Why User Research Should Come Before Ideation in Design Thinking

What happens when we stop designing activities for seniors and start designing meaningful roles with them? Open Village shows how user research helped reframe an underused nursing home garden into an ecosystem of contribution, purpose and community participation.

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Sensory Trails in Schools: Designing Movement Breaks for Different Sensory Needs

How can an ordinary school corridor support students with different sensory needs? We look at how sensory trails can provide proprioceptive, vestibular and movement experiences while giving schools a low-maintenance, space-efficient way to support inclusive participation.

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Design Thinking in Healthcare: From Patient Insights to a 24/7 Play Solution

What happens when children face long waits or hospital stays with limited access to play? By listening to patients and parents, we reframed the challenge and created a 24/7 vending solution for safe, individual toys and parent-child activity kits.

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Design Thinking for Anti-Shop Theft: How College & University Students Designed Impactful Campaigns

How can Design Thinking make an anti-shop theft poster more impactful?In this SPF and NCPC project for college and university students, we started with real experiences and emotions before moving into core messages, visual metaphors and our See, Think, Feel, Do framework. The result was a design process rooted in human insight, not just aesthetics.

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Beyond Batik: Going Beyond Craft This National Day at Our Tampines Hub

Beyond Batik was created for National Day 2026 in collaboration with Our Tampines Hub, inspired by the theme “Majulah Singapura, Go Beyond!” Through batik, participants explored cultural exchange, motifs and symbolism before repurposing the fabric into vibrant accessories. More importantly, trainees from the Enabling Services Hub stepped up from learners to co-facilitators, showing how art can build skills, confidence and meaningful opportunities to contribute.

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Mama Beezy Wrap’s First Community Workshop: Senior Empowerment Through Sustainable Living

Mama Beezy Wrap held its first community workshop in Singapore with 20 active seniors, sharing how to make reusable beeswax wraps while promoting senior empowerment, sustainable living, batik-inspired heritage, reduced food wastage and less single-use plastic at home.

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Teacher Wellbeing Workshops: TCM-Inspired Self-Care, Staff Wellness Programmes, and Teacher Appreciation Care Packs

Teacher wellbeing matters. Qi Qi Boom supports educators with TCM-inspired wellness workshops, acupressure learning, herbal neck pillows, mugwort hammer massagers, and heat packs for everyday self-care. Our hands-on sessions and Teacher Appreciation Wellness Care Packs help school staff recharge, reconnect, and feel appreciated.

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How JC Students Learnt to Design Inclusive Sensory Activities for Children

Two classes. 60 students. One shared goal: to design for children with empathy and purpose. Guided by Little Changemakers’ programme design framework, students learnt to rethink everyday sensory activities so children with different support needs can participate with greater clarity, dignity, and joy.

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Open Village: A Community Model for Purposeful Ageing and Intergenerational Engagement

In many nursing homes, seniors are well cared for, but daily life can still become passive. Open Village was created to change that. It is a community-based model that helps seniors take on meaningful mini jobs with progression, while opening the nursing home to schools, volunteers, families, and partners through purposeful community engagement.

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