The HKDI DESIS Lab is a research platform on social design – an emerging field that advocates a new approach to design: ‘designers as enablers of social change’. HKDI DESIS Lab is part of the DESIS International Network (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability) collaborating with over 40 DESIS Labs around the world. The network aims to advance international knowledge in design for the social good and develop social design practice to benefit Hong Kong society. Officially started in summer 2013 on the belief ‘Everyone can design’, HKDI DESIS Lab explores new design education modules and projects that respond to social needs. HKDI DESIS Lab brings together staff members and design students as well as creative citizens to explore the possibilities of everyday living through design actions.
「HKDI 社會設計工作室」是香港知專設計學院的全新的跨學科研究小組，旨在提供一個社會設計的研究平台，為設計提倡新方向、新領域：由設計師推動可持續發展的社會改革。
「HKDI 社會設計工作室」是「社會創新與可持續設計國際聯盟」 (DESIS International Network (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability))會員之一。該國際聯盟與全球超過40個社會設計工作室共同合作，目的透過促進發展設計方面的國際知識及視野，並推動實踐社會設計，促使香港社會更進步、更美好。
工作室於2013年夏天，本著「人皆可設計」的信念成立，探索嶄新的設計教育模式，回應社會需求。工作室集合教職員、學生與具創意的公民，一同透過設計行動探索生活的不同可能。
