Nineteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

  • Thinking, Learning, Doing: Plural Ways of Design
  • 25-27 February 2025
  • LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore + Online

Research Network Chairs

Loredana Di Lucchio

Loredana Di Lucchio

PhD, Full Professor in Design, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Lorenzo Imbesi

Lorenzo Imbesi

Architect; Professor, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Conference Chair

Nur Hidayah Bte Abu Bakar

Nur Hidayah Bte Abu Bakar

Dean, Faculty of Design, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

"Designing Citizen Designers - An exploration of learning design for tomorrow"

Conference Co-Chair

Lidya Chrisfens

Lidya Chrisfens

Lecturer-in-Charge, School of Fashion, Faculty of Design, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Plenary Speakers

The Nineteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Dawn Lim

Dawn Lim

Executive Director, DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), Singapore

"Singapore: A Nation of Designers, A Nation by Design"

Jeanette Kwek

Jeanette Kwek

Head, Centre for Strategic Futures and Director, Singapore

“Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning: Intersections with Design”

Wendy Chua

Wendy Chua

Interdisciplinary Designer and Educator, Singapore

"Hanging out on floating fisheries and at kopitiams: design anthropology in interdisciplinary practices"

Lilian Chee

Lilian Chee

Associate Professor of Architectural Design and Visual Cultures, National University of Singapore

"Architecture and Affect: The Telling of Encounters"

Cátia Rijo

Cátia Rijo

Vice president of Lisbon School of Education of Lisbon Polytechnic (ESELx - IPL), Portugal

Associate Professor at ESELx, PhD in Design

DesignLab4U founder

"Pluralidad en el Diseño: Una Invitación a la Cocreación y a un futuro Colectivo "

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Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2025 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Siriporn Peters

Siriporn Peters

Morehead State University, USA

(In-Person)

Aprille Chua

Aprille Chua

LASALLE College of the Arts, University of Arts Singapore, Singapore

(In-Person)

Ganna Borzenkova

Ganna Borzenkova

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

(In-Person)

Eunmi Moon

Eunmi Moon

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

(In-Person)

Gigi Polo

Gigi Polo

The New School University, USA

(In-Person)

Anjali Saini

Anjali Saini

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Byungsoo Kim

Byungsoo Kim

North Carolina State University, USA

(In-Person)

Rakshitha Raghunandan

Rakshitha Raghunandan

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Simrita Dass

Simrita Dass

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Kathy Anne Lim

Kathy Anne Lim

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Ang Sheng Jin

Ang Sheng Jin

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Saradevi Ng Shi Hui

Saradevi Ng Shi Hui

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Felix Sng Chiow Meng

Felix Sng Chiow Meng

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Darius Ou

Darius Ou

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Arundhathi Madanan

Arundhathi Madanan

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

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Shwetha Raja

Shwetha Raja

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Sukriti Singh

Sukriti Singh

LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

(In-Person)

Ashley Stewart

Ashley Stewart

University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

(Online Only)

Ayşe Dalyanoğlu

Ayşe Dalyanoğlu

Gebze Technical University, Turkey

(Online Only)

Sita Syal

Sita Syal

University of Michigan, USA

(Online Only)

Terry Londy

Terry Londy

Florida State University, USA

(Online Only)

Sara Saghafi Moghaddam

Sara Saghafi Moghaddam

(Online Only)

Muhammad Al-Hmoud

Muhammad Al-Hmoud

Frederick University, Cyprus

(Online Only)

Xinxi Liu

Xinxi Liu

Gianfranco Ferré Research Center, Italy

(Online Only)

Conference & Network Partners