About the Centre for Asian Art and Design

The Centre for Asian Art and Design (CAAD) is a transdisciplinary research centre dedicated to innovative creative practice and scholarship across design art and media art in Asia. Working at the intersection of culture, technology and art, the Centre brings together artist practitioners, researchers, technologists and industry to consider contemporary problems through which creative inquiry may address. 

CAAD's research is organised around three interconnected areas: 

Asian Futures investigates the preservation, reinterpretation and continued evolution of Asia's tangible and intangible cultural heritage, with particular emphasis on Southeast Asia's diverse artistic traditions and narrative ecosystems. 

Technologies for Art explores contemporary artistic production in visual communication, time-based media, narrative practice, immersive environments and artistic image-making, with the advent with emerging creative technologies such as automation, advanced computing and artificial intelligence, to push the boundaries of creative expression. 

Entangled Ecologies examines how artistic practice may address contemporary issues such as climate change, cultural erosion, and social transformation amidst complex environmental challenges. 

The Centre serves as an important platform for faculty research, local and international collaborations, pioneering exhibitions and public programmes that connect scholarship with industry, cultural partners and the wider community. By cultivating open spaces for dialogue, CAAD seeks to contribute to the development of new knowledge, creative innovation and meaningful cultural exchange throughout the region and beyond.

Director
Assoc Prof Wong Chen-Hsi

Gallery Director
Ms Michelle Ho

Members
Assoc Prof Choo Hye Jin
Senior Lecturer David Chan
Assoc Prof Lisa Winstanley
Asst Prof Ahmad Ismail Saleh
Dr Anthony Leow

Research Assistant
Ms Callista Jo Saputra

Communications Support
Ms Lim Shy Yunn

2026

Perspectives on Design Education in India and Asia
Routledge, 2026
Edited by Peer M. Sathikh, Ravi Poovaiah, Venkatesh Rajamanickam and Karin G. Oen

2022

Asian Design Education Conference
8 January 2022
Organised by Assoc Prof Peer M. Sathikh, CAAD, ADM, NTU, Singapore, and Prof Ravi Pooviah, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, Mumbai

2016

Cosmos of Animation
28th Annual Conference of the Society for Animation Studies
26–30 June 2016 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Hosted by the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), NTU Singapore. Conference Chair: Assoc Prof Hannes Rall