The President’s Design Award is Singapore’s highest honour accorded to designers and designs from all design disciplines. It recognises the significant contributions and achievements of an extraordinary group of people who are making a difference to the lives of Singaporeans and to the lives of the larger global community. The recipients are the standard bearers for design excellence, models for future generations of designers to match and exceed. As these standards permeate into the consciousness of society, they bring about a greater general awareness and appreciation of quality design.
The Designer of the Year award category recognises designers or design teams for their creativity and achievements in any design discipline, demonstrated by a sustained body or portfolio of works.
The Design of the Year award category recognises the national significance and creative value to Singapore of projects or products in any design discipline.
A total of 36 Designers of the Year and 89 Designs of the Year have been conferred the award from 2006 - 2015.
More information about the President’s Design Award is available at www.designsingapore.org/pda.
The DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) jointly launched a commemorative publication – “President’s Design Award 2006-2015 * A Decade of Design Excellence”, to celebrate 10 years of Singapore design excellence.
President’s Design Award (PDA) is the most prestigious recognition of design excellence and creative innovation across all design disciplines in Singapore. It is the highest honour accorded to designers and designs that have made an impact on everyday life. The publication features interviews shared by recipients of the Award in the Designer of the Year and Design of the Year categories from 2006 to 2015. It encapsulates the design achievements by PDA recipients and highlights the impact of PDA on the design sector and the society as a whole.
“The PDA has identified and honoured many designs and designers, including Singaporeans working internationally and making an impact worldwide with the Singapore design brand. Their designs have improved quality of lives of many Singaporeans and others who encounter their work. We hope these design leaders will inspire young designers in their quest and passion for innovation and excellence,” said Mr Robert Tomlin, Chairman of the President’s Design Award Steering Committee and the DesignSingapore Council.
Mr Ng Lang, Chief Executive Officer of URA, said, “The PDA has been a testimony to the large pool of fascinating talents in Singapore’s design sector. I have no doubt their achievements will inspire future generations of designers to push the boundaries of good design to enrich people’s lives and make our city distinctive.”
Besides the publication, an immersive multimedia exhibition showcasing the works from the award recipients was also set up to commemorate this significant milestone in PDA. The showcase was first staged at the National Design Centre during the launch of the Singapore Design Week 2016 and is now on display at the URA Centre until 27 May.
For more details on the publication, please refer to Annex A [PDF, 63kb].