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What is good design research and why is it important for designers? Meet the panellists of the Good Design Research initiative as they share what makes a good design research project, why it’s important, and what they’re looking out for…

In this collection of articles, we explore the impact of digitalisation and how design education can rise to best equip our next generation. The Rise of the Digital Economy: What it is and Why it Matters for SingaporeChannel News Asia (2020)…

The world has taken on new perceptions; we are reassessing the value of comfort, hygiene and wellbeing in personal and public spaces. In the problems surfaced in the global pandemic, Kingsmen’s design team, KR+D, shares how they hope to respond and redefine quality living…

In this collection of articles, we explore how design can be infused as a core skill, just like literacy and arithmetics. Bring on the Learning Revolution!TED talk (2010) The world is facing a “second climate crisis”: an industrial model of…

In this collection of articles, we uncover the fundamentals of design education and how it could transform for tomorrow.  Are Singapore businesses just not creative enough?Channel News Asia (2018) Many associate creativity solely with the arts. In doing so, it overlooks…

As part of our ongoing effort to bring resources and tools to help the design community navigate the New Normal, DesignSingapore Council speaks to brand owners on how they are playing the new retail game and gets advice from Anisa…

As design transforms the world, we need individuals with design skillsets who can solve complex business, social and community issues with empathy, creativity & human-centred innovation. Here’s an infographic summarising how you as a designer can advance and future proof…

Design is more than just a form-giving aesthetic function. Having design skills mean you have the capability to transform and change businesses and organisations; humanise technology; and innovate systems and customer experiences.  The workforce of the future needs to be design-empowered…