The annual festival that celebrates all things design in Singapore – Singapore Design Week (SDW) – returns from 26th September to 6th October, 2024. Spanning from the festival hub at the National Design Centre to design districts in Bras Basah, Bugis, Orchard, and various community locations, SDW 2024 will showcase Singapore’s unique creativity through a lens that extends its focus beyond the local design community. This year’s theme, ‘People of Design’, will celebrate everyday visionaries who significantly impact society through their design efforts. Beyond these individuals, hailing from diverse backgrounds and sharing common goal of improving lives, Singapore Design Week’s events will invite everyone to explore their own design potential, fostering innovative solutions for a more liveable and lovable Singapore. Join some of the highlighted events here and embark on your own design adventure.

EMERGE @ FIND

As part of the FIND Design Fair Asia, EMERGE @ FIND – curated by Suzy Annetta of Design Anthology and presented by DesignSingapore Council – returns in 2024 for its third edition. Showcasing over 50 designers from Southeast Asia, the theme ‘These Precious Things’ prompts exploration of value. It questions what is deemed valuable, how value is determined, and how it translates into new creations. Attendees can discover each designer’s unique interpretation of this thought-provoking theme through their innovative works.

Future Impact 2

Unveiled at Milan Design Week in April 2024, Future Impact 2 showcased a collection of newly commissioned works by seven innovative Singaporean designers, highlighting design’s transformative potential for a sustainable future. For this year’s homecoming showcase for Future Impact 2, designers will be presenting their pieces from Milan Design Week 2024, except for Tiffany Loy and Genevieve Ang, who will be showcasing new and updated versions of their works. The designers have either incorporated new technologies or challenged traditional production methods to create works that reduce environmental impact, rethink existing production processes, and improve functionality.

Neufolk: Bridging Tradition and Future in Design

Neufolk: Bridging Tradition and Future in Design is an inspiring exploration of ideas rooted in the collective spirit of communities. ‘Neu’ signifies a newcomer, while ‘folk’ represents everyday people, celebrating traditional societal forms. This initiative honours timeless values as a foundation for innovation and sustainability, driven by a new generation of ‘People of Design’, the theme for Singapore Design Week 2024. Set against the backdrop of Marina Central, Neufolk features a variety of programs, including a design pavilion, exhibitions, installations, talks, and tours. Creative Director Nathan Yong leads this endeavour as part of the Marina Design District during the event.

Everyday, By Design

Located at the latest design and life destination that opened earlier this year – New Bahru – Everyday, By Design will bring local creative businesses together, wielding the power of design to transform and elevate everyday moments. Everyday, By Design will showcase how design-driven brands use creativity to shape meaningful experiences that defy expectations through a roster of workshops, pop-ups and bespoke experiences.

Innovating Play with the Lego System in Play

Organised by the Creative Play Lab –  LEGO Group’s end-to-end innovation organisation, creating and delivering award-winning new consumer offerings and advanced platform technologies – LEGO is opening up its Singapore office’s doors to show what it is like to be working and creating at their office. Listen to representatives from the Creative Play Lab as they discuss the advantages of play and highlight some of the innovations developed by the LEGO Group’s innovation team.

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Bras Basah.Bugis Design District: People of Design Showcase Series

As one of the key events under the theme of “People of Design”, ten showcases throughout the Bras Basah.Bugis Design District will creatively explore daily life rituals through design. Each exhibit will challenge the ordinary by focusing on specific activities like Eat, Sleep, Shop, Read, Heal, Make, Plant, Commute, Display and Design. Through innovative works and collaborative projects, visitors will uncover imaginative design possibilities that inspire new perspectives on everyday experiences. The People of Design showcases are led by Hans Tan, alongside a team of designer-curators from Atelier Fang, Atelier HOKO, Forest and Whale, gideon-jamie, J.A.B.O.C (Just A Band of Creatives), brief., Studio Juju and Yishun Health.

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