1-Day Workshop · 25 Sep 2026 · Amara Singapore
You don’t need creativity, artistic talent, or a love for design. You need a few reliable shortcuts that make almost anything you create look clearer, cleaner, and easier to understand. That is what this 1-day workshop teaches.
Fees (SGD, nett, per person)
Large-group rates for 10+ · Govt billing via Vendors@Gov / InvoiceNow
What Past Participants Say
"Trainer was knowledgeable and provided relevant 'hacks' on how to get better design. I felt like I learnt a lot about design."
"Trainer is concise and clear in his delivery of training content. The design websites recommended by the trainer are very useful and extensive!"
"Easy to use and convenient to tap on resources. Useful hacks and sharing of online resources."
"I have used Canva slightly before and this course opened up more ideas and usage for me."
"It has help us better appreciate how design and layout helps improve our communication."
"Golden ratio is an interesting concept that is really helpful. Thanks for including this in the session."
Is This You?
You are not trying to become a designer. You just want to stop guessing every time you need to make something look presentable, readable, and clear.
You adjust the layout, change the font, resize the image, then move everything again. After all that effort, something still feels off.
Canva gives you a good start, but once you replace the text, add your own images, or change the layout, the design can quickly fall apart.
A cluttered slide deck or a visually chaotic infographic signals carelessness — regardless of the quality of thinking behind it. First impressions in professional communication are visual, not verbal.
About This Workshop
Most design courses teach you to think like a designer. Design Hacks is different. It is built for busy professionals who do not enjoy design, but still need to produce work that looks clear, organised, and credible.
No heavy design theory. This workshop focuses on easy-to-understand principles of human visual perception that create the biggest visible improvement in your work.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
No design background required. No prior Canva experience needed. What matters is that creating visuals is part of your work — and you want to do it better.
Programme Outline
The course keeps the learning practical. Each module turns core design principles into shortcuts you can use immediately, especially when adapting templates or improving existing work.
Why This Workshop Is Different
Design Hacks is for people who want quick, practical ways to make everyday work look clearer without studying design deeply. It is a productivity design course — built around speed, shortcuts, and visible improvement.
What You'll Gain
This workshop is measured by practical improvement: less guessing, faster execution, clearer layouts, and work that looks more deliberate without depending on creative support.
Know why something looks cluttered or unclear, and use simple rules to improve it quickly instead of endlessly experimenting.
Work with templates more effectively by knowing what to change, what to preserve, and how to avoid breaking the design.
Use spacing, hierarchy, grouping, and emphasis so readers can understand key information faster and with less effort.
Handle more routine design tasks independently, so simple communication materials do not keep bottlenecking with the same few people.
Make your materials look more organised, intentional, and professional — even if design is not your strength or interest.
Leave with curated resources, references, and simple decision rules you can reuse whenever you need to create or improve materials.
Your Trainer
Eugene Chen is the Creative Director of ELEFANT, an award-winning brand, communications, and creative consulting agency. He is concurrently an Associate Principal Consultant at i1920, a strategy-based brand consultancy.
Over 23 years, Eugene has led branding, design, and advertising projects across the private and public sectors. His work includes the brand identity for the 1st Asian Youth Games — among numerous other campaigns developed for organisations across Singapore and the region.
Outside his practice, Eugene teaches Branding and Advertising at M.A.D. School and Orita Sinclair School of Design and Music, where he has served as Adjunct Lecturer for over 11 years. He also mentors students and entrepreneurs through two SMU-UOB enterprise and undergraduate programmes. Eugene is a registered ACLP 2.0 Certified Adult Educator.
What participants consistently note: Eugene makes design feel less intimidating by teaching it as a set of practical rules and shortcuts — not as a talent you either have or do not have.
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Amara Singapore · 9:00 am – 5:00 pm · Early Bird closes TBC