Until 26 April 2026, the exhibition will explore Singapore as a living prototype nation, optimising and future-proofing against the challenges of the world
Following the success of its Future Impact series from 2023 to 2025, the DesignSingapore Council is back at Milan Design Week, this time with Prototype Island at Foro Buonaparte 54 in the prestigious Brera Design District.
Curated by Singaporean designer Hunn Wai, co-founder of Lanzavecchia, and up-and-coming designer Eian Siew, this all-new exhibition concept brings together future-focused solutions by established and emerging designers of Singapore. Serving as a platform for translating possibility into practice, it explores Singapore as a living prototype nation, perpetually evolving, optimising and future-proofing against the challenges of the world through the potential of design.
Until 26 April 2026, see the walls of Foro Buonaparte 54 come to life with design solutions, addressing the issues of care in society and the relationship between humanity and technology. Spanning a variety of disciplines, practices and forms, with designers balancing experimental methods with traditional craftsmanship, the exhibition offers much-needed insight and inspiration for shaping a better tomorrow.
Says Wai, the lead curator, “Prototype Island frames design as an ongoing act of world-making, where the ambition is not resolution, but the sustained capacity to recalibrate, adapt and reinvent under real conditions. Bringing Singapore’s flair for purpose-driven design to the fore, this exhibition will translate inquiry into action, presenting tangible responses that navigate constraint, uncertainty and lived realities with rigour and imagination.”
Featured photo by Mark Cocksedge
