This one-of-a-kind summit, held every two years, is where passionate educators, curious researchers, and creative trailblazers come together. It’s the only event in Singapore that connects voices from across the education landscape and industries to explore how design can make learning more inclusive, accessible, and sustainable for all.
What are the mindsets our students need to thrive in an unpredictable world? Why do they matter now more than ever? And how can we nurture these capacities meaningfully for life?
The Design Education Summit 2025 invites you to step into The Wonder Lab—a bold, hands-on experience where design mindsets come to life through stories and immersive experiences. Be inspired by visionaries, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and our most important voices—the youths. This is more than a conference. It’s a vibrant, action-oriented space to reimagine education together.
The Design Education Summit 2025 invites you to step into The Wonder Lab—a bold, hands-on experience where design mindsets come to life through stories and immersive experiences. Be inspired by visionaries, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and our most important voices—the youths. This is more than a conference. It’s a vibrant, action-oriented space to reimagine education together.
More details on the programme and speakers will be shared soon
Lead curators: (from left to right) Chen Junhua, Sia Pei Ying, Tamsin Greulich-Smith, Sheena Lai and Ben Tan
The Learning by Design Team, led by Tamsin Greulich-Smith, helms the transformative initiative by the DesignSingapore Council dedicated to nurturing the next generation of changemakers. They are passionate about empowering youths with design thinking mindsets, fostering creativity, and the ability to navigate and shape the future. By integrating design thinking into education, this team has been cultivating a community of individuals who are not only problem solvers but also active contributors to a sustainable and inclusive future.
Dr Jeffrey Koh is a transdisciplinary experiential designer with a diverse background spanning fashion show design for PRADA, gallery curation for KesselsKramer, and exhibition design with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. He holds degrees in Monumental Art, Narrative Environments, and a PhD in Integrative Sciences & Engineering. With peer-reviewed publications across disciplines and multiple international patents, Jeffrey has also served in roles such as Peer of the Australia Council for the Arts, Lecturer at UNSW, and Partner at Chemistry. Currently, he is an Advisory Board Member at Chemistry and Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Design, Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), and Head of the Design Factory@SIT. He also serves now as the Co-curator for the 2025 Design Education Summit 2025 by DesignSingapore Council.
The Wonder Bites is a series of curated learning journeys and experiential workshops designed around design mindsets.
Each Wonder Bite offers participants a hands-on opportunity to explore and apply a specific mindset, deepening their understanding of how design can shape and enhance educational experiences. Through these bite-sized experiences, we aim to engage the community, spark dialogue, and build shared momentum towards reimagining learning through design.
The Art of Improvisation: Building Agility and Trust Spontaneously
7 October 2025 | 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Organised by: Catapult (CapitaLand)
This experiential workshop uses the craft of improvisational theatre to build essential leadership skills like adaptability, collaboration, and presence. Through real-time, scenario-based exercises, participants practise thinking on their feet, embracing change, and responding with creativity—all grounded in real workplace contexts.
I’mable Learning Journey: When Design Meets Empathy
24 October 2025 | 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Organised by: SG Enable
Explore inclusion through design and lived experience in this two-part journey. Begin with a guided trail at Enabling Village, led by persons with disabilities, to see how inclusive spaces are thoughtfully designed. Then, join an interactive sharing by Vivita and partners from the Real World Co-Design Platform to learn how students and communities co-create inclusive solutions through design thinking.
Where Past Meets Possible: Tracing Innovation Through Place
28 October 2025 | 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Organised by: Catapult (CapitaLand)
This walking trail offers a unique lens on leadership through the spaces we move in. From Rochester Park’s heritage bungalows to the modern lines of Fusionopolis and Geneo, each stop reveals how design reflects reinvention, values, and vision - inviting reflection on how place shapes the way we lead, work, and grow.
Paint The Future: Exploring Leadership Through Art and Imagination
29 October 2025 | 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Organised by: Catapult (CapitaLand)
Drawn to Lead is a hands-on workshop that uses simple drawing to explore leadership and systems thinking. No art skills needed - just curiosity. Walk away with a sketchbook of insights and a fresh perspective on leading with clarity and creativity.
Planet Disruptors – An Escape Room Adventure
30 October 2025 | 2.30pm - 6.00pm
Organised by: Chemistry
It’s 2045 and Singapore is sweltering at 40°C. Step into our escape room challenge to uncover the truth behind bold sustainability claims and discover what it really takes to lead with clarity and courage in a climate crisis.
