Adopting a user-centric model, Design Factory@SIT (DF@SIT) seeks to support industry partners through collaborative innovation projects, thereby creating authentic interdisciplinary and collaborative learning opportunities for students, and enhance the workplace learning continuum.

As a member of the Design Factory Global Network, DF@SIT will collaborate with a network of innovation hubs in universities and research organisations across five continents in the world, across cultures, time zones and organisational boundaries to foster radical innovations. DF@SIT seeks to help students, academic staff and companies employ design-led innovation tools to pilot ideas and build roadmaps for the changing marketplace.

MISSION

To help businesses unlock their value by embracing disruption and championing design innovation thinking through a multi-disciplinary approach.

VISION

Enable businesses to  move up the innovation value chain  by harnessing our network of talent and capabilities.

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Our Approach

We guide businesses to find unique value propositions in new business models, products and services through a multi-disciplinary co-creation approach in design innovation and experimentation.

Our Services

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Innovate

DF@SIT provides design consultancy, needs-finding, project scoping, co-creation and industry mentorship for pre-startup projects, strategy development and business planning, anchored on the Design Thinking Methodology.

We also offer 3-year collaboration agreements with companies. These joint collaborations provide a platform for substantial, meaningful pathways that offer thematic areas to ensure a pipeline of projects that SIT students and staff from partner organisations can work on. These could include proof-of-concept or capstone projects. The structured collaboration across three years aims to deliver downstream application outcomes and be known in the broader ecosystem.

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Educate

DF@SIT brings together businesses and institutions from Singapore and across the Design Factory Global Network, to develop collaborative real-world projects for advancing applied learning and applied research through a passion-based culture and effective problem solving.

This includes:

  • University-level interdisciplinary Design Innovation modules
  • Student-led initiatives
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Elevate

DF@SIT offers a selection of workshops, SSG SkillsFuture courses, and modules for students, industry and individuals interested in different design disciplines, design innovation, ideation, and prototyping.

We offer:

  • User-centric Design Innovation CETs
  • DesignPlus Masterclasses

Driving Innovation in Healthcare

We're thrilled to introduce our new course “Driving Innovation in Healthcare”, organised by NUS Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Design Factory at the Singapore Institute of Technology, which aims to prepare individuals to thrive in today’s evolving workplace and offers opportunities to create new thinking for a new healthcare industry.

Enroll before 08 May 2024 and step into a world where every lesson is a step towards mastering Design Thinking. The course will be held on 27 to 29 May and is also eligible for 70% to 90% of SkillsFuture Funding. Interested learners can utilise their own existing SkillsFuture Credit.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to take a transdisciplinary approach to morph data into insight, shaping policy, product, and systems to create a better human experience. Find out more about the course: https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/continuing-education/course-catalogue/driving-innovation-in-healthcare-synchronous-asynchronous-e-learning/ or send an enquiry to nusmedcet@nus.edu.sg.

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Features

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Gaining Global Insights and Connections: Aotearoa, New Zealand experience brings valuable learning back home to Singapore

Visiting Design Factory New Zealand (DFNZ) has provided Design Factory@SIT with fresh insights to enhance the teaching structure for students. They also visited Gallagher, an industry partner of DFNZ who champions innovation and helps to connect the students to the community.

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How Higher Learning Institutions Are Transforming Industries through Design Thinking

Design innovation leaders from Design Factory@Singapore Institute of Technology (DF@SIT) explain the importance of design thinking and how tertiary education institutions have become key partners in nurturing talent and collaborating with a range of organisations.

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Ideate with Design Thinking

Design Factory@SIT’s mission is to use design tools to foster a vibrant marketplace underscored by three prongs: innovation, talent, and network. Working across disciplines, find out how our faculty and students prototyped an ankle brace, a timely solution to help hospitals address the treatment of foot and ankle injuries.

Co-Create

 


Watch how DF@SIT co-create projects
with partners and faculty

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Our Team

Jeffrey Koh, PhD

Associate Professor,
Business, Communication
and Design
Head,
Design Factory

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Ho Hung Yi

Centre Manager,
Design Factory

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Ko Na Yeon

Design Researcher,
Design Factory

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Aditi Neti

Creative Technologist,
Design Factory

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Agnes Xue, PhD

Associate Professor,
Business, Communication
and Design
Founding Head,
Design Factory

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Our Clients

Our diverse projects provide insights into how people live, work and play. From project experience in design thinking, human-centred design and organisational change in areas such as healthcare and retail, we learn from adjacent industries and apply these insights for our clients.

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About Design Factory Global Network

Design Factory Global Network (DFGN) is a network of innovation hubs in universities and research organisations in five continents of the world. DFGN is on a mission to create change in the world of learning and research through passion-based culture and effective problem solving. Shared understanding and common ways of working enable Design Factories in the network to collaborate efficiently across cultures, time zones and organisational boundaries fostering radical innovations. At DF@SIT, we provide a range of opportunities for our faculty, students, and industry collaborators, to participate in joint-projects, conferences, and internships with the rest of the Design Factories from the Global Network

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Get in Touch

We are located at:

SIT @ Dover
10 Dover Drive
Singapore 138683
University Services Centre SR1A

To find out more about our programmes and offerings, send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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