Architect by training and multidisciplinary designer by profession, Prof. Keat Ong is a celebrated, awards-winning designer. He is the founder/ design principal 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 has established and chaired the Singapore Interior Design Accreditation Council (SIDAC) from 2021-2023 which oversees the competency of interior design practitioners in Singapore. He is currently presiding over the Asia Pacific Space Designers Association (APSDA), an alliance of 14 national-level professional associations, for a second term (2023-2025) and has formed the Asia Pacific Interior Designers’ Accreditation Program (AP-ID-AP) to elevate the standards of practice in the region.

He has been named one of Asia’s Top Designers in the 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 2017.

He is also an adjunct/visiting professor at 8 universities, including the famed China Academy of Art and Taylor’s University, and a judge for many prestigious awards internationally. Keat was recently conferred the highest accolade by SIDS, Singapore’s national body for interior designers - the Lifetime Achievement Award during Singapore Interior Design Awards 2023 gala.

Keat is also the author of “Injecting Architecture”, a book about his methodology in design demonstrated through his collection of selected projects.