experiential designer with a diverse background spanning fashion show design for PRADA, gallery curation for KesselsKramer, and exhibition design with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. He holds degrees in Monumental Art, Narrative Environments, and a PhD in Integrative Sciences & Engineering. With peer-reviewed publications across disciplines and multiple international patents, Jeffrey has also served in roles such as Peer of the Australia Council for the Arts, Lecturer at UNSW, and Partner at Chemistry. Currently, he is an Advisory Board Member at Chemistry and Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Design, Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), and Head of the Design Factory@SIT. He is now the Co-curator for the Design Education Summit 2025 by DesignSingapore Council.

Organiser

DesignSingapore Council

The DesignSingapore Council’s (Dsg’s) vision is for Singapore to be an innovation driven economy and a loveable city by design. As the national agency that promotes design, our mission is to develop the design sector, help Singapore use design for innovation and growth, and make life better in this UNESCO Creative City of Design. Dsg is a subsidiary of the Singapore Economic Development Board.

Contact

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