Design can change the way we solve problem was the message from Khai Seng Hong at the Festival of Design Aotearoa in October this year.
Khai Seng is Founder and Director of Studio Dojo, a Singapore consultancy that helps organisations change how they think and work. He has worked in design since 2004, led UK agency Foolproof in Singapore, and sits on DesignSingapore Council’s Design Education Advisory Committee and the Design Business Chamber Singapore EXCO. In 2019 he received a SkillsFuture Fellowship from the President of Singapore.
Khai Seng first connected with Whanganui in May 2026, when he met the mayoral delegation in Singapore, a fellow UNESCO City of Design. During festival week, he also joined a multidisciplinary group to discuss the future of the Whanganui School of Design.
In his talk, he asks what role design can play in tackling some of the world’s biggest problems, showing how everything is connected, how every decision has consequences, and what we can do differently as a result.
Watch Khai Seng's full presentation below.
See below for the presentation slides to read alongside the video, or on their own for the key ideas from his talk.