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DesignSingapore (Dsg) Scholars Lim Si Ping and Ong Kian Peng harbour a profound passion for design and the transformative impact of technology. United by a shared commitment to harmonising art, technology, and environmental consciousness, their collective aspiration is to drive positive change through their design endeavours.
Our DesignSingapore Scholars
The DesignSingapore Council works with designers in Singapore to make the world better by design. Through the DesignSingapore Scholarship, we have empowered individuals to pursue studies in a wide variety of design disciplines all around the world since 2005. Meet our past and present scholars and be inspired by the impact they have made on Singapore and its design industry.
Matte Lim Believes Design Can Help Us Thrive in the AI Future
The rise of new technologies such as artificial intelligence has transformed society and culture, but design’s interdisciplinary approach offers a way of navigating these uncertainties and create a more human-centric tomorrow, says the DesignSingapore Scholar.
Alya Tay is on a Lifelong Journey of Discovery Through Design
The rise of new technologies such as artificial intelligence has transformed society and culture, but design’s interdisciplinary approach offers a way of navigating these uncertainties and create a more human-centric tomorrow, says the DesignSingapore Scholar.
Ng Fong Yee Wants to Empower Kids to Design a Better Future
It is time that society takes children more seriously, says the designer who has learnt much from her years of teaching them. It has even led the DesignSingapore Scholar to further her studies in child culture design so she can eventually design with children as equal members of society.
Better through Design
Design is more than ideas given form. From product design, service design, and even user experience design, there are countless ways in which good design can create value—something which an increasing number of organisations are starting to recognise.
Reviving ageing malls in Web 3.0
Find out how technology can be designed for ageing strata malls to connect them to a younger generation Shop at familiar names such as Hup Kee Centre, which has supplied traditional Chinese wedding offerings in the Beauty World area since…
Cooler buildings through elephant skins
Why biomimicry principles for buildings are good for the environment, and good for you. Architects and designers in Singapore have long designed with plants and foliage as inspiration as seen from the city’s lush green environment. What is newer is…