Singapore Design Week 2025

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Singapore Design Week (SDW) returns from 11 to 21 September 2025 in a city-wide celebration of Singapore’s design spirit and creativity. ​Organised by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), this edition will commemorate 60 years of Singapore’s independence with the festival theme “Nation by Design”. Across 11 days, Singapore Design Week will highlight the nation’s distinctive design journey, its standing as a UNESCO Creative City of Design, and the enduring role design plays in shaping Singapore’s past, present, and future. ​

Staged at the National Design Centre, the Unnatural History Museum of Singapore led by Pann Lim will reframe the nation’s past 60 years of development. This unconventional exhibition offers a thought-provoking exploration of how the city-state flourishes through deliberate planning and bold design despite the lack of natural resources. Through three themes: R/Evolutionary Life, Growing Habitats, and The Resourceful Island, visitors are invited to explore some of the nation’s most curious creations.

Design Districts
Singapore Science Park Design District
Singapore Science Park will make its debut as a new Design District, where science and technology meets design. Curated by OuterEdit and in partnership with CapitaLand Development, this inaugural edition introduces the theme of “REINVENTION”, transforming the newly launched Geneo precinct and the park into a living lab of installations, experiments, and inventions.

Marina Design District
Returning with a focus on “Design for Care”, curated by Randy Chan - A series of thoughtful, human-centred activations will take place across Marina Square, Millenia Walk, South Beach, and Suntec City

Orchard Design District
The Orchard Design District welcomes *SCAPE and the wider Somerset Belt this year as it rallies youths to be co-creators around the concept of “Open Design Dialogue (ODD)”.

Signature programmes across the festival’s core pillars
SDW’s annual highlights will return through the festival’s three defining pillars – Design Futures, Design Marketplace and Design Impact. Curated in collaboration with leading local and international names, these key events will provoke new thinking, spotlight emerging talent and inspire bold ideas for Singapore’s next chapter.

The Design Futures Forum returns on 17 September 2025 at the Victoria Theatre. Led by curators Aric Chen, Director of the Zaha Hadid Foundation, and Ong Ker-Shing, Co-founder and Director of Lekker Architects, the forum will draw from the theme “Braving Complexities”, discussing the role of design in addressing immense challenges and unprecedented opportunities at the intersection of sustainability, emerging technologies and care. New this year is a refreshed format that includes experiences curated by design studio OuterEdit, featuring innovative F&B concepts and activation zones.

Back at Marina Bay Sands for its fourth edition, FIND – Design Fair Asia will take place from 11 to 13 September. Organised by dmg events and Fiera Milano, the fair continues to bring together the best of East and West in the world of design. This year’s edition will feature over 300 international brands and a vibrant line-up of country pavilions, including returning showcases from the Czech Republic, Thailand, Italy, Singapore, and Indonesia, alongside debuts from Hong Kong and France.

EMERGE @ FIND will also return as part of the fair with a new Singaporean co-curator, Edwin Low, founder of Supermama, joining Suzy Annetta, founding editor-in-chief of Design Anthology. This year’s edition will showcase over 100 works from a diverse mix of more than 70 established and emerging designers.