ABOUT
Orchard Design District is guided by the concept of Open Design Dialogue (ODD) – the belief that meaningful design begins with open conversations. Through exhibitions, installations, workshops, and brand collaborations, ODD invites fresh perspectives, creative exchange, and open-ended dialogue.
Exploring SDW 2025’s theme of Nation by Design, everyone, especially youth, is invited to shape and examine the narratives of our future.
Dialogue isn’t just talk – it’s about connection: between a person and an object, a space, a time, an idea, or even oneself. At ODD, dialogue is the design tool. Visitors can expect key activations, exhibitions, and satellite events that pique curiosity, spark ideas, and open new ways of imagining what a nation can be – together.
Refer to ODD’s website, odd-odd.com, and follow ODD’s Instagram account, @odd____odd, for the full programme line-up.
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Key Activations
Low Res: Pavilion
Venue: *SCAPE Playspace, L1
More than a gathering space, the Design Pavilion is a platform to explore the role of design – how the built environment shapes, and is shaped by, human activity. Through a series of talks, showcases, and performances, it invites dialogue on how design influences the way we live, interact, and connect.
Conceptualised by Studio Grain in collaboration with spatial designer Nous Nous, botanical designer This Humid House, kinetic technologist Insert Coin, and built with upcycled plastics by BYO Living, the Pavilion will serve as the home ground of ODD.
New Orchard (Exhibition)
Venue: *SCAPE Commune, L1
Five diverse designers and design collectives – Emeline Ong, Habitat Collective, Mark De Winne & Rauf Zulkiflee Soh, Studio Gin&G, and Syafiq Halid – reimagine and redefine the Orchard–Somerset district’s spaces and features, and envision a more soulful, sustainable, and nuanced New Orchard. Exhibition design by O Design Office, curated by Studio Grain.
Hoop Bench (Urban Furniture)
Venue: *SCAPE Open Plaza, L2
Visitors are invited to pause, reflect, and engage in more intimate, introspective activities within the public space, through a series of thoughtfully designed urban furniture. The installation, a collaboration with Studio Juju, forms part of a broader effort to reimagine the area as a more inclusive, creative and people-centric environment. It also supports communal activities – complementing an outdoor film screening that encourages people to experience design in a relaxed, open-air setting.
Design In Situ (Designers x Brands Collaboration)
Venue: Design Orchard, ION Orchard, Liat Towers, Ngee Ann City, Plaza Singapura and Tanglin Mall
This programme pairs brands and designers to co-create imaginative and meaningful in-store activations. Visitors can explore retail spaces where brands’ products or environments are reinterpreted by designers in innovative, experimental ways, demonstrating how design-led collaborations can drive creativity, sustainability, and business innovation.
– Aesop x OTHER MATTER
– Beyond The Vines
– Castlery x Re-store
– DORS x .bungkus
– In Good Company x Cheryl Tan
– Moleskine x The Other Workroom
– MUJI x Catherine Chia & Kiefer Kong
– The 1872 Clipper Tea Co x Grace Kwok
ODD Lifestyle Trail
Follow the ODD Lifestyle Trail from 11 to 21 Sep, and collect customised token puzzle pieces unique to each participating brand to build your own design sculpture. Snap a photo of your creation, tag the district’s Instagram, and stand a chance to win in a lucky draw.
Be one of the first 10 visitors to Nike Orchard each day from 11–20 September and grab your free Nike By You T-shirt—while stocks last.
– *SCAPE
– Design Orchard: DORS
– ION Orchard: Aesop, In Good Company, and The 1872 Clippers Tea Co.
– Nike Orchard Road (till 20 Sep)
– Ngee Ann City: Beyond The Vines
– Liat Towers: Castlery
– Tanglin Mall: Moleskine
– Plaza Singapura: MUJI
OFFSITE Creators Market
Venue: *SCAPE Playspace, L1 (Low Res Pavilion)
Date: 19 & 20 September
Time: 5.30pm – 10.30pm
ODD’s very own OFFSITE Creators Market brings together independent makers, designers, and artists showcasing their unique creations, alongside F&B, workshops, and live music performances at the Low Res Pavilion in *SCAPE.
On 19 and 20 September, ODD editions of CDC credits (Creative Dialogue Coins) will be distributed by ODD Design Ambassadors stationed along Orchard Road. Follow ODD on Instagram for more information.
Satellite Activations include:
Sustainability By Design by Orchard Road Business Association
Venue: 313@somerset, Castlery, Mercure Singapore on Stevens | Winestone, Novotel Singapore on Stevens | Food Exchange, *SCAPE, and The 1872 Clipper Tea Co.
Discover a new side of Orchard Road on the Sustainability By Design self-guided trail. Visitors to Orchard Road can reimagine shopping, dining, and playing through a greener lens. Check-in at least 3 stops along the Sustainability By Design trail and stand a chance to win hotel stays, cash dining vouchers, bespoke gin, movie tickets, and other attractive prizes.
For more details on giveaway mechanics, visit our trail website.
