Best Design Agencies in Singapore (2026)

Introduction

Singapore has a small, well-connected design scene, and the six studios below cover much of its range: identity systems, packaging, product design, editorial and exhibition design, interiors and digital work. They were chosen for recent projects, the strength of their client lists and a confirmed Singapore studio in 2026.

Much of the city’s design work comes from the state and its institutions, alongside hospitality, food and retail brands. In September 2026 the Ministry of Trade and Industry unveiled the first major refresh of Singapore’s nation brand in nearly a decade, with the identity designed by Anak. The President’s Design Award, announced by the DesignSingapore Council, is the main national design honour; its 2025 Design of the Year list included Kinetic Singapore’s School of Tomorrow and NextOfKin Creatives’ Silver Pride Lion Troupe alongside architecture and product projects.

Every studio here works from Singapore in 2026. The list is in no fixed order of merit, since the right choice depends on your brief, budget and the kind of design you need. Firms whose main work is brand strategy and naming are covered on a separate branding page.

The best design agencies in Singapore

1. Foreign Policy Design Group

Founder-led · Singapore · foreignpolicy.design

Foreign Policy is a strategy-led design studio founded in 2007 by Yah-Leng Yu and Arthur Chin. Its work covers brand strategy, identity systems and packaging, and Yu is a member of AGI. The studio’s news page shows it was active through 2026, including a studio move in May and an interview with Yu in The Design Kids.

Clients include Marina Bay Sands, The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, The Ascott Limited, the Asian Civilisations Museum, Muji Singapore, the Lo & Behold Group and Procter & Gamble. Its work has been recognised by D&AD, ADC, the Type Directors Club and Tokyo TDC; The Swap Show 2023 was a TDC winner. It suits hospitality and cultural clients that want identity, packaging and printed matter handled by one team.

2. Kinetic Singapore

Independent · Singapore · kinetic.com.sg

Kinetic describes itself as an independent design and advertising agency based in Singapore, and its work runs from branding and print to spatial design, film, social campaigns and web and app design. Its School of Tomorrow project was named a Design of the Year at the President’s Design Award 2025.

Recent work includes campaigns for the DesignSingapore Council (Can A Nation Be Designed?), the Unnatural History Museum of Singapore for SG60, Lunar New Year red packets for MINI and The Mind Arena for SGInnovate. It also designed NTU’s School of Art, Design and Media digital identity. Kinetic suits clients who want design and campaign thinking from the same studio.

3. Hjgher

Independent · Singapore and Jakarta · hjgher.com

Hjgher is a studio on Jalan Kelabu Asap with a second office in Jakarta, working across brand strategy, interior design and art direction. Its portfolio spans interiors, branding, products, exhibitions and publications, and its work has been recognised by D&AD, ADC, the One Show, AIGA, the World Architecture Festival and the President’s Design Award.

Projects include the Birds of Paradise gelato shops (from Katong to Jewel and Mandai), KINN Hotel, Goodwood Residence, Presto Drycleaners, Kith cafés, Muji’s Living in a Garden City and Hermès’ The Gift of Time. It is a natural fit for retail and hospitality brands that want the identity and the space designed together.

4. Creativeans

Founder-led · Singapore · creativeans.com

Creativeans is a branding and design consultancy founded in 2012 by Kimming Yap and Yulia Saksen, with studios in Singapore, Milan and Jakarta. Its services cover branding, packaging, communication design, experience design, UI and UX design and sustainable design, and the founders present themselves as certified management consultants. Award logos on its site include the President’s Design Award and the Singapore Packaging Award.

Clients shown include Samsung, OCBC, ST Engineering, Nippon Paint, Haidilao Hot Pot, Pigeon, SingEx and the DesignSingapore Council. Design WAH! was a Singapore Design Week 2025 project. It suits SMEs and manufacturers that want packaging and identity work grounded in business planning.

5. Somewhere Else

Independent, B Corp · Singapore · somewhere-else.co

Somewhere Else is a Singapore brand consultancy and design studio for challenger brands, working with clients since 2011. It covers research, strategy, identity, packaging, illustration and photography art direction, and its site carries the B Corp mark. It published opinion pieces through 2025 and hosts its own events.

Work includes a rebrand, packaging and illustration for the bakery café Cedele, the identity and pack system for Oatbedient, identity work for the experiences platform Seek Sophie and a photography style guide for Capella Hotel Group. Food and consumer start-ups will find it a good match.

6. NextOfKin Creatives

Independent · Singapore and Taipei · nextofkincreatives.com

NextOfKin Creatives (NOK) is a strategic design studio based in Singapore and Taipei. Its work runs from research and future-casting to visual design language, logo design, packaging and product design. The studio’s Silver Pride Lion Troupe was named a Design of the Year at the President’s Design Award 2025.

Projects on its site include a visual design language for Dell’s Alienware range, developed with Dell’s experience design group in Austin and applied to a 55-inch TV and gaming headphones. It also designed a logo for the Singapore Food Agency, the Harmony Spheres lamp for the National Heritage Board with a traditional lantern maker, and packaging for Hegen and Jack & Jill. It suits consumer and product brands that want strategy, packaging and product design from one studio.

What to look for in a Singapore design agency

Match the studio’s main discipline to the brief. An identity for a statutory board, a range of packaging, a hotel interior and an app ask for different skills, and a studio such as Hjgher, which designs interiors as well as identities, suits a different brief from a packaging specialist. Ask to see finished work in your category, including what was printed, built or launched.

Public sector work has its own rhythm. Ministries and statutory boards commission a large share of Singapore’s design, and their projects come with procurement rules, several approving parties and long review cycles. A studio used to that work will plan rounds of feedback into the schedule and know how to present to committees.

Think about the region early. Many Singapore brands launch across Southeast Asia, and studios such as Creativeans and Hjgher have Jakarta offices. If the identity has to work in several languages and scripts, ask how the studio handles typography, local production and approvals in each market.

Finally, ask how files and approvals will be handled. An identity system or a fit-out produces hundreds of files: artwork, proofs, renders, drawings and guideline PDFs. Studios that keep one current set of files, gather feedback in one place and hand over a tidy final library save the client time long after launch.

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For review, designers and clients can highlight and comment on PDFs through annotations, which suits print proofs, packaging artwork and interior drawings. Reviewers can also leave timestamped comments on video and draw on any image or video frame. Committee reviews are easier when everyone works from one link: finished work can be published as a web page with password protection, and link analytics shows when each named recipient opened it and how long they spent with it.

Brand guidelines can live in the same workspace as the source files, so the client’s team always finds the current version; there is more on this in brand guidelines on Fabric.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best design agency in Singapore?

There is no single answer, as it depends on the work. For identity and hospitality design, Foreign Policy Design Group works with Marina Bay Sands and The Fullerton Hotel. For design joined to campaigns, Kinetic Singapore won a Design of the Year at the 2025 President’s Design Award. For work that joins identity and interiors, Hjgher has designed shops and hotels across Singapore.

Who designed Singapore’s new nation brand?

Anak, which began as the design practice of The Secret Little Agency, designed the identity for the nation brand refresh unveiled by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in September 2026. TSLA developed the accompanying “When you’re ready” campaign. Anak’s work starts from brand strategy, so it appears on our branding list rather than here.

What is the difference between a design agency and a branding agency?

Design studios on this page make things: identities, packaging, publications, spaces and websites. Branding agencies tend to start with strategy, positioning and naming, and some hand the design work on. If your brief starts with what the brand should stand for, see the best branding agencies in Singapore.

What is the President’s Design Award?

It is Singapore’s national design award, announced by the DesignSingapore Council. It names Designers of the Year and Designs of the Year; the 2025 recipients, announced in July 2025, included Kinetic Singapore’s School of Tomorrow and NextOfKin Creatives’ Silver Pride Lion Troupe.

How should I brief a Singapore design studio?

Share the problem, the deliverables you expect, budget range, timing and any production constraints, such as print runs, materials or fit-out schedules. Say which markets the work will run in and who will approve it. Ask each studio to name the people who would do the work and to show comparable projects that were produced.

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