We’re proud to announce that the College has received our 4th SG Mark Award and is the only Design Institution which received a SG Mark Award in 2026 for Design Beyond Vision – Empathy Lab!

SG Mark Award 2026
Design Beyond Vision – Empathy Lab

Empathy Lab is a multisensory initiative inviting participants to reimagine design through empathy workshops and explore innovative design thinking through student projects, organised by Raffles Creative Practitioners Rosa Liane Da Silva LOPES, Cargil YURDAKUL TOKER, Terrence CHONG, and Mohammad Syahmi bin MOHD AZLAN, in partnership with the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH). It showcased how inclusive design can transform public spaces through the lens of visual impairment, set against the backdrop of Singapore’s hawker centres, using sound, touch, and spatial memory to surface challenges that usually go unseen. Visitors navigated a recreated hawker space using only their non-visual senses, guided by soundscapes and task cards, before co-creating inclusive spatial ideas rooted in accessibility and dignity.

In SG Mark Awards 2023:

• Integrating Sustainability in Curriculum Design of Fashion Education — led by Principal Giuseppe (Joe) Spinelli and the Fashion Design Curriculum Team, future-proofing fashion design education.
• A Sustainable Fashion Collection for Metro Using EcoCosy — a collaboration with METRO (Singapore) and SF Fiber, crafting a wardrobe collection from high-quality viscose fibres.
• Design with(out) Senses — created by Raffles Fashion Designers and label Sean Sheila (Sean Loh and Sheila Agatha Wijaya), championing a business model that trains and employs underprivileged communities.

From accessibility to sustainability to inclusivity, these projects show what design can achieve when it’s driven by purpose. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Learn about the Singapore Good Design (SG Mark) here.

Raffles fashion on stage. Raffles Fashion Designer NGUYEN My Linh dressed Singaporean host Karyn WONG in her collection for the World Design Business Forum, the Singapore Good Design Award ceremony and the DBCS Gala Dinner, bringing her designs to some of the industry’s biggest stages.

From emerging designers recognised through the SEED Award, to an SG Mark for Design Beyond Vision, and Linh’s designs in the spotlight, 2026 has shown how industry connections give our students the chance to put ideas into practice, meet professionals and discover where their work can take them next.

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