Keat Ong
President
Asia Pacific Space Designers Association (APSDA)
Architect by training and multidisciplinary designer by profession, Prof. Keat Ong is a celebrated, awards-winning designer. He is the founder/ kreative director of Keat Ong Design and co-founder of SCKD Pte Ltd as well as 3 terms president of Society of Interior Designers, Singapore (SIDS). Keat chairs the Singapore Interior Design Accreditation Council which overseas the competency of interior design practitioners in Singapore. He was also elected to preside over the the 13 nations Asia Pacific Space Designers Association (APSDA) for the term 2021-2023. He has been named one of Asia’s Top Designers in Singapore Design Awards 2014 and as Designers of the year 2016/2017 from the famed INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine. He was also honored with the title of “The Most Influential Designer” by China’s national body for Interior design, China Building Decoration Association in the 2017. He is also Adjunct Professors to numerous universities including the famed China Academy of Art and Taylor’s University as well as judges to many prestigious awards internationally. Keat is the author of “Injecting Architecture”, a book about his methodology in design demonstrated through his collection of selected projects.
“Keat Ong Design is a multidisciplinary design studio which specializes in spatial and object design.
As the research and development arm of Nota Design Group and led by awards-winning designer, Professor Keat Ong,
KOD is selective over the projects it undertakes . KOD provides comprehensive design consultation services ranging from architectural, interior to furniture design.
KOD has been involved in wide range of project types, including hospitality, retail, exibition, food & beverages, residential and work spaces in Asia.
KOD constantly explore the dualism between perfection and imperfection, as well as the relationship between design and art. Thus, the firm’s ethos –
A R T O F I M P E R F E C T I O N | P E R F E C T I O N O F D E S I G N “
