DesignSingapore Council

DesignSingapore Council

DesignSingapore Council was established in 2003 to help develop the nation’s design sector...

Our Team

The DesignSingapore Council will be transferred to the Singapore Economic Development Boar...

Our Partners

Our Partners. The DesignSingapore Council engages industry stakeholders, government agenci...

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Education & Learning

Here are our programmes that support design education; as well as skills enhancement and c...

Design: A Strategy for Business

Here are our programmes to help businesses use design as a strategic tool to drive innovat...

Case Studies

Design Q&A: What a week at Lord Norman Foster’s Foundation taught me

Design Entrepreneurship

Here are our programmes to help design entrepreneurs develop their enterprises, and learn ...

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Feb 10, 2020

DesignSingapore scholar Jonathan Ng recounts his experience as a participant in the Norman Foster Robotics Atelier 2019 in Madrid, Spain...

Build your organization like a startup. Look at your "dungeon" and see the most beautiful "palace".

Feb 05, 2020

More than 7 years ago we were tasked with building a new Design capability from scratch within PepsiCo. Fast forward to today, and we have 13 Design hubs...

10 things you might not know about designer furniture

Feb 05, 2020

Did you know that the Panton Chair was rejected by 20 manufacturers before Vitra took a (successful) gamble with it?...

Handmade Furniture: Yu Hua Liew of Secret Life of Trees

Feb 05, 2020

Original designer furniture tends to be pricey for good reason, from the quality of materials used to the number of weeks, months and even years...

Handmade Furniture: Ryan Yeo of Roger&Sons

Feb 05, 2020

Original designer furniture tends to be pricey for good reason, from the quality of materials used to the number of weeks, months and even years taken to research...

A design innovation culture to elevate Singapore’s defence science game

Jan 17, 2020

A long-term partnership between Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency and the Singapore...

Patrons of design: three corporates share why they support designers and their original works

Jan 6, 2020

They may cost more but originals elevate the quality and ambience of interiors, raise the value of properties and could even work out to be better investments in the long term...

Designer furniture for every budget

Jan 6, 2020

Whether you have just applied for your first HDB flat, or bought a bungalow, there is a piece of designer furniture that’s just right for you...

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FIFTY YEARS OF SINGAPORE DESIGN Exhibition

Mar 10, 2015 - Dec 31, 2021

The DesignSingapore Council presents the refreshed Fifty Years of Singapore Design exhibit...

Rethinking the Singapore Hawker Centre

Nov 20, 2019 - Feb 28, 2020

Articulated Landscapes. Sustainable Space Making Across Scales...

KEEPERS Red Letter Sale

Jan 10, 2020 - Jan 12, 2020

Co-organised by Textile and Fashion Federation (Singapore), Keeper’s Red Letter Sale will be back ...

Prototyping in Tokyo: Illustrating Design-Led Innovation

Jan 11, 2020 - Feb 7, 2020

Prototyping in Tokyo: Illustrating Design-Led Innovation showcases the creations of world-renowned...

Architecture Meets Art: Hanging Bridge

Jan 11, 2020 - Mar 15, 2020

Manny Padernos’ structure is inspired by the traditional Filipino sleeping mats, banig. Weaving paper and twine, he draws from his personal history...

Singapore Art Week 2020: Atypical Singapore 2020

Jan 17, 2020 - Jan 19, 2020

Revealing a fragment of the lesser-known ‘culture tribe’ from the underbelly of our island state, Atypical Singapore presents the art...