Graduation Showcase 2026



Featuring works from the first graduates of the BA (Hons) Design for Social Futures program!


The Lasalle Show presents the inaugural cohort of 19 graduates from the BA (Hons) Design for Social Futures programme, showcasing work that is shaped through sustained engagement with different communities and stakeholders in real-world context.

Over nine months, the students dived deep into ethnographic, practice-led research with residents, patients and stakeholders, in the heartlands and organisational ecosystems to make sense of the assets, gaps and needs through site-based fieldwork, strategic frameworks and participatory design. 

Across three thesis labs, in collaboration with National University Hospital, MakanBersama and the Yishun communities, the students glean insights through co-design processes with stakeholders, informing their response to the frictions of patient experience, sustainable medicine practice, and community building. As citizen designers, their work advocate for the voices that need to be heard when encountering real-world complexities.











 
OVERHEARD IN THE STUDIO: 

“When it comes to social design, it can be an issue if design thinking as a method is used as a hammer looking for a nail to hit, not realising that not every problem is a nail and not every nail is a problem. We need a pivot to approach with a care-centered design lens where we can care about “problems”, and not just rush headlong into “solving” them.”      






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BA(Hons) Design for Social Futures Graduation Showcase 2026


Image By: Wendy Tan, 2026

Thu 21 May 2026                         Fri 22 May 2026
7:00pm – 9:00pm                        11:00am - 5:00pm

What does it mean to go as a river in the practice of socially engaged design? Join students of the BA (Hons) Design for Social Futures programme as they bring back stories of wisdom, resilience and advocacy from their adventures in the zero waste village of Kamikatsu, Japan.
LASALLE's McNally Campus 
1 McNally Street Singapore 187940
Basement 1 Gallery
Part of the Design for Social Futures Exhibition Series