Design and drive strategic human-centric innovation programs and organisational transformations through: pedagogical/education innovation, co-creation, design guidance, incubation and training projects becoming a catalyst at the center of engineering, architecture, science, psychology, and business.
To be a transformative Design Innovation force driving human centricity via impactful education, research, mindsets and principles across enterprises, governments, Singapore and beyond.
2012: The SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) was launched, which aimed to become the world’s premier scholarly hub for technologically intensive design.
2015: As part of the IDC, Design Innovation @ Singapore (DI) was formed to organise and drive Design- and Technology-centred Innovation programs and initiatives for Singapore and beyond.
2021-22: DI was integrated under DesignZ, the strategic Design Centre to reinforce Design as a core offering of SUTD.
