DesignZ
Introduction
DesignZ is the next generation Design Centre set up to further reinforce Design as a core offering of SUTD through 4 main areas: Research, Innovation, Services & Education (RISE). The main objective is to establish an integrated partnership with the public and private sectors by offering advocacy and leadership in Design through RISE, focusing on sustainability & circularity approaches to solve challenges and bring about transformations of recognizable value to the industry and society at large.
Within SUTD, DesignZ will offer design education and research to equip students with design fundamentals, strategies and solutions through Design focused programmes in Design & Artificial Intelligence (DAI), Master of Innovation by Design (MIbD) and SUTD-ZJU Collaboration (SUTD-ZJU). DesignZ aims to build design talents with key mindsets and all-rounded capabilities in disciplines of engineering, architecture, industry design, innovation, business, entrepreneurship and management, and will contribute to foster expedited communication across fields, building leaders and innovators of global product-service-systems that can work effectively and efficiently across the full value chain.
Our Philosophies
- Value – Design is the panacea of problems.
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Human-Centric – Design transforms lives & communities.
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Technology – Design is made powerful by digitalization and big data.
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Impact – Design outcomes must be quantifiable and experienceable by everyone.
History of Design in SUTD
August 2009
Establishment of SUTD
SUTD is established as Singapore’s fourth public university to advance knowledge and nurture technically grounded leaders and innovators to serve societal needs with focus in design and technology.
July 2010
Establishment of SUTD-MIT International Design Center
The SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) is a world premier scholarly hub for technologically-intensive design science, research and practice. It is a multi-million dollar Centre based both in Singapore at SUTD, and in Cambridge, MA, USA at MIT, with academic and industrial partners from around the world.
August 2010
SUTD-ZJU Collaboration
SUTD signed a collaboration agreement with Zhejiang University (ZJU).
3 key areas of collaboration with ZJU:
- Education
- Student Exchange
- Research Collaboration
September 2010
Singapore Design Award 2010 – Gold
SUTD Logo Awarded Gold in Singapore Design Award 2010. The SUTD logo was awarded Gold, Graphic Design in the Singapore Design Award 2010, organized by Designers Association Singapore (now known as the Design Business Chamber Singapore).
November 2014
President Design Award Winner for 2014
SUTD received the President’s Design Award for the in-house Library Pavilion design at the Dover Road interim campus. The unique gridshell structure was designed by the SUTD City Form Lab.
July 2018
Design of the Year award 2018 – The Future of Us Pavilion
SUTD Advanced Architecture Lab’s ‘The Future of Us Pavilion’ won the Design of the Year Award in the Singapore President’s Design Award 2018.
January 2019
MibD
The Master of Engineering by Research in Innovation by Design is a new programme that takes the experience and expertise of our Design faculty and provides the necessary flexibility for students to pursue their own interests in education, research and/or entrepreneurship.
January 2020
DAI
First of its Kind Degree in Design and Artificial Intelligence at SUTD. SUTD will be offering a new degree programme in Design and Artificial Intelligence (DAI), the first of its kind in the world, to students joining the university in Academic Year 2020. Find out more about the programme here.