Mr Jeff Cheong
Chief Executive Officer
DDB Group Singapore
ABOUT DES
Overview
The School of Design is Singapore’s most comprehensive design school. It offers a wide range of design courses, ranging from fashion to film, communication design to product design to interior architecture. As Singapore’s first design school in a polytechnic, it has been a pioneer and a leader in design education since 1990.
Over the years it has built a reputation among industry and educators, locally and globally, as an award-winning school well-known for its high standards and creative excellence. Many of its graduates go on to further their education at some of the world’s best design schools or to make a name for themselves in the creative industry.
In an industry saturated with award-winners, the School of Design proudly counts among its alumni, five President’s Design Award winners, Designers of the Year, the largest number to come from any design school in Singapore.
Today, it continues to engage government organisations and industries through ‘live’ projects, consultations, internships and mentorship opportunities for its students. Its unique project-based curriculum simulates the intense and exciting deadline-oriented project cycle that the industry demands. Studio culture in the School encourages a vibrant environment for idea incubation and inter-disciplinary sharing. In doing so, the School of Design offers its students a rich and diverse educational experience that will sharpen their skill sets and prepare them well for rewarding and dynamic careers in the creative industry.
Mr Bojan Blecic
Senior Vice President and Group Head Customer Experience
OCBC Bank
Mr Donn Koh
Co-Founder & Design Principal
STUCK Design Pte Ltd
Senior Lecturer
Division of Industrial Design
National University of Singapore
Ms Dorothy Lai
Director (Public Service Media)
Infocomm Media Development Authority
(IMDA)
Ms Kelly Tan
Acting Director
Industry
DesignSingapore Council
Ms Gin Lee
Founder and Designer
GINLEE Studio
Mr Lim Eyung
Director
Government Digital Services
GovTech Singapore
Mr Jay Komuda
Head of Design, ACE
Grab
Mr Pann Lim
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Kinetic
Ar. Seah Chee Huang
CEO
DP Architects Pte Ltd
Mr Sebastian Tan
Group Managing Director
Shooting Gallery Asia
Mr Terence Heng
Vice President
Innovation.Content.Engagement
Shaw Organisation
Once known as Baharuddin Vocational Institute and also Temasek Design School - The School of Design has come a long way.
Baharuddin Vocational Institute started operations under the Vocational and Industrial Training Board in 1969 at Kim Keat Vocational School, offering several courses from Graphic Design to Dressmaking, primarily to service the design and tourism industry.
Operating from their premises in Stirling Road, Queenstown, five design courses were offered at Industrial Technician Certificate level. They were Graphic Design, Product Design, Interior Design, Dressmaking, Doll-making and 3-D Design.
In 1990, with the inception of Temasek Polytechnic, 192 students from Baharuddin were absorbed into the Polytechnic's School of Design. Recognised as professional courses that were quite different from technician level courses, the School of Design started with three diploma programmes: Product Design, Graphic Design and Interior Architecture & Design.
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) School of Design recognises that continual learning is a critical component in the development of a designer. In forging ahead in design education, TP's School of Design has equipped itself with the newest technologies and facilities to immerse our students into an environment that is conducive for learning and one that is on par with industry standards.
Students work in facilities such as natural light-filled loft studios, HD post-production rooms, audio post-production labs, TV studio, 3D printing labs, sewing labs, lighting lab and exhibition galleries. They are also given access to the comprehensive workshop equipped with machines that facilitate the production of prototypes, from architectural models to furniture.
In the context of digital mobility and connectivity, students are encouraged to work outside the classroom in the many gathering spaces available in the School of Design, such as the iconic ‘Padi fields’.
They are the living assets of a great design institution: the professionals who have built their reputations on achievements, and whose uncompromising standards continue to raise the bar.
Together, they form a powerful resource of diverse talents at Temasek Design School.
It is their unwavering commitment to the highest ideals that place Temasek Design School in the leader class, year after year.
Meet the accomplished professionals who are cultivating the next generation of world-class designers in Singapore.
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Industry Partners
Temasek Polytechnic School of Design collaborates with a wide range of external industry and academic partners, corporations and government agencies. Listed below are some of the partners that we work with.
- Singapore Institute of Architects
- Society of Interior Designers (Singapore)
- Design Singapore Council
- Singapore Fashion Council
- Building & Construction Authority
- Interior Design Confederation Singapore
- Design Business Chamber Singapore
- Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
- National Youth Council
- SG Enable
- University of New South Wales
- RMIT
- University of Sydney
- University of Technology Sydney
- Monash University
- University of Melbourne
- Curtin University
- London College of Communication
- London College of Fashion
- University of West England
- University of the Arts Singapore
- Singapore University of Technology & Design
- National University of Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University
