This is the year of transformative change in more ways than one. Singapore Design Awards has been honouring outstanding designers, design students and design practices from across the world and it remains the leading design award in Southeast Asia. To foster a more inclusive creative industry and supportive ecosystem for designers, the 31st edition of the awards will introduce new changes this year.
The awards will do away with specific entry categories which separate students, professionals and corporates, and instead accept submissions from any creative persons who use design as their primary problem-solving tool. The award evaluation criteria will place greater emphasis on solutions which demonstrate empathy, impact, and creativity, stirring up interest and adding tangible value to the end-user experience. These changes are in line with our manifesto of achieving better business by design, and to use design for social good. It also enables us to impart to different communities that social cohesion can be achieved through intentional co-design.
Design Challenges
- How might we encourage communities to support local produce?
- How might we, as designers, create more sustainable products?
- How might we, as designers, create spaces and experiences for diverse individuals and communities to interact and engage with each other meaningfully?
- How might we, as designers, encourage more open, respectful, and constructive debates and discussions about our social difference?
Submission Guidelines
- Submissions accepted from any creative persons (students or professionals) who use design as the primary problem-solving tool.
- Individual, corporate or group submissions are welcomed.
- Participants may form a conglomeration or consortium comprising designers/ specialists to facilitate/realize the proposals.
- Ideas must be original and not infringe on any copyrights or trademark.
- Ideas must address any one (or more) of the challenge statements.
- Ideas must be presented up to prototype phase.
- Ideas must be actionable and centred on tangible results.
- Within funding scope: Ideas that can be implemented within 6 to 12 months timeline.
