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WDCD alumni and friends among Best Designs of the Year
Several WDCD alumni and friends are among the Beazley Designs of the Year, from 18 October…
Several WDCD alumni and friends are among the Beazley Designs of the Year, from 18 October…
One month to go before we close the open call for the WDCD Climate Action Challenge…
Makers Unite, one of the five finalists of the WDCD Refugee Challenge, is developing fast. The…
‘The collaboration with IKEA Foundation and Autodesk Foundation is unique’, says WDCD founder Richard van der…
The year 2016 made history, with a record global temperature, exceptionally low sea ice, and unabated…
A simple idea is not always as simply executed as it would seem. WDCD Refugee Challenge…
With the Refugee Challenge coming to an end next week at the Demo Day and the…
What Design Can Do is pushing boundaries in 2017. The next edition of the international conference…
The idea was simple: create a platform where refugees can upload their own pictures and stories…
‘We envision a future where we grow much more food inside our cities. Food producing architecture…
There was chorba soup, and guima with a gumbu sauce and pancakes on the side. And…
Architect Christian Benimana and fashion designers Laduma Ngxokolo and Selly Raby Kane, three WDCD-alumni, are among…
‘If you compare life in the tents and life in these shelters, it’s a thousand times…
What if Makers Unite would start growing food? The idea originated from the encounter of the…
One of the topics we are investigating as from now at WDCD is Violence against women.…
‘Every day presents us a new challenge,’ says Thami Schweichler of Makers Unite, one of the…
It has been a while since we announced the five winners of the WDCD Refugee Challenge,…
Happy news! All talks from WDCD Live Amsterdam are now available for your viewing pleasure, both on…
‘A designer is no magician,’ said Dagan Cohen, leader of the WDCD Refugee Challenge. ‘But put…
‘Let’s make no mistake; nor diplomacy, nor design can solve the gigantic humanitarian challenge in front…
The five winners of the What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge have been announced: Makers Unite,…
This is the week of WDCD Live and we’re selling the last tickets. If you, by…
‘The definition of design is broadening as we know it – it’s grown from something literal…
Next week at WDCD Live we will discuss what design can do for Africa, for music…